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nobody:
this just inspired me. If you made the main body of the control panel out of lexan, you could lay a thin metal plate over it and cut out patterns in the metal. Then you could put a neon light underneath it makin the control panel itself glow!

EDIT: something like the motorola RAZR keypad (shown below)

dema:

--- Quote from: nobody on June 02, 2005, 03:59:34 pm ---this just inspired me. If you made the main body of the control panel out of lexan, you could lay a thin metal plate over it and cut out patterns in the metal. Then you could put a neon light underneath it makin the control panel itself glow!

EDIT: something like the motorola RAZR keypad (shown below)



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Cool idea.

rcdriver434:
As a warning from someone who's been dealing with both polycarb and lexan for years now, if this a first cabinet, go with something simpler.  You'll just frustrate yourself otherwise.  Go to Metku.net.  It's a comp mods site with a tuturial on making glowing plexi mouspads that can be applied here.

Remember - Countersink first with drill backwards, then drill!
Countersink from both sides!

-Matt

PoDunkMoFo:

--- Quote from: rcdriver434 on June 05, 2005, 02:21:56 am ---Remember - Countersink first with drill backwards, then drill!
Countersink from both sides!

-Matt

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If you use acrylic I agree countersink. If you use polycarb it is not needed.

For a control panel you might check plastic shops.  Look thru the scrap bins and ask them if they have any odd sized off-cuts they can give you a deal on.

ChadTower:
What is a countersink?

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