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should I get plexiglass for my control panel?
DashRendar:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on February 08, 2010, 02:15:01 pm ---$50 for plexi?!? Yikes. Buy your own and drill it yourself if you must have it. I say skip it for that much.
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That said, it's not necessarily easy to drill/cut plexi without cracking or breaking it.
Benefit of buying one from NCC is that it's precut for your control panel (with button/joystick holes lining up perfectly with the holes in the control panel).
It *is* expensive though.
kjbalto:
--- Quote from: Ginsu Victim on February 10, 2010, 09:43:25 am ---
--- Quote from: kjbalto on February 10, 2010, 09:35:33 am ---I have plexi on my control panel and it looks awesome. I would definitely do the plexi, it's worth it.
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Do you also have a proper CPO?
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Yes I have a cpo. I just think the plexi makes it look much more professional.
mwong168:
--- Quote from: kjbalto on February 10, 2010, 01:19:49 pm ---Yes I have a cpo. I just think the plexi makes it look much more professional.
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If you ordered your control panel from Scott at mamemarquees.com you won't need or want to put plexi overtop of it. I was really impressed at the quality and how durable it is. Here is a picture of it on my showcase podium portion and another one from my buddy's SFII WW dynamo control panel.
If you print out your own artwork on high quality or photo paper you will definetely need plexi to protect it from smudging or wearing. I had to use it for my bartop but if I had my artwork printed by Scott I would prefer not to use it cause of dust collecting under and it was a pain in the ass to cut but I managed.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: kjbalto on February 10, 2010, 01:19:49 pm ---Yes I have a cpo. I just think the plexi makes it look much more professional.
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I have plexi and I'm looking to get rid of it and put on a proper CPO. The classics mostly didn't have plexiglass and I prefer not having it.
mwong168:
The only reason why I think plexi glass was even put on by machine operators/owners was because of the ---meecrobs--- that would smoke and rest their burning cigarette on the control panel :angry: Must cheaper to replace plexi then it is original artwork.