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| Numbski:
This should be simple, but it isn't - sorry. Okay, so I'm rebuilding my control panel. Again. Last time I did this wrong, and I want to do it right this time. What thickness of each do I use? I remember seeing that 3/4 plywood is really something less than 3/4, so if I use 3/4" plywood, and 1/8" plexi, and use 3/4" T-molding, I wind up with plexi that sticks out the top about 1/16" or a little more. I want to do one of two thing: 1: Have the T-molding fully cover both the wood and the plexi edges (I've seen some REALLY nice panels done this way). 2: Have the T-molding fully cover the wood, and then either partially or not at all cover the plexi, and then take a roundover router bit and round the corners. I can't do the second now, because 1/16" isn't enough to work with, and I was really going for the first. So how do I do this? :( |
| javeryh:
3. Offset the slot so the t-molding will cover the plexi and all but 3/32" or so of the plywood (i.e. cut the slot above the centerline of the plywood). Then use a beveling bit (NOT a roundover bit) on the bottom of the plywood set to 3/32" or whatever isn't covered. Paint the bottom of the plywood black. No one will ever know that the t-molding doesn't actually cover the entire edge. |
| Numbski:
So I'm right then? 3/4" plywood, 1/8" plexi, and 3/4" T-Molding? |
| Franco B:
Yeah, your right. Here's a pic from mountain from a similar thread. --- Quote from: mountain on May 12, 2008, 12:25:11 pm ---Here is a shot I took when I was building my control panel. i used 3/4" MDF so I had to bevel the bottom edge. You can't even tell it is done this way unless you bend down and look up at it. --- End quote --- |
| AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: Numbski on October 30, 2008, 11:19:58 am ---So I'm right then? 3/4" plywood, 1/8" plexi, and 3/4" T-Molding? --- End quote --- Or you can do it the way it says in the Project Arcade book (which is the way I did it) and use 5/8'' plywood, so the total of the plywood and plexi is 3/4'' making it the perfect size for the t-molding. |
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