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Giuliano · 07-09-2005, 01:33 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

ain't it amazing how life just gets in the way................

Actually, life getting in the way actually seemed to help me with a breakthrough..

I had to drive up to Nashville TN from Atlanta GA this week , which is a 6-hour drive, so I had plenty of time to look at my dash and figure things out..

What I needed to figure out was how/what to put in the correct places to provide a mounting point for the LCD panel.

I had tried using 2-part molding rubber (the hand-knead kind), but it's not really the material for the job.

So I tried a different material - air-dry modeling clay.

I attached some 1/2" long hex standoffs to the LCD's mounting points, pushed some clay into the spots in the dash where the mount points would be, and just pushed the LCD panel into the clay (by the mounting points only).

Removed the LCD panel, and the clay now has the impressions of the standoffs.. just waiting for it to air dry.

Once it dries, I should be able to pop the clay pieces out, trim them.. and either use them as-is, or use them as master parts to make resin duplicates.

After that, I can *FINALLY* start the bezel work again.. sheesh.

07-09-2005, 01:33 PM	#123
Giuliano Maximum Bitrate Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 749	Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6 ain't it amazing how life just gets in the way................ Actually, life getting in the way actually seemed to help me with a breakthrough.. I had to drive up to Nashville TN from Atlanta GA this week , which is a 6-hour drive, so I had plenty of time to look at my dash and figure things out.. What I needed to figure out was how/what to put in the correct places to provide a mounting point for the LCD panel. I had tried using 2-part molding rubber (the hand-knead kind), but it's not really the material for the job. So I tried a different material - air-dry modeling clay. I attached some 1/2" long hex standoffs to the LCD's mounting points, pushed some clay into the spots in the dash where the mount points would be, and just pushed the LCD panel into the clay (by the mounting points only). Removed the LCD panel, and the clay now has the impressions of the standoffs.. just waiting for it to air dry. Once it dries, I should be able to pop the clay pieces out, trim them.. and either use them as-is, or use them as master parts to make resin duplicates. After that, I can FINALLY start the bezel work again.. sheesh.