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| Kaytrim:
You have quite a bit of light there from all those LEDs A few possible suggestions. If you plan to never take these strips out try using epoxy. If you think you may need to take them off for some reason try double sided foam tape. One other idea is to take out the LED at each end of each strip and install a screw hole. If you go with the screw make sure you pre-drill the MDF or you will split it for sure. TTFN :cheers: Kaytrim |
| Knievel:
Looks great Jay, lots of progress being made! Those LED strips look very cool, I think they should be plenty bright enough. I would second Kaytrim's suggest of foam tape to secure them. The regular Home Depot stuff would probably work but there are stronger choices if need be. You can go to a window/door place and buy a roll of what they use, which is stronger, or go to an auto supply place and buy some double-sided 3M tape. It's used to attach body moldings and will create an almost permanent bond..believe me. ;) Nice to see someone other than Winterpeg getting some snow. ;D |
| superbigjay:
--- Quote from: Knievel on April 20, 2007, 03:09:43 pm ---I would second Kaytrim's suggest of foam tape to secure them. The regular Home Depot stuff would probably work but there are stronger choices if need be. You can go to a window/door place and buy a roll of what they use, which is stronger, or go to an auto supply place and buy some double-sided 3M tape. It's used to attach body moldings and will create an almost permanent bond..believe me. ;) --- End quote --- Thanks Kaytrim and Knievel for the suggestion. I was about to go at the hardware store yesterday to get double-sided foam tape and my friend suggested to try his Polyurethane glue before the tape. Since that trial was free, I gave it a try... and it worked ;D Anyways, I'll post some pic tomorrow of the progress (and damages) done this weekend... cheers! :cheers: |
| superbigjay:
Here part 1 of 2 of the progress update... This weekend, I've finally finished the LED strip mount. :applaud: To glue the 4 x 1 Foot metallic LED trip on the circular edge of a 3/8" MDF, I've used POLYURETHANE GLUE (pic#1). That glue is almost as strong as epoxy, but more flexible once cured and doesn't require mixing. Also, it is a bit more messy when it dries. As you see, when the glue dries, there some sort of foam/bubbles formation (pic#2). However, when fully dry (24hr), you can remove it easily. To get the most from the led strip, I've installed a reflective layer to the LED mount. I've used MetalFX from Con-Tac (found it at Home Depot) (pic#3). Basically, it's the same stuff you use to protect the bottom of drawers... Finally, you can see on the last picture, one of the 2 LED mount finished (pic#4)... Cheers! :cheers: Jay |
| superbigjay:
... part 2 of the progress update. I've finished the 2 stainless steel side panels!!! :applaud: In my opinion, I think this is the toughest part of my project. The only thing I had to do was to groove the side panel hole to remove about 1/2 inch to have room to mount the circular plexi for the side logo. I did some testing on some scrap pieces and everything went well. I was able to groove roughly 1/2 x 5/8 into the MDF in one pass. For the first panel, I took the time to choose the side that will be less visible in case something happens. I setup everything, start the router and GO!!!! Wow, everything goes as plan, a perfect groove! :notworthy: I'm kind of surprise, that nothing bad happens :dizzy:. So I install the next panel, turn on the router, but this time, I see some metal chips (yeah, I know that work now ;D)... Ooooooh ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---!!! I stop the router and take a look.... No no no no (In fact it was more like a "Tabar..." (I'm from Quebec) :angry: :banghead:) Somehow, the router bit lower a bit and hit the stainless :soapbox: I didn't go through, but obviously, there will be some marks... Anyways, I finish the routing, take off the protective film to look at the damages (pic#1). After a deep breath, and a break, I added some epoxy behind the SS to hold the remaining tinny layer of SS. I guess I'll live with it. When you don't know is there, it's not that noticeable. But I guess I'll always see it :banghead: :angry: :badmood: :hissy: So that's all for the week end.,, Tonight if I have time, I'll test the joysticks with mame,,, Cheers :cheers: Jay |
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