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What about the baking sheets? $8 is a lot less than what eBay is selling for (I've found as low as $15-$20 on eBay not including shipping!). If they really are 16 gauge thinkness, man, wouldn't that be so easy to run to the local cooking store and pick up some panel material for under $10? :) For coating plexiglass with thin aluminum... I'd worry about it denting easily or pulling up at the corners. Be careful using thinner plexiglass. Thin plexi can be very bendy (and cracky)... I'm guessing 1/4" plexi with a really strong bond to the thin aluminum sheet would be the way to go and might turn out nice. For aluminum baking pans (3003 grade 16 gauge) , see: - here 17 3/4" x 25" 16 Gauge $8.79 - $9.80 - here 18" x 26" 16 Gauge $6.99 - $9.49 - here 17 3/4" x 25 3/4" 16 gauge $10.49 - $11.70 - here bunch of stuff using froogle. - here 15" x 21" ?? gauge $7.95 If anyone has used this as a material, or ends up trying it, come back here and let us know please.

Another idea I have is to use acrylic, and instead of paint, use a photo printer to print a background that goes on the back side of the panel, so it's protected from touching it. it wouldn't look like most synths, but it might look cool anyway... I'd still like an aluminum panel though, so any ideas about cheap sources to buy aluminum sheet?

Hi, this is my first post, I've been gathering parts needed to build the midiboxsid, and I'm trying to find raw aluminum sheets I can use for the panel. What are some sources either local (I'm in the US, chicago area), or internet where I can buy something like 6"x20"x0.125" or bigger aluminum sheet (or 16 gauge thickness)... I've seen some things on ebay, but I was hoping metal would be less expensive. Also, does anyone have opinions on using aluminum baking pans? I've seen some that are sized 18"x24"x16gauge, 3003 aluminum alloy, and only like $7. Is there a reason the aluminum in these wouldn't work well? I figured I'd cut out what I need from the pan... I've also considered 16 gauge steel sheet (I found this at HomeDepot), and acrylic .25" (also at HomeDepot). Though I'm afraid of the steel rusting (it wasn't "stainless") though maybe paint would stop that (I don't know), and the acrylic not being as nice as metal... was thinking of painting the acrylic some color... I'm using an old C64 case... So, anyone got some cheap sources for sheet metal? I'm happy drilling and using a nibbler tool to create my own, assuming nibbler works on 16gauge thickness, no idea, otherwise thinking jigsaw...