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CheffoJeffo:

Still don't really get it -- the only panel that I have that contains both metal and wood is on my big Capcom cabinet adn they are glued together instead of in two pieces.

I guess I would ask if the holes go through the wood as well (I presume that there are matching holes in the metal and wood to accomodate buttons and joysticks).

Cheers.

TurboC--:

No, the holes do not go through the wood in most areas.  Just the metal.  The whole panel was hacked up to convert Pac-man to a trivia game.  I restored the wood part very nicely.  Now I have to patch the holes in the metal. 

Pik4chu:


--- Quote from: TurboC-- on August 24, 2005, 10:41:31 pm ---No, the holes do not go through the wood in most areas.
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TurboC--:


--- Quote from: Pik4chu on August 24, 2005, 11:57:58 pm ---in that case the support for the bondo should be provided by the wood panel backing, no?
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Not unless it's 100% perfectly flush at all points?  (It isn't.)  And not unless it is currently installed?  What happens when I have to remove my metal panel?  Sounds like a really bad idea all the way around.  And aluminum foil looks only marginally better than duct tape.  Why spend another $10 on bondo just to have aluminum foil all over my panel.  I'd rather just duct tape in some stupid cutouts of plastic, or whatever better "cheap as free" method I can think of with stuff I have lying around. 

Pik4chu:

Not to nit pick but you never said anything about removing it, just that you needed the surface to be flat for your CPO :)

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