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Wood/Plexiglass Thickness to Allow 3/4" T-Mold
JDFan:
--- Quote from: IAmDotorg on December 01, 2014, 05:04:41 pm ---You're probably going to have to forego the plexi and use a polycarbonate laminated overlay instead. Its near as, or just as durable, but paper thin.
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This - or go with 1" T-molding and use 3/4" MDF and 1/4" Plexi which would give more room for centering the cut inside the MDF.
IAmDotorg:
--- Quote from: JDFan on December 01, 2014, 05:19:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: IAmDotorg on December 01, 2014, 05:04:41 pm ---You're probably going to have to forego the plexi and use a polycarbonate laminated overlay instead. Its near as, or just as durable, but paper thin.
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This - or go with 1" T-molding and use 3/4" MDF and 1/4" Plexi which would give more room for centering the cut inside the MDF.
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Or 5/8" ply. At least around here, that's easy to find.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: IAmDotorg on December 01, 2014, 05:20:37 pm ---Or 5/8" ply. At least around here, that's easy to find.
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Agreed. I did this on one of my cabs. 5/8 ply should be easy to find at a lumber yard. Call around.
jennifer:
The 1" T" Idea is the best IMO, It adds strength and gives a nice solid overbuilt look,... Be prepared OP, you may have to back cut the button holes to get everything to fit right.
eds1275:
What I did was route the bottom front of the control panel away at 45 degrees, and painted the slanted bit black. In my incredibly lifelike drawing, blue is plexi, black is mdf, and red is t-molding.