Plexiglass

[Ernesto]

Where do you guys order your plexiglass from? I haven't been able to find any 3/4" Plexi...Every thing I find is 1/8"...Help ???

Also what a good way to mount plexiglass onto MDF? For example Steve, Im pretty much trying to get an idea to do what you did with that Navigator (wrote navigator) with plexi. How did you manage to mount it and hold perfectly? I have heard from many people that plexi doesn't "bond" onto wood. That it is very tricky to work with.

[Ray]

you will under cut the mdf windows and over cut your plexi,... use a 1/2 wide by 1/4" tall piece of foam tape all the way around the window, and screw it on very good... remember to pilot drill your holes.. I get my plexi from select products. the extruded stuff, the other cast stuff is crap imo..

but anyway i hope that helps, even though Im not BIG DOG STEVE MEADE!!!

See YA man,  RAY @ SS

[David]

www.tapplastics.com 

awesome place to get your plexiglass and fiberglass supply's

[meade916]

you will under cut the mdf windows and over cut your plexi,... use a 1/2 wide by 1/4" tall piece of foam tape all the way around the window, and screw it on very good... remember to pilot drill your holes.. I get my plexi from select products. the extruded stuff, the other cast stuff is crap imo..

but anyway i hope that helps, even though Im not BIG DOG STEVE MEADE!!!

See YA man,   RAY @ SS

shit feel free to take the rains man.....your advice is gold here.

E: Have you seen the build threads of the Navi as they happened?  I think i showed how to make the "frame" for the plexi.  If not ill dig it up and link you up to it. 

[Ray]

reigns???  :-X 

[meade916]

ya, those too  ;D

[Ernesto]

you will under cut the mdf windows and over cut your plexi,... use a 1/2 wide by 1/4" tall piece of foam tape all the way around the window, and screw it on very good... remember to pilot drill your holes.. I get my plexi from select products. the extruded stuff, the other cast stuff is crap imo..

but anyway i hope that helps, even though Im not BIG DOG STEVE MEADE!!!

See YA man,   RAY @ SS

shit feel free to take the rains man.....your advice is gold here.

E: Have you seen the build threads of the Navi as they happened?  I think i showed how to make the "frame" for the plexi.  If not ill dig it up and link you up to it.   

LOl well after two hours of reading and admiring the pics (again) I went through all 19 pages on the Navi build up.

OK so pretty much you used 1" thick plexi, it cost you $85 for about the same size I need (navi & expedition, same exact thing). All you did was predrilled some holes screwed it down, then layed another layer of wood and fiberglassed it to the rest of the box, correct?

[Ernesto]

Another question...

Did you put the leather on the box or you had some guy do it for you?

[Ernesto]

What is this tape for?

[meade916]

you will under cut the mdf windows and over cut your plexi,... use a 1/2 wide by 1/4" tall piece of foam tape all the way around the window, and screw it on very good... remember to pilot drill your holes.. I get my plexi from select products. the extruded stuff, the other cast stuff is crap imo..

but anyway i hope that helps, even though Im not BIG DOG STEVE MEADE!!!

See YA man,   RAY @ SS

shit feel free to take the rains man.....your advice is gold here.

E: Have you seen the build threads of the Navi as they happened?  I think i showed how to make the "frame" for the plexi.  If not ill dig it up and link you up to it.   

LOl well after two hours of reading and admiring the pics (again) I went through all 19 pages on the Navi build up.

OK so pretty much you used 1" thick plexi, it cost you $85 for about the same size I need (navi & expedition, same exact thing). All you did was predrilled some holes screwed it down, then layed another layer of wood and fiberglassed it to the rest of the box, correct?

Sorta...first you make the frame but make the hole smaller than the glass, in other words create a flange.....then mount the glass to that.  After that, install that frame and build around it so its flush then when its all done you can make a trim piece to cover the holes.  In my case, yes, i fiberglassed the trim piece in rather than just fasten it in.