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maraxle:


--- Quote from: sofakng on July 02, 2004, 05:32:40 pm ---How exactly do you cut a perfect circle with an exacto knife or a razor knife?  I have both but I can't cut anywhere even **remotely** close to a perfect circle.

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Does it really need to be perfect?  The button will be covering it.

Minwah:


--- Quote from: maraxle on July 02, 2004, 05:35:42 pm ---Does it really need to be perfect?  The button will be covering it.

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True, but how about for joysticks with the dust-washer mounted under the artwork?

sofakng:

Ok, you have a point...

What about drilling a small hole through the control panel overlay at the center of each of the buttons?

That shouldn't damage the overlay and it will give me a mark on where the holes guy in the MDF...

Did you guys cut out circle shapes in the overlay, or squares (or maybe plus signs?) and then just force the buttons through?


darktemp:

I'd cut the button holes like a pie.  You could probably also take the button nut and use that as a guide to cut a circle out?

OSCAR:

For practice, drill a hole in a piece of scrap wood and the cover it in masking tape.  Use an extaco razor to cut the masking tape out of the hole.  Like darktemp mentioned, cut it out "pie-style".  Insert the razor about half through the tape so you are cutting with the middle of the blade, then follow the outline of the hole using the wood as a template.  Make sure you use a new blade, not an old dull one.  That will make sure you cut the overlay rather than tear it.



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