Plexiglas panels sound very interesting. I would think it would be best
to work the material slowly, probably depends on the type of material.
Maybe the harder plastics such as polycarbonate would work better at
higher speeds? I'm curious what others' experiences have shown.
Cheers,
George Kisslak
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Brewster" <pugix@...>
To: "Scott Juskiw" <scott@...>
Cc: <nil@...>; <motm@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 8:48 PM
Subject: Re: [motm] What are you going to build in 2004?
> That's a great idea to use plexiglass. I have not worked with it. What
> kinds of saw work well on plexiglass? I don't have a table saw. Would
> a Dremel tool work?
>
> -Richard Brewster
>
> Scott Juskiw wrote:
>
> >I bought a sheet of plexiglass at a hardware store (or was it a
> >plastics store?) and cut it up into 1U, 2U, and 3U panels. I use
> >these as temporary panels while I wait for official Stooge panels,
> >works great. I print out little labels on a sheet of paper and tape
> >them on for marking the jacks and pots.
> >
> >
> >>Question... has anyone used anything as a temporary panel for
> >>modules till they get their stooge panels? I'm building the Oakley
> >>SVF module and I don't want to wait to use it. I was thinking about
> >>using heavy cardboard or wood and gluing a printout of the
> >>frontpanel design onto the front, just as an ugly solution so the
> >>module is usable till I get a stooge panel. Any other ideas for a
> >>temp solution?