[sdiy] Plastic Panels...

[cyborgzero at comcast.net]

If you use acrylic, you could get away with 1/4 inch thick panels and
they are strong enough..

A 4x8 sheet of acrylic goes for $75.. You can make loads of very cool
panels and/or paint the backside of them and/or label them from the
inside using spraytak.

Its not a bad idea, and if you need sheilding, you can use metallic
paint on the back of that..

Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: "patchell" <patchell at silcom.com>
To: <studio271 at mail.ev1.net>
Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Plastic Panels...


>     You didn't specify what kind of plastic (there are lots of
> plastics).  Using Lexan type material has been discussed here quite
a
> bit.  But, you will find that working in plastic isn't a whole lot
> easier than aluminum.  It is just different.  If you purchase sheet
> alumimun, you will probably find that it is not much more expensive
on a
> material basis.  I find that the material for the front panel is
cheap
> compared to the cost of putting the legend on the panel.  However,
there
> are cheap ways around this too, several of the list members do a
great
> job using means most of us have at home (printing the legend with an
> inkjet printer and then using adhesive to hold it to the panel).
>
>     The main thing you need to concern yourself with plastic however
is,
> will it be strong enough.  You generally need a much thicker panel
using
> plastic as opposed to aluminum.
>
> studio271 wrote:
>
> > 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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