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Need a little input on a couple decisions
« on: May 10, 2004, 01:57:04 pm »
OK, so I'm building a MINI-GALAGA, it's comming along fairly well albeit quite slowly... and I've come to a couple things I'm just not too sure on.

My control panel will flip down for access to wiring and such.  See attached pics for how I plan to accomplish this.

My first problem is that I need to round-over the edge of the cp to avoid the red line in my arms from resting them on the cp and also because I plan on wrapping the CPO around the curve and a bit down the front of the machine.  I guess that's not exactly the problem, but this is...  The angle on the board I need to round-over is less/more than 90
If there's bees in the trap I'm catching em
By the thorax and abdomen
And sanding the stingers down to a rough quill
Then I dip em in ink, and I scribble a bit
But if it they wriggle then I tickle em until they hold still
Lemme say it again
In my land of pretend
I use bees as a mf'n pen

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Re:Need a little input on a couple decisions
« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2004, 02:00:38 pm »
And as for how the cp will be flipping...
If there's bees in the trap I'm catching em
By the thorax and abdomen
And sanding the stingers down to a rough quill
Then I dip em in ink, and I scribble a bit
But if it they wriggle then I tickle em until they hold still
Lemme say it again
In my land of pretend
I use bees as a mf'n pen

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Re:Need a little input on a couple decisions
« Reply #2 on: May 10, 2004, 02:21:09 pm »
My suggestion (You'll need a round off bit and a flush trim bit for your router)

The round off bit should have a smaller curve radius than the thickness of your CP.  
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Re:Need a little input on a couple decisions
« Reply #3 on: May 10, 2004, 02:49:15 pm »
You could always just go nuts with an electric sander and/or grinder.

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Re:Need a little input on a couple decisions
« Reply #4 on: May 10, 2004, 05:21:27 pm »
The only other alternative I can think of is to finish it with some 1/2 or 1/4 round molding.  While the molding would stick out slightly from the CP it would look just fine as long as the overhang was not too large.

As for the rubbing, I recommend carefully sanding both sides of the CP down a bit so you have about 1/32" gap before painting on each side.  Once you paint it it will seal part of the gap up.