Posted by Matt on February 11, 2002 at 17:55:56:
In Reply to: Control Panel using Solid Surfacing posted by quamper on February 11, 2002 at 10:23:13:
Solid Surface would be great! and it wears well, our shop is a certified Gibralter fabrication shop (means you take coarses every year and they take your money, yeah one of those deals)General Electric is the one I believe that actually makes it and Wilsonart is the seller, You should be able to e-mail Wilsonart and check who the fabricator in your area is, and they will give you a list and call them and see if they have any decent sized off-fall, this stuff is batch marked like tile and the waste really can't be reused very well.(kinda feel like they scam the fabrcators on this stuff sometimes) There is a product called SSV (Solid Surface Veneer) that is 1/8" solid surface bonded to 5/8" MDF (making final thickness 3/4") That could be easily tee-moulded and is less expensive and really more durable I feel (as it has a backer)its real Gibralter and has all the same colors as well. Only bummer is unless you just buy cutting boards and stuff, most places won't sell it retail (not suppose to, unless certified!!) so off fall would be about the only way of getting it for consumers.
: Well long time lurker finally posting...
: I've been working on my control panel for awhile now and I am just about done... my ambition is to build a full cabinet but my wife won't let me in our small apartment so I had to settle with my control panel for now. Alot of A+ info on this site.
: I've got all my controls.. minus a few buttons which have been on back order from Happs for a couple of weeks but should coming sometime this week. I got my I-Pac amazingly fast and am very pleased. The control panel has 2 8 way joysticks I'll have to post some pictures (they're a little unique) of them on my website since I don't know what original arcade machine they came from since I got them used from a friend who owns an arcade. 6 buttons per player. start and coin for each player. 4 misc function buttons. And a 3" trackball (which will work as the mouse once I have purchased one). Speaking of trackballs.. I need one and some other misc. stuff if anyone wants to trade for anything I have.. http://www.quamper.com/trade.htm
: Anyways the main reason why I am posting is I made my control panel out of Gibralter Solid Surface (www.wilsonart.com) kind of like Corian. And I was wondering if anyone else has made their controls panels out of this stuff? It's amazing stuff! Albeit it's more expensive than wood.. but man it looks cool.. is super sturdy.. If you some how manage to scratch it all you have to do is take some fine sand paper or a course sponge and it will come out! I'll have some pictures up in a few days on my website and I'll post again.... If anyone else has used this stuff let me know how well it is working.. :)