Any chance you can put the plexi from the boom box on a sheet of paper, trace the outline, and mail it to me?
Oh, and measure it's thickness..
Oh, and measure it's thickness..
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Any chance you can put the plexi from the boom box on a sheet of paper, trace the outline, and mail it to me?
Oh, and measure it's thickness..![]()
Sure, but why don't I just make a scale template and post it here? That way everyone has it for the future??
Whatever works. I need to cut at least one for myself. I figured I'd import into DXF and cut a few and post the stuff but you'll save me that step then.
Yeah, I'm just thinking that tracing it onto a piece of 8.5 x 11 standard paper and scanning that in will make a template that everyone can reproduce.
Problem with a scanned image is I never trust the printer settings to be accurate. But I'm sure it will be close enough and I can always see how it matches up to my boombox cover.
Thanks, Some folks just don't want to spend the extra time so I figured trace/mail would be low budget (though the mail part... LOL).

Ouch on the corner. That's what I was referring to earlier when I said that no matter how had we try, something always happens.
I didn't think I could do the U shaped vinyl on the base in one shot, so I split mine, but I did it in the back center. Somehow I got kindof a lot of dust specs on the base. And when I pulled the masking off of the sideart, one small corner came off with the masking!! I figured the chances were too high that if I tried to remove and replace it, I'd mess up the gray vinyl and have an even bigger problem. So it stayed.
Best idea I've come up with so far for this issue is cut that corner off with a razor and straight edge, then replace it with the corner from a new piece of sideart. So only a slit in the sideart would be left.



I have a PDF scan of it, PM me if anyone wants it.
Like DXF file for cutting on a CNC? I've got access to waterjet tables.If anyone wants this vectorized, I'd be happy to do it. Definitely in my skillset.
Like DXF file for cutting on a CNC? I've got access to waterjet tables.
Wait? You have a Vegas address?7940 S Valley View, Ste 100
Las Vegas, NV 89139
I could convert my work into a .dxf, but I'm not sure how smooth the converting process will treat it. I draw things up in Adobe Illustrator and can easily export as DXF or DWG. But it sure seems to chopchopchop the smooth radiuses. (Radiaii?)
Car wrap vinyl is different than printed cpo art. Sticking printed art down and then lifting it again is risky! It can damage the art. The best way to lay those is clamp or tape one end in place, then flip the other side over, remove backing, and rub it down on slowly. After half is down, remove the tape or clamps, flip the other side over and repeat. I'm sure I've seen dozens of howto's for this here but it's the tried and true method. You're lucky your stick and remove method worked out!Yeah, it was really frustrating. The vinyl is really unforgiving, even a score line around the fan cutout showed through it. In order to fix it so that nothing was visible I would have had to remove the vinyl, remove the laminate, bondo the corner back up, re-apply laminate, re-apply vinyl. All of that while not damaging any of the other finished areas or vinyl. I weighed the pros and cons and decided there was no way, so it stays.
Speaking of sideart, nice segue:
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Step one after getting everything together was to clean up the work space from spray painting last night, then change the paper on the table:
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After that it was pretty much cashing in on the hard earned vinyl-laying skills. Expose a bit of the sticky side, get it close to perfect. Miss by 1/64", try to gently pull it up, lay it back down again...
It took 3-4 tries to get the boombox in the exact spot, but I finally got it there. The plexi will go back in last, after @bakerhillpins lets me know my tracing job was good enough.
The aerial experience was the scary one. I got it all the way on, PERFECT. The I realized it was on upside down. The only good news was that I hadn't pressed it firmly down, so I was able to peel it off and do it over properly. I don't think you can tell at all.
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That's it, all the prep and procrastination done. The next updates should be of final assembly!
I could convert my work into a .dxf, but I'm not sure how smooth the converting process will treat it. I draw things up in Adobe Illustrator and can easily export as DXF or DWG. But it sure seems to chopchopchop the smooth radiuses. (Radiaii?)





