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Author Topic: How does the CPO plexi stay put?  (Read 1842 times)

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How does the CPO plexi stay put?
« on: July 14, 2008, 04:23:21 am »
To all the folks with plexi over their control panels WITHOUT carriage bolts:

How does the plexi stays put?

Sure, the buttons play a large part in holding it together but what about the edges?


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Re: How does the CPO plexi stay put?
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2008, 04:57:40 am »
If it is too thin, the plexi will grow under use as it heats up. This will mostly affect the edges. So use 3-4mm at least. But to keep the edges from bending up I guess you will always need some glue or screws. Maybe you can make tiny slots and metal clamps to keep the surface clean.

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Re: How does the CPO plexi stay put?
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2008, 09:26:01 am »
My plexi is just held down by the buttons and it aint going anywhere. I've had a whole mess of kids, my brother, wife, and me beating the heck out of it all weekend and it stayed put.
However, I do plan on putting some "L" shaped plastic on the front of the plexi, just because it's a little sharp on the edge.

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Re: How does the CPO plexi stay put?
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2008, 03:03:31 pm »
Did you steal my Marvel poster CPO? ;)

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Re: How does the CPO plexi stay put?
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2008, 04:09:04 pm »
Did you steal my Marvel poster CPO? ;)

I might have. I did see it somewhere else. It's only temporary until I design a more premament cpo. But it does look bad-ass!

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Re: How does the CPO plexi stay put?
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2008, 04:51:35 pm »
Yeah, I just re-did mine. but kept the poster in there because I like it so much. You're the second person I've seen with it since I did mine (though the other person used it as a marquee)

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Re: How does the CPO plexi stay put?
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2008, 05:12:41 pm »
The buttons are holding mine on.  It's not going anywhere.  Also, the t-molding helps as well along the edges.

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