[sdiy] Plexiglass panels

[Roy J. Tellason]

On Wednesday 06 July 2005 09:51 am, Tim Daugard wrote:

> I tried plexiglass and then thought about bakelite (sp?). A lot of old test
> equipment used it.

Yeah,  I remember stuff that had front panels that were 1/4",  even 3/8" 
thick!  Built like the proverbial tank...

> I was going to use metal faceplates for electrical boxes and then thought of
> the plastic front panels for electrical boxes.
>
> These limit the size of the modules you can build but is easy to work
> with. Nothing commercial looking, but okay for me. The trick is to not drill
> holes larger than 1/8 inch. Anything larger than 1/8 inch is expanded with a
> reaming tool I bought from mouser. The link in my signature shows a
> completed module.
>
> Tim Daugard
> AG4GZ 30.4078N 86.6227W Alt: 3.7 M
> http://home.sprintmail.com/~daugard/synth.htm

Interesting.  What are you using to mark those panels?