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| Helmgar:
Instead of heavy card board, you could use balsa wood. It will be sturdier and can be cut with an exacto blade. You can get it at most any craft store. |
| exoscoriae:
Plexiglass is a great idea - although I've never had much luck cutting it. I finally ordered a piece of lexan to make my control panel overlay, which just showed up yesterday. So dremel's work ok with plexiglass? I suppose I'll go get a sheet later on today and screw around with it. Any tips on working with the plexiglass, or possibly links to threads which deal with that (I'm sure it's come up before)? Also - should i use any specific dremel tips? Thanks a bunch. |
| severdhed:
i cut all of my button holes in my plexiglass with a dremel, it took a little while, but worked well. i havent tried making really small holes, like those needed for a usb port though. i just clamped my plexi to a piece of wood to hold it steady and keep it from flexing. i used a high speed cutting bit. i drilled a pilot hole with a drill, (big enough for the dremmel bit to fit inside) then just let the dremel do the cutting. i have a low end dremel that only has one speed...fast, so i don't know what would happen at slower speeds, but at high speed, it pretty much just melts through the plexi leaving a nice hole. the reinforced cutting disks do a nice job on plexi as well, if you need a bigger hole. the best part about plexi is how wonderful it looks when the back side is spraypainted black. i used $.98 flat black spraypaint from wallmart on the back of my plexi bezel, and i am very pleased with how it turned out. it looks very glossy. |
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