Securing Lexan to Control Panel

[Wiliamo]

I have my Control Panel all installed.  The buttons, Sticks,  etc... are holding down the Lexan to the CP.  When I attacth the T-Moding to the CP, how do you secure the edges of the Lexan to avoid lifting up.  I have a 8" area of nothing between the buttons and the bottom of the CP, to rest your hands and wrists.  The Lexan is not totally flat against with the CP near the T-Molding.

Thanks,
Wiliamo

[Wiliamo]

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Thank You!

[PedroSilva]

I have my Control Panel all installed.  The buttons, Sticks,  etc... are holding down the Lexan to the CP.  When I attacth the T-Moding to the CP, how do you secure the edges of the Lexan to avoid lifting up.  I have a 8" area of nothing between the buttons and the bottom of the CP, to rest your hands and wrists.  The Lexan is not totally flat against with the CP near the T-Molding.

Thanks,
Wiliamo

I used screws at aprox. 1 cm (0.4") from the edge ... I like the result !

[Brad Lee]

I used these, the middle item on the page, Binding Barrels with Screw, actually found em in the 'specialty hardware' bins at Home Depot. Used 1 at each corner of the CP, gives it a nice machined look, from the top all you see is the plain end of the assembly, almost like a rivet. Aluminum is the ones I found, but it looks like you can get brass, stainless, alum, black, or plastic to fit your look

[Sasquatch!]

Black screws about 1/2" away from the edge.

[rdagger]

I used screwposts.
http://www.screwpost.com/

[Brad Lee]

Thats the same thing I got above. Never really imagined there would be an entire company dedicated to that single item

[big_garryb]

maybe im alone in this - but i found that my buttoms screwed down were secure enough to hold the plexi down. to t-mold around the edge was fine too. everything is secure with no flappy bits.

garry

[Chris]

In my old CP I used #8 screws with finishing washers.  On my current CP I just let the buttons do the work.

--Chris

[pathdoc2]

I paint my lexan control panels from underneath with paint desinged for painting lexan remote control car bodies.   After paint dries I epoxy to control panel surface.  You could just as easily put a bolt in each corner and allow the buttons to hold the lexan in place.

[Totallyout2lunch]

If you want to reall stand out from the crowd, you can cut your lexan 1/4inch smaller in all directions, and exactly route out the area for the lexan depth

Doing that only works on a good custom CP, alsong as art fits within the borders. You do not need to screw it down then as Wiliamo said the buttons etc hold it in place...

[Wiliamo]

Thanks to all for the great ideas.  I'll probably go the way of Screwposts on this CP.  But I really like the idea given by TotallyOut2Lunch.  That would really look nice with the right edging around the Lexan.  Maybe for my next CP.