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bluevolume:
Frizzle -- once again you come through with a great idea.  Can you give me some more detail on how you finished the Lexan without it cracking?  Did you use a spade bit to bore out the button holes?  How did you cut the edges to match the underlayment?

Thanks!

ahofle:

--- Quote from: bluevolume on September 13, 2007, 04:52:00 pm ---How did you cut the edges to match the underlayment?

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Can't speak for Frizzle, but the best way to cut the sides is with a router and a flush trim bit, using the CP as a guide.  So easy and looks great.

bluevolume:

--- Quote from: ahofle on September 13, 2007, 05:14:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: bluevolume on September 13, 2007, 04:52:00 pm ---How did you cut the edges to match the underlayment?

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Can't speak for Frizzle, but the best way to cut the sides is with a router and a flush trim bit, using the CP as a guide.  So easy and looks great.

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A cutter bit that has a bearing on the end?  I may be able to figure that out.

FrizzleFried:

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Dude, is that marble contact paper on the top of your spinner??

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I've been caught!   I did that as a joke some months back and it's stayed!


Hahahaha!

FrizzleFried:

--- Quote from: bluevolume on September 13, 2007, 04:52:00 pm ---Frizzle -- once again you come through with a great idea.  Can you give me some more detail on how you finished the Lexan without it cracking?  Did you use a spade bit to bore out the button holes?  How did you cut the edges to match the underlayment?

Thanks!

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You will find that Lexan is AMAZINE compared to plexi.  It's flexes without breaking.  I still used a hole saw for the button holes but I have used a wood boring bit (spade bit?).    You can drill it without it cracking.  You can even jigsaw it without cracking.  I still use a plexi cutter to "score" it and then break it for large cuts,  but I have used a dremel for smaller cuts.

I used a router with my yellow cpo to bevel the edges without issue. 

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