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MameMe:


--- Quote ---There is NO WAY I'm buying a $30 Router bit for ONE use on ONE application
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That's another reason I may just round my corners with a router.  I NEVER EVER do wood work.  ;D This is my first project and buying a bit which will sit next to my various other tools collecting dust would be a waste.

After rounding my corners with the router, I actually may tape off straight edges and paint the edge a different color.  Making it appear like a trim you know.  I'll have to practice on some scrap wood first but that's what I was thinking if I needed that "color contrast" feel.


patrickl:

A special bit to create the rounded edges on MDF is not that much cheaper than a slot cutter. I paid $16 for #5341 at MLCS and a 3/8"round over bit costs $15. You can rent/borrow a router.

Another problem might be paint chipping of on the rounded edges. MDF is pretty hard and paint will chip off quite easily. Especially on leading edges.

spidermonkey:

Either way you're going to have to buy a router bit whether you cut a slot or round the edges. Both bits are around the same price so you might as well get a slot cutter so you can use t-molding. When you're done with the bit just sell it to someone here and recoupe some of the cost. If  someones not willing to fork over a few bucks for a measley bit then I'm afraid they're involved in the wrong hobby.  Biulding cabs isn't exactly a cheap hobby. You can cut costs by shopping around for supplys and tools but you HAVE to be willing to spend a little if you want your cab to look halfway decent. You can always tell when someone cut corners and cheaps out when building their cab because it always shows up in the finished (or should I say unfinished) product.  Its not like you have a deadline to meet to get the cab finished by so if it takes a bit longer to save up some money to do it the right way then so be it. The finished product will be well worth it.  :) Now go order that router bit....GO !! ;)

DrewKaree:

I think you missed something here.  You say
--- Quote from: spidermonkey on May 09, 2004, 01:44:56 am ---...I don't quite understand why some people are always looking for ways to replace or resemble t-molding
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but you never asked anyone why.  Don't you think there actually MIGHT be some reason someone doesn't want to use T-molding?  I've got a real specific and purposeful reason for NOT using it, but you never asked me.  In stating what you did, you come across as "ranting" precisely BECAUSE you can't conceive of a reason NOT to use the stuff.



--- Quote from: spidermonkey on May 09, 2004, 01:44:56 am ---The stuff is pretty darn cheap, it comes in all kinds of colors, sizes and surface textures. It's easily obtained on Ebay and various sites that specialize in it. Its very light so shipping charges aren't an issue.
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Cost isn't an issue for my use, and I'm sure those who DON'T wish to use t-molding don't consider it a factor either.  Colors, sizes, and textures aren't the be-all, end-all either.  I plan on having colored trim on my cab edges, but it ain't gonna be molding.  Texture would only serve to screw up my edge treatment, and size will be taken care of by routing it the way I want to.


--- Quote from: spidermonkey on May 09, 2004, 01:44:56 am --- I'm all for finding alternatives when it comes to controls and pretty much anything related to cab building because it widens our range of choices..but t-molding ?  What could possibly look better and more authentic then your favorite color of brand new t-molding to finish off your cab?
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so by that logic, you support the troops, but not what they are doing....or you voted FOR the 87 billion before you voted against it.  Your own statement of "it widens our range of choices" is INSTANTLY contradicted by "but t-molding?".  You CAN'T POSSIBLY be all for a range of choices, but want to rule something out for some inane reason.


--- Quote from: spidermonkey on May 09, 2004, 01:44:56 am ---Especially since the stuff is so cheap. If its because people don't want to buy a router then just rent one for the day. Maybe I'm being close minded but I just don't understand the need for alternatives when the perfect, tried and true solution is right under my nose. Good ol'e plastic t-molding.
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Please! ::) I find it condescending that you felt the need to come back to price.  If YOU think price is the primary reason someone would want to look for an alternative, then maybe YOU are the one who's "involved in the wrong hobby".  Ever wonder how spinners became so easy and cheap to make OR buy?  It's because someone didn't sit on their @$$ and say "I don't know WHY you guys just don't buy one on E-bay.  They can be found just as cheap as making one yourself".  Thank God  YOUR attitude towards innovative thinking isn't more pervasive.  Thinking about it now, you wouldn't even HAVE this message board to come to if someone hadn't seen this as a great idea instead of "buying it premade because it's CHEAPER".  


--- Quote from: spidermonkey on May 09, 2004, 01:44:56 am ---PS. No I don't work for a t-molding manufacturer. I'm just trying to figure out why some cab builders are steering away from it ???

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SPARE ME your phony concern.  If you really want to figure it out, it's easy.  ASK.  You came back and posted again, and AGAIN you go back to price.  Lemme tell ya, I'm a bit cheesed off by those who would dare to say I don't want to do something because of the price when you haven't even investigated what the hell you're talking about.  The bit I'm using cost me $65, AND I own a slot cutting bit, so stuff your price argument.  I have tools that cost me a small fortune and the experience to use them.  I'm not naive enough to think that everyone in the world can easily use the same tools that I can, so I don't look down on them or make backhanded putdowns and try to disguise them by phrasing them as "I'm just wondering why".  

Maybe you'd be happy to see a world full of TrashCade's.

patrickl:

drewkaree,

Spidermonkey reacted on the 4 or 5 posts in this thread that were talking about cutting costs by rounding and painting MDF instead of using T-molding. The primary (only) reason they gave for using this method was to make it cheap. He (and myself in the post before his) pointed out that the cost difference might not be as huge as people assumed.

That's all, so just take it easy ...


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