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--- Quote from: hulkster081 on May 19, 2004, 10:03:13 am ---well ive since made progress....and decided not to even use plexi or lexan or any covering for that matter.  im buying art form classicarcadegrafix.com and its going to be sealed with a really tough vinyl so that it wont need any covering.  its a little pricey, but worth it in my opinion.
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Just so you know, the thicker CPO that classicarcadegrafix.com is thick.  I mean, it's thick in a good way in that it's tough and durable, but you're still going to need to cut it to the shape of your control panel.  And it's thick enough that you'll probably want to use a router with a flush trim bit.  A knife is NOT going to cut through that material.

hulkster:

crap!   i cant use a box cutter/exacto knife on this thing?  what is the best way to cut this....as in method of cutting with the router?  lay it over the cp and mark it on the underside where i want it to be?  thats going to be difficult.  surely i can cut this stuff with some pressure from an exacto knife.

hulkster:

 ???

Sasquatch!:

I had one of the thick CPOs from classicarcadegrafix.com, although I didn't end up using it.

In this thread pfriedel has the thick CPO and he said:

"Hint for the thick stuff, if you don't have a router to trim it back with - cut _close_ with a razor, then sand it flush - trying to cut it exactly is _begging_ to mess it up."

So I'd suggest using a router, or doing with pfriedel's suggestion.

hulkster:

okay, well im not quite sure how to go about this.  do i lay the artwork over the cp, and draw a line of where i want it lined up and then cut it?  i dont want to just lay the artwork down and go ahead and stick it to the cp and then just pull out the router and start chopping away.  or do i?  if you can, give me a better explanation as to how i need to cut this.

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