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Originally Posted by Reece
You can get Masonite in 1/8" and 1/16" thickness. The thinner stuff would be fine for a back. The trouble is getting a pattern of slots and holes to look good and even. Takes some careful layout and cutting. The easiest for tube cooling is a slot across the top and one across the bottom of the chassis area, allowing for air in, air out. Here's an example of one I did in the thin Masonite for a table set.
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What's the trick for making the edges on the cutouts look so damned nice? Just a very high speed router bit to give that smooth factory-like edge? In my head I had just sort of always thought that the originals were made on a punch/press/die-cutter type thing, and that trying to replicate that in the home workshop was difficult. Obviously if you know a guy who has access to a water-jet table it comes out better than attempting it with a jigsaw or cope or even a dremel, but the idea of a router had not occurred to me.
