[sdiy] Plastic Panels...

[Theo]

Don't know how things are in your country, 
but at least here in the Netherlands plastic sheets are 
generally _less_cost_effective_ compared to Aluminum sheets.
If cost is your major problem, you might consider 
MDF or plywood (sp?) panels.
Like plastic this won't give you shielding, 
but it IS stable, easy to machine and cheap.

An other option might be PCB material (glassfiber 
epoxy with a copper layer).
Although more expensive than aluminum the nice thing is 
that you can solder screws or distance holders to the back 
side of the panel. These are then not visible from the front.
German manufacturer MFB use this method for their 
MFB-synth panels.

Theo



From: studio271 <studio271 at mail.ev1.net>

> I'm sure it's been discussed before, but I didn't really find 
> anything in depth in the archives, just it being put down for 
> durability...
> 
> I've never actually used a modular in my life, but I am building 
> one. I decided that using aluminum panels is WAY too expensive for 
> me, and since unmolded plastic is probably pretty unexpensive and 
> easy to drill using tools I already have at my disposal I wanted 
> to look into using sheet plastic (i guess that's what it would be 
> called?) for panels. I really don't care about how strong it is, I 
> just want to use it. I just wanted to know if anyone has 
> experience in using this and could tell me a good place to get 
> this (preferably already cut into 6"x8"(+-2" either way) so that I 
> don't have to worry about unusual shipping) and how thick would be 
> best, although that probably depends on what kind of plastic it 
> is. Thanks for reading!
> 
> -Drew 
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