[vcf-midatlantic] Side panels for our PDP-8

William Dudley wfdudley at gmail.com
Sat Feb 13 08:08:06 EST 2016


No, use *smoked* plexi and paint the blue bits.

And it may be easier to use a water jet service like bigbluesaw.com rather
than trying to cut the piece on a table saw.  I could see making just ONE
prototype
on a table saw in order to get the dimensions right.

Bill

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On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 7:52 AM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> >> Are the none smoked plexiglass parts not make of aluminum?
>
> None of it is aluminum: I meant the TOP side covers.
>
> >> perhaps, a 3D printer
>
> The side parts are too large for consumer-grade 3D printers.
>
> I think Bill Dudley has the right idea -- use ordinary clear plexi and
> paint it.
>



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