RE: SliMP3 in-wall installation

["Rob Mouser" <rmouser@xxxxxxx>]

I would strongly recommend finding a friendly sign maker to do this, it
will take minutes with the right kit, it's not a 'simple' DIY task. If
however you are very handy or have a time to spare then:

A fine bladed saw will do the cutting, a hack saw would be OK. Coping
saw would be better.
Shape the corners with a file/dremel (Or by hand using the coping saw).
You can create a slight round to the corners with just wet and dry
paper. Depends on the look you want.
If you need a template for your corners get yourself a 'penny' coin and
place at the edge mark around and you have what in the old days would be
known as a 'penny round'.
Then use wet and dry paper with water and a little soap to smooth your
cut edges. Start at 800 grade and work down to 2000. Use a sanding block
to keep things nice and straight!
Finally for a really smooth finish polish your edges (And the surface if
you have any fine scratches) with some compound (Farecla G3 is excellent
but an ammonia free cutting compound of any sort will be OK.)
A final polish with any good car polish will have it looking the part.

Warming the plastic won't help. In fact it's better to keep it cool.

HTH.

Many thanks

Rob Mouser



-----Original Message-----
From: Bruno Prior [mailto:bruno@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 29 July 2003 16:12
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [ukha_d] SliMP3 in-wall installation

Fair enough. But are there any tips on the actual cutting? Do I just use

a hacksaw? Should I be applying heat to soften it? How do I get the nice

rounded corners that the guy at dhunay.com got? As you can tell, I've
got zero experience at this sort of thing, and I want to make as nice a
job as possible without too much trial and error.

Cheers,

Bruno

Keith Doxey wrote:
> Dont have one myself but I would go to the local perspex supplier and
get a
> piece of smoked perspex and cut it to the desired size. That way, you
can
> save the original fascia should you ever want to restore it to being a
> normal SliMP3.
>
> Keith
>
> www.diyha.co.uk
> www.kat5.tv
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Bruno Prior [mailto:bruno@xxxxxxx]
>>Sent: 28 July 2003 18:16
>>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>>Subject: [ukha_d] SliMP3 in-wall installation
>>
>>
>>I want to do an in-wall installation of my SliMP3, pretty
>>similar to the
>>one pointed out on this list at www.dhunay.com. He seems to have
>>modified the front screen, to remove the bit that wraps round
>>underneath
>>to act as a stand. How would one go about doing that?
>>Obviously I would
>>like to achieve a tidy finish to look pretty similar to his.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Bruno



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