Yes, sounds a good idea. i had thought about sticking something inside but just wondered if this is the typical way of fixing as I’ve only ever glued flat controls panels before nowCould you not bend some plastic card inside and use that to glue to?
I know it’s probably difficult to get your head round, but some of us really enjoy the challenge of PE. There is a FB page dedicated to the stuf.I always wonder why on Earth you should need to use PE to create a box. It's fine if you want to show the box with an open lid, but that would only need a single piece of PE with very limited folding to make the lid. For a closed box, it's MUCH simpler to use plastic, and PE for the fine detail for things like hinges and lock plates if necessary.
Are manufacturers deliberately trying to make things hard for us, or do they make more money from PE?
In this case, looking at Carl’s photo, I suppose it’s because of the holes in the top, which will appear much closer to scale with an etched box than a plastic or resin one. Of course, they could also have made an open-topped plastic/resin box with an etched part to glue onto it for the holes.I always wonder why on Earth you should need to use PE to create a box.
I suspect something like that is at play too: with etched parts, they can market it as a higher-end kit than without, so if adding a piece of etch that costs them ¤1 allows them to charge ¤2 more for the kit to the wholesaler …Are manufacturers deliberately trying to make things hard for us, or do they make more money from PE?
I bought this one for £27.80 so not sure what quality that makes it. Seems to be ok apart from a little twist but if you make sure both parts are square it appears to do a decent bend.View attachment 405138
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