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Step 4Panel Assembly
in order to link all the panels together i used some jump rings and my drill,
my front panel had some space between the edge of the board and the components on one side so i did the holes to link the panels there, on the back i had to place the ring holes wherever an empty space matched on both panels
Again, use your measuring tape, or ruler or whatever to make marks where you want to place the rings, make sure that they match up with marks on the other panel, and that they are a bit closer to the edge of the board than half the inner diameter of the ring
*CAUTION weird mechanical explanation*
Thats because you want to be able to open the binder with panels at a 180º angle and when you do that, the ring must be centered, but it has to have some slack to move freely so you need to give it a "hole to hole" distance of "less than the inner diameter" and the distance from the outer edge of the holes has to be bigger than the outer diameter.
This is as long as the distance from the edge of the panel to the hole isn't smaller than the thickness of the panel in which case i would recommend using larger rings
*END* BOTTOM LINE GIVE THE RINGS SOME SLACK
At first i made the holes the exact diameter of the rings, big mistake, the rings get stuck and bend/break/etc... overall a bad idea.
check the images to see what finally worked.
Once you are done making the holes its time to get your pliers and put those rings through each pair of matching holes. i also used some solder to hold the ends of the rings together, that way it looks much better
my front panel had some space between the edge of the board and the components on one side so i did the holes to link the panels there, on the back i had to place the ring holes wherever an empty space matched on both panels
Again, use your measuring tape, or ruler or whatever to make marks where you want to place the rings, make sure that they match up with marks on the other panel, and that they are a bit closer to the edge of the board than half the inner diameter of the ring
*CAUTION weird mechanical explanation*
Thats because you want to be able to open the binder with panels at a 180º angle and when you do that, the ring must be centered, but it has to have some slack to move freely so you need to give it a "hole to hole" distance of "less than the inner diameter" and the distance from the outer edge of the holes has to be bigger than the outer diameter.
This is as long as the distance from the edge of the panel to the hole isn't smaller than the thickness of the panel in which case i would recommend using larger rings
*END* BOTTOM LINE GIVE THE RINGS SOME SLACK
At first i made the holes the exact diameter of the rings, big mistake, the rings get stuck and bend/break/etc... overall a bad idea.
check the images to see what finally worked.
Once you are done making the holes its time to get your pliers and put those rings through each pair of matching holes. i also used some solder to hold the ends of the rings together, that way it looks much better
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