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Best way to secure plexiglass onto control panel? (using screws)
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sofakng:
Good suggestions, thank you!

All of these methods will have the bolt (or screw) still sticking out of the top, right?  (eg. theres no way to make it flush so when I run my hand over the CP I don't feel the bolt/screw?)

Carriage bolts aren't sold in Home Depot / Lowes are they?  Do you have any pictures of them? (or on a control panel?)

Can you explain finishing washers a bit more?  (the link you gave me didnt seem to work) Is the point of it to allow the top of the screw to fit inside the washer giving it a smooth, rounded edge?
Soulcon:
Finishing Washers

Here ya go this should work! Also if you would like top make it flush why not find some sort of Clear plugs that can fit in the holes. But before you plug them drill all the way through. Then add LED's that way the wholes look proffesional instead of an initial oops. (in my eyes not an oops at all) Then just use your buttons and T-molding to hold down the plexi from there.

-Soul
ras2a:
Sure I've read about people using those 'glass clamps' < type of thing used on fix glass on cocktail cabs!  Could look cool...but depends how much of a lip you have on your CPanel top.  Maybe get some smaller ones so they don't look as conspicuous.  Myself personally, I'm going to use either countersunk bolts that sit flush with the plexi/acrylic...  That was a good idea about the domes that come with a thread that screw into the 'actual' screw top...think these are used on mirrors ?
bwest:
Why not cut the head off of a small bolt and epoxy to the under side of the plexi.  This is what I am doing.
sofakng:
Wouldn't there still be a small hole on the top of the plexiglass?  I can't picture what you're saying...  Do you have any pictures of that method?

Right now finishing washers sound like they would be the easiest but carriage bolts also sound really good, but I don't think Home Depot or Lowe's sells them.
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