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bending a control panel
« on: August 04, 2006, 01:07:25 pm »
i have a pacman control panel, i need to bend the top of it at a slight angel,
do you think if i bend it it will crack or distort the powder coating/panel at all..any opions would be great thank guys??
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Re: bending a control panel
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2006, 06:16:55 pm »
any ideas at all?
man i think it would chip but a part of me says it wont?
i hmmmm
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Re: bending a control panel
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2006, 07:02:49 pm »
Are you talking about putting a bend in it like a marquee retainer?

If so, the powder coat is probably going to chip on you.
Even if it doesn't chip, it is likely to show marks from the tooling.

Worst case scenario, you'd have to repaint it.
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Re: bending a control panel
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2006, 08:00:31 pm »
yeah thats was my intension exactly..
i was afraid of the chipping...hmm maybe ill find a alternitive mean.
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