Yup, the display goes in the front and then you can put a piece in to screw it to, but in my case it's such a snug fit I didn't have to. You can glue strips of acrylic to make sure it stays when you want it and you can make cross pieces to glue in the box to screw the screen to if needed.
Cutting acrylic can either be done with a bandsaw or with two tools. One to score the acrylic and one to 'break' the score. Here's the scoring tool. $10 https://www.amazon.com/Fletcher-05-111-Scoremate-Plastic-Cutter/dp/B000LNJYNA/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=acrylic+cutting+tools&qid=1613154081&sr=8-2 And here's the tool for 'breaking' the score. https://www.amazon.com/Fletcher-06-112-Lightweight-Nipping-Running/dp/B00DF3GPFI/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=fletcher+gold+tip&qid=1613154327&sr=8-2 Quick set acrylic glue. You won't need a spying applicator. The brush works just fine. The stuff is so easy to use. https://www.amazon.com/Plastruct-Plastic-Weld-applicator-Bottle/dp/B00FDFWJD8/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Plastruct+Plastic+Weld&qid=1613154416&sr=8-1 Generally, acrylic can be found in a lot of places including Amazon. I bought the black sheets from Home Depot, but have bought a lot of acrylic from framing supply places, but that's mostly clear. Measuring is the key. And if you cut it a hair too big you can sand it down on a belt sander or even on a sheet of sand paper placed on a flat surface. Different grades of paper will dress up the edges if needed and you can even polish the edges with a dremel tool or a cotton wheel in a drill press. I started working with acrylic when I was framing photography and I have found a ton of good uses for it. I just built a laser goniometer the other day out of acrylic. Worked out really well. jeroen2 wrote: > That also looks very nice. Did you just stick the display to the front? > > > And how does that work with the acrylic? What kind of tools and where do > you buy the plates? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Howard Passman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16674 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=113708 _______________________________________________ unix mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/unix
