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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Kangum on March 10, 2010, 12:17:41 am
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anyone make their own bezel before ? what material did you use, something like poster board or picture mat ?
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There is a detailed post/instructions here on making a bezel from poseterboard/foamboard. try searching 'make your own bezel' or something.
I used those instructions as a guideline to making my own. But I made a framework of it to compensate for the curve on my tv face.
check my project in my sig for pics.
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Pixelhugger did. His instructions are HERE (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=13118.msg723941#msg723941). It should be pretty easy to duplicate.
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You could use black gator-board.
Nice and easy to cut. :cheers:
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cant use gator-board. it has to be thin enough to fit between a piece of glass. The obvious solutions like a piece of poster board is not the correct shade of black.
today I went to michaels and had them cut me 2 pieces of black Mat frame. it looks just ok. I wanted it to completely blend in with the underlay. but unfortunately its a different shade of black then my underlay. The only thing I can think of is to have someone cut me whatever material that is that goes under the cocktail glass. I need 2 strips. I wonder if i could buy Just a black blank sheet of it.
I will look up those links also and see what others have used.
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Just paint what you have. If you have a gloss black underlay, paint the bezel gloss black. If you have a matte black underlay... paint the bezel matte black... seems pretty easy to me.
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If you want/need a non-flat bezel, the instructions here (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=17175) work great. I used them as an example and made one. Then I used my own to make a second one a little more precise. A bit of gloss black spray paint it is great!
Edit: I missed that you want a flat bezel. But the instructions above are great for non-flat, for sure.
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It should be pretty easy to duplicate
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It should be pretty easy to duplicate
:P
:laugh2: Obviously I was joking since you probably thought about your bezel more than most people think about their entire cabs (and the result speaks for itself). :cheers:
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I used foam board and painted it. Its rigid enough to stand on its own.
The only thing you have to be careful about is choosing a paint with propellant that won't eat the foam on the cut edges. I used Testors spray in the little 4oz can, it will not eat foam.
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+1 on foamboard. I have used black foamboard on my 2 cab builds and my Visual Pinball cab and it works out great. Very easy to cut and it's stiff enough to hold itself up with just tape or velcro.
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Foamboard shade (of black) doesn't matter if you have tinted glass, you won't notice the difference in shade.
If you are looking to make a non-artwork based bezel...you can do a number of things:
- 1/2" MDF with laminate (my current method)
- Painted plexi/glass
- Posterboard between glass
etc etc