What to use to cut plastic monitor bezel.

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I have a black plastic 25" monitor bezel and was wondering what you guys think works best to cut it down a little, I swear i saw a tool that bobroberts or someone else sold that cut bezel plastic and lexan screen/marquee covers.

I was thinking of just using a straight edge and a razor (making multiple passes) from the back to front. i have a dremel but i don't think it will keep the line as true or clean (maybe i'm completely wrong tho).

Thanks for the info!!!
 
I have a black plastic 25" monitor bezel and was wondering what you guys think works best to cut it down a little, I swear i saw a tool that bobroberts or someone else sold that cut bezel plastic and lexan screen/marquee covers.

I was thinking of just using a straight edge and a razor (making multiple passes) from the back to front. i have a dremel but i don't think it will keep the line as true or clean (maybe i'm completely wrong tho).

Thanks for the info!!!

Get a plexi scoring tool form home depot, its like 3$, just score a straight line and snap it off or use a sharp flathead screw driver
 
Get a plexi scoring tool form home depot, its like 3$, just score a straight line and snap it off or use a sharp flathead screw driver

nice, i'll get one tomorrow on my weekly home depot trip (atleast it seems i'm there every week for something).
 
your talking about the black plastic UNDER the glass right?

just use a good strong pair of scissors.

yup the stuff under the glass, i don't make a clean enough cut with scissors. to much soda in my diet when i was younger i have shaky hand sydrome, prolly why i suck at soldering currently besides being out of practice.
 
Use an exacto knife a ruler and a pencil. Draw a nice straight line with the ruler and pencil of where you want to trim it down to. Then use a sharp exacto knife and score a perfect line. Once you finish, do it again only adding a little more pressure. Do this a third time and add again more pressure. Then wiggle and snap off the piece. If there are small stray ends, use 220 grit paper to lightly remove those ends. DONT USE SCISSORS!
 
Use an exacto knife a ruler and a pencil. Draw a nice straight line with the ruler and pencil of where you want to trim it down to. Then use a sharp exacto knife and score a perfect line. Once you finish, do it again only adding a little more pressure. Do this a third time and add again more pressure. Then wiggle and snap off the piece. If there are small stray ends, use 220 grit paper to lightly remove those ends. DONT USE SCISSORS!

yea that was my original plan using a metal straight edge, i'm gonna try the plexi scoring tool first i think, it's cheap and "should" do the job right i hope :D

Waiting for the afternoon home improvement rush to die down, then i'm gonna go grab it. Might grab an exacto set while i'm there too just to have.
 
Coolio.. Just go slow to keep the line looking nice. Nothing worse than a hiccup and a wobbly edge!
 
Buy the quick-grip clamps if your budget allows. Clamp the strait edge down on each end, that's what I had to do, then make the cut. Besides, you'll wonder how you ever got along without them. =)
 
i've been wanting those for a while, my buddy has them, added to shopping list.
 
I used a large Stanley metal square and a utility knife. Works great. I laid it on my wifes rotary cutting mat, those things are great.
 
I bought that plexi cutting tool from home depot, and a drywall T square (it's huge). just haven't taken the time to do it yet as i wanted to wait and see if the cab i recently bought was going to have it (i was looking at 2 different cabs at the time).

So back to the original idea, which puts this bezel on my Spiderman cab :D
 
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