[sdiy] plexiglass panels for modular?

[Peter Grenader]

On top of all the other (very valid) comments the others have made, add this
to the pile:  I'll scratch.  Like no-ones busniness.  On top of that,  if
you drop it, from the slightest hieght, i'll crack.

I had a plexi display made for the company  i work for.  Basically a column
7 feet high with an overhang on i with cut-outs so we could mount our
in-wall speakers in it for tradeshows.  the overhang on top of course was
for the in-ceiling inwall (duh).

Had a custom roadcase made for it.  Now, bare in mind a plexi place made
this, they specified the maerial thickness based on it's application.  They
also spec'd how to protect the enclosure in the roadcase and it had much
more padding than the ones we use for our own speakers.

Well, CES came up and on a DRIVE from LA to Vegas, in AN EMPLOYEE's cushie
SUV, when we opened it up at the show there was a semi-circular crack all
along one side.  Trash before it's maiden voyage.






on 4/15/02 2:13 PM, John Speth at JohnS at molectron.com wrote:


>  Does anyone know of any reason that I could not use
> Plexiglass for panels instead of aluminum? Ive seen pics
> ofthings like the Buchla musiceasal that was made out of
> plexi. Is it ok? 

I tried using plexiglass.  It's hard to drill but I'll bet there's a way to
drill them with good results - I just can't recommend what that is because I
gave up after seeing the crappy results I got.

John Speth 
Molectron Detector, Inc.
http://www.molectron.com
mailto:johns at molectron.com


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