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leapinlew:


--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on January 11, 2007, 07:34:08 pm ---There is a much easier and cheaper way than all of this you know...... Where nothing overlaps the marquee at all.

Just Route a slot in the sides and bottom of the marquee opening about 1/8" deep... and route another slot in the top of the marqee opening right through the thickness of the timber.

Then you can just slot your marquee in from the top of the cabinet. It also makes it easy to change or clean the marquee when you want to.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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Cheaper, yes (as long as you already have a router and bit). But it doesn't sound all that easy.

Fozzy The Bear:


--- Quote from: leapinlew on January 11, 2007, 07:43:26 pm ---Cheaper, yes (as long as you already have a router and bit). But it doesn't sound all that easy.

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Why is it not easy??  you just set the fence on the router and the slot is the same distance back from the front edge on all sides.

Granted that it's easier to do it before you assemble the cabinet, but it's not rocket science Lew.

Your method works just as well. The only difference being that this way you don't have a border that can't be lit.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

leapinlew:


--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on January 11, 2007, 08:14:10 pm ---Why is it not easy??  you just set the fence on the router and the slot is the same distance back from the front edge on all sides.

Granted that it's easier to do it before you assemble the cabinet, but it's not rocket science Lew.

Your method works just as well. The only difference being that this way you don't have a border that can't be lit.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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It's not easy to me because I can't visualize it. You have a picture? Marquee Retainers is the only way I thought to mount a marquee - I'd like to see this alternate method. It sounds like you slot a groove for the marquee and plexi to sit in, but the way I'm imagining would make it very difficult to get the marquee in and out.

Fozzy The Bear:


--- Quote from: leapinlew on January 11, 2007, 08:27:00 pm ---It's not easy to me because I can't visualize it. You have a picture? Marquee Retainers is the only way I thought to mount a marquee - I'd like to see this alternate method. It sounds like you slot a groove for the marquee and plexi to sit in, but the way I'm imagining would make it very difficult to get the marquee in and out.

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I don't have a picture to hand right now....  Yes you slot a groove in the sides and the bottom of the opening. 

Then, you slot a hole ( in other words right through) in the top of the cabinet marquee opening...  That way the plexi and the marquee itself simply slides in from the top.

Alternatively you could hinge a section of the top of the cabinet right at the front, that you could lift up to drop the marquee in.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

leapinlew:


--- Quote from: Fozzy The Bear on January 11, 2007, 08:37:05 pm ---I don't have a picture to hand right now....  Yes you slot a groove in the sides and the bottom of the opening. 

Then, you slot a hole ( in other words right through) in the top of the cabinet marquee opening...  That way the plexi and the marquee itself simply slides in from the top.

Alternatively you could hinge a section of the top of the cabinet right at the front, that you could lift up to drop the marquee in.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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Ahh, now I see it. Yeah, I suppose that would work. I guess you'd put T-molding on the exposed edges of the marquee area?

Maybe I'll try it - but it sounds a tad more difficult than cutting a marquee retainer!

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