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[QUOTE="magicmagni, post: 2039440, member: 72652"] So now that my enclosure is all assembled.. let's cut it up LOL 🤪 I wanted the ThermalZooPro Fixture to sit on top of the enclosure ,but we need a cutout for the light to show through... Time to get the saw out! This was definitely a measure twice cut once situation!! I actually must of measured 10 times LOL. I let Kages know what I was planning and they where really cool to offer a replacement panel at their cost if I just totally messed up so at least I had that to fall back onto 🙂 Luckily, I did not have to take them up on their offer! PVC is really easy to cut. I was going to use my jigsaw, but I found that power tools were not the best as they are too powerful and ended up melting the material more than anything so just went "old school" on it with the saw. I used the arcadia fixture as my template and with a colored pencil marked it off. Then I just took the cut in about 1/8". If I cut the same size of light it would fall through the hole and we don't want that! To get the cut started I just drilled 4 holes at each corner so I could get the blade in there. [ATTACH type="full"]86787[/ATTACH] Ended up looking like this once it was all cut out.... I took a file to the edges just to clean it all up, but probably not necessary since the cut will not be seen. [ATTACH type="full"]86789[/ATTACH] This is the final result.. I used foam weatherstripping to get a better seal between the fixture and ceiling as PVC is quite flexy and light was showing through at some spots here and there were it would sag. To keep it all in place I used some 1/2" L brackets with brass sheet metal screws that went into the fixture and some brass wood screw for the PVC side. [ATTACH type="full"]86788[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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