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Craig:

I have been using 18mm MDF building my cabs. I saw on www.tmolding.com they have 3/4" t molding which is 19.050mm wide.
Now, has anyone used this on their 18mm thick cabs? Do I go ahead and order a few feet and then scrape off the excess t molding with a blade when fitted to the MDF? Has anyone done this?

Thanks! :-)

Franco:

I used 18mm MDF on my cab and also used 3/4" t-moulding. If you get the groove dead centre you are only going to get a 0.5mm overhang which is sod all really. I think the v.slight overhang gives it a nice look too.

Craig:

Is it noticable? Would I bother cutting it?

Franco:

I didnt bother cutting mine. I think you may run the risk of creating an uneven edge if you trim it. It also depends on what type of t-moulding you are using. I used foil covered chrome t-moulding and if i trimmed it it would have reveled the clear plasic beneath it.

This is a pic of the t-moulding on mine. Ill see if I can get a better close up pic of the overhang, but honestly I dont think you'll notice it.




I could always send you a short strip of my left over t-moulding, that way you could check the overhang yourself.


Craig:

I could see how you could make an uneven edge. I was thinking about using the rounded t mold not the flat. I was going to use black 3/4 for my Pac man themed cabinet and Green (Galaxian matched) 3/4 for my Galaga themed cabinet for a friend all from tmolding.com.

I will just go ahead with it. 0.5mm isn't much I guess.

Thanks :D

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