How to hold custom mades together...?

[Skyone]

This is what I want to do:

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______________________ < Plexi

|||||||||||||||||||||| < Sheet Metal
|||||||||||||||||||||| < Sheet Metal
______________________< Plexi

Basically, wrap sheet metal around two plexis an hold them together.

I most likely want screws, and I'm thinking about doing something like this:

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______________________ 
|||||||||||||||||||||| < Sheet Metal and One Plexi Glued Together
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______________________ < Detachable Plexi

How do I get screws to hold it together though!?

[Kurt_]

You mean wrap plexi around sheet metal?

If it's on a flat surface, just get a drill head (it's a special kind that's angled) and drill a hole in one of the plexi to make a nice flush hole for the angled screw head. then drill a hole through the metal.

Then there's 2 possibilities:

- Drill it in the metal so that you can thread the screw through it, like a heat sink screw.

- Do the nut/screw sorta like Ben does. Explained here with code:

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____ __ ____
___[|__|]____   <== Plexi with a rounded off nut superglued into the hole
 ===|__|===   <= Metal 1 with a hole
 ===|__|===   <= Metal 2 with a hole
___/____\____  <= Other plexi sheet

      /\
   Screw here (grow up kiddies)

Hope this helps, it was hell to draw

[Skyone]

Wow am I dumb! Thanks for the explanation.

[psychotic_mechanic]

You could also screw through both sides into a threaded inset inside the case. That way you aren't depending on the glue as much to hold it together plus you will have that cool "industrial" look to it.

[Kurt_]

Actually, with my way you don't really need the glue if you think about it. The nut is being forced down, not up.