Plexiglass Help/Question

[Joe Matt]

Just an update, I got the cube and pexliglass (thanks to Don Rotolo!) and I'm going to start the project soon. Here's a pic of the cube....

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~mattjosw/cube.jpg

More updates later.

[Joe Matt]

Updates

It's inplace!

I used a jiggsaw and my dad to help with the cutting. After that I used the file Dan provided to even it out, then sanded it down till it fit.

The top and inside the sides are somewhat scratched, but I'm going to remove them with some Wet/Dry paper at different gradients, then use some Brasso and silver polish to put it back good as new.

It's also sealed, and I went a different way of mounting it. This time instead of nails, I used a small shelf type system, which adds a slightly more futureistic look to the cube because of it's metal grounds that hold it to the cube.

Pictures here.

[Tapoore]

Cool! I like it!

[chrisinmd]

Very cool, good work!

[Joe Matt]

It's all done.

I double sealed it and did an overnight water test. No leaks! I bought some fish stuff (plants, rock, food, net) and let that sit with the water and added the special stuff to the water, then got the fish today and added him. As promised, pics!

wide shot


focus on apple logo

I'm also going to add instructions on how to recreate this on my website under the projects tab.

[JaneYoung]

This looks great Joe. It's going to be a hit at college.
Way to go!

I've gotta say, that's freakin awesome. You should add some (insert favorite color here) LED's into the bottom of the sides so you can also make it a glowing lamp at night time.