MOTM

At 8:48 PM -0500 2004/01/01, Richard Brewster wrote:
>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?

I'm not sure about a Dremel, I haven't tried one. I use a table saw 
with a very fine tooth blade. The blade says "for plastics and 
veneers" on it. Just don't cut too fast and wear a face mask 
otherwise you'll get tiny pieces of plastic in your eyes, nose, ears, 
everywhere. One time I got a piece of plastic that had a fairly low 
melting point and that was not good; it would melt while I tried to 
drill holes through it.

I use a drill press for cutting the holes, same one I use for cutting 
holes in Stooge panels. Drill slowly otherwise the blade can grab a 
hold of the plastic and tear a chunk off. That's happened to me a 
couple of times while trying to cut the panel mounting holes near the 
edges. The piece that breaks off will try it's best to lodge itself 
into your flesh. Strange but true.

I use an unbuilt MOTM panel to mark most of the holes for drilling. 
Put the MOTM panel on the plastic and use a sharpie to outline the 
holes. You don't even need to center punch the holes for drilling.