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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: fixedpigs on March 08, 2008, 11:06:23 am
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as far as i know...nobody has posted this idea...
i came up with the the other night while i was out dining...
i was looking at the coaster that my glass was on and thought that it was made out of perfect dustwasher material...stiff like plastic...yet non-marring to a control panel overlay like felt...!
i just traced the outline of my cracked plastic dustwasher over an 'interesting' part of the coaster...
cut it out using scissors & drill out the hole...
looks good...!
:cheers:
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cool idea, it looks nice. I would be a little concerned about how they would wear over time, but i guess you could just make more. If they are the material that I am thinking of...after a while they could absorb moisture from your hand and swell up a little. Still, it is a cool idea that makes your panel a little bit unique
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Those are meant to soak up moisture. Not a bad idea.
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Cool idea! Maybe you could glue it to the bottom of the plastic washer ...
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There should be a forum just for innovative stuff that people come up with like this.
Although, when I read "coaster" I actulaly thought you mean a CD coaster. Should be cool looking using a CD as a coaster.
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I used stickers from the MK3 conversion kit
(http://www.fenixware.net/mamecab/images/cpo2.png)
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Could I use something like this to cut textured hard plastic (easy to find anywhere), or would the result be rugged or cracked?
(http://www.alvarezeninternet.com/temp/drill.gif)
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Rugged, yes.
Cracked, depending on how careful you are.
For the ruged part, you can sand it off.