The Intelligence - Day 35 - Acrylic Work
I decided to knock out the pain-staking task of marking off and cutting out all the necessary voids in the case switch panel, made from black cast acrylic, 1/8". Lined up all the toys
The hole for the game switches is 1", but with the washers and bezel etc its close to 1 3/8", or thereabouts, I was about to cut out a template when I spotted my current dremel disk. Put it in the calipers for a quick check and what the hell do you know... 1 3/8"!!
Perfect!
used the disk to center the game switches, and began marking off for the green and red toggles
thats everything marked off
laid out the switches to see what it looked like
marked off for pilot holes
clamped
drilled out pilots for the holesaw and scroll saw cuts, and drilled out 9/64" for the screws that will hold tabs, that will keep this puppy secure, and also cut out two 1/8" holes for the pwr and hdd led's above the rollers section
first time hole sawing acrylic, was a bit nervous as I prepared my tools
clamped...
went slow slow with no downward pressure, patience paid off in clean ass cuts
threaded the first toggle switch pilot on the scroll saw
first cut out, did two more, and then the roller panel area
after a round of filing...
turns out the bottom opening for the rollers in the pic above was cut 1/8" to short in height, but luckily there is enough play between the top of it and the led holes that I can just add to the opening cut. The led holes will no longer be centered but w/e
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