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Drill & UV Print Service · Guide
How to take
How to take
X, Y coordinates
on your enclosure.
Before we can drill or UV print your enclosure, we need to know exactly where every hole and graphic should land. The way we do that is simple: every measurement is taken in millimeters, from the center of the side you are drilling. This guide shows you how — with a live animation, step-by-step instructions, and a hands-on coordinate playground at the bottom.
01 · The Idea
Every hole has
an address.
Imagine the surface you are drilling as a piece of graph paper. The dead-center of that face is your origin point — call it (0, 0). From there, every hole has a simple two-number address: how far left or right from center (that's X), and how far up or down from center (that's Y). Watch it in action below.
CURRENT TARGET · KNOB 1
CURRENT TARGET · FOOTSWITCH
CURRENT TARGET · LED INDICATOR
X · horizontal from center
−20mm
0mm
+18mm
Y · vertical from center
+40mm
−40mm
+10mm
The animation cycles through three example holes. For each one, we draw the red X line first, then the cyan Y line — exactly the order you'll measure in real life.
02 · Method
Five steps,
start to finish.
You only need a ruler or caliper that reads in millimeters, the enclosure with its lid removed, and a pen and paper (or a spreadsheet). Work one face at a time.
1
Remove the lid
Unscrew and set aside the back-plate / lid. We drill the box itself, never the lid. All measurements are taken with the lid off.
2
Pick a side & find its center
Choose the face you want to drill (top, left, right, front or back). Measure the full length and full height of that face — including the rounded corners — then divide each by 2. That gives you the center, your (0, 0) origin for that face.
3
Measure X — left/right
For each hole, measure the horizontal distance from the center. To the right of center is positive X. To the left is negative X. Record in millimeters.
4
Measure Y — up/down
From the same center, measure the vertical distance to that hole. Up is positive Y, down is negative Y. Always measure to the center of the hole, not its edge.
5
Repeat & submit
Do this for every hole on every face you need drilled (max 40 points). Then submit the list at drill.taydakits.com using the same email as your Tayda order.
+
Powder coat? Add 0.4 mm
Powder coating adds material to every wall. If your enclosure is powder-coated, add 0.4 mm to each hole diameter — for every enclosure type, no exceptions. We drill before coating, so the extra 0.4 mm makes sure your knobs and jacks still fit after the paint goes on.
03 · Five Faces
Every face has its
own (0, 0) center.
Don't carry one origin around the whole box. When you move from one face to another, you start over: the center of that face becomes the new (0, 0). Below is your enclosure unfolded — flat — so you can see all five drillable faces and their independent origins. Each face has a letter name (Side A through Side E) you'll use when filling in the Box Tool.
Each (0,0) origin
Fold line between faces
Drillable face (lid not shown)
Important
Use the FULL outer dimensions of each face — including the rounded corners — to find the (0, 0) center. Do not use the dimensions from our UV print templates: those artboard sizes are intentionally a bit smaller than the real face because they don't include the rounded edges. If you copy template dimensions instead of measuring the box, your origin will be off and every coordinate will drift with it.
04 · Try It
Move the cursor.
Read the coordinates.
Hover anywhere over the top face below. The display will show the live X / Y coordinates of your cursor in millimeters, measured from the center of the side. This is exactly what you'll be doing with a ruler on your real enclosure.
Live Readout
Hover the box on the left to read coordinates. The values are clamped to the box dimensions (67 × 122 mm) and shown to 2-decimal (0.01 mm) precision, the same level you can submit on the Box Tool.
X— mm
Y— mm
Distance— mm
Tip: The cursor reads X / Y to 0.01 mm precision (2 decimals) — exactly the resolution the Box Tool accepts. On a real enclosure, the production tolerance is ±0.5 mm on the top face and ±1 mm on the side faces.
05 · Don't Skip
Tips & common
slip-ups.
Most coordinate problems we see are these six things. Read once before you submit and you'll be fine.
Always millimeters
Never inches, never centimeters. The Tayda Box Tool only accepts millimeters. If your ruler is in inches, convert each value before entering: 1″ = 25.4 mm.
Center, not corner
Origin is the center of the side, not a corner. And every measurement points to the center of the hole, not its edge or rim.
Min hole = 3 mm
We can't drill smaller than 3 mm. Anything below that gets rejected. Footswitch holes are typically 12 mm; pots are usually 8 mm or 9 mm.
Add for powder coat
Powder coating adds material to every wall. If you order a powder-coated box, add 0.4 mm to every hole diameter — for every enclosure type, no exceptions. We drill before coating.
Max 40 points
One drill service order covers up to 40 holes. Need more? Add the "Additional Holes for Regular Drill Service" product to your cart.
Tolerance: face vs sides
Production tolerance is ±0.5 mm on the top face and ±1 mm on the side faces (front, back, left, right). Place jacks and switches with a little breathing room from the edge so they don't fight the wall.
Final step
Ready? Submit your
Ready? Submit your
template online.
After your order is placed at Tayda Electronics, head to the Tayda Box Tool to enter every hole's X, Y, and diameter visually. Use the same email as your Tayda account so your order shows up in the tool.
Need help? Contact us · Production: 4–5 business days · Tolerance ±0.5 mm (face) / ±1 mm (sides)
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