anyone make their own bezel before ?

[Kangum]

anyone make their own bezel before ? what material did you use, something like poster board or picture mat ?

[RobbyMac]

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.

[javeryh]

Pixelhugger did.  His instructions are HERE.  It should be pretty easy to duplicate.

[ark_ader]

You could use black gator-board.

Nice and easy to cut. 

[Kangum]

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.

[FrizzleFried]

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.

[Neverending Project]

If you want/need a non-flat bezel, the instructions here 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.

[Pixelhugger]

It should be pretty easy to duplicate

 

[javeryh]

It should be pretty easy to duplicate

 

   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).   

[TOK]

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.

[Sledgehammer]

+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.

[Epyx]

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