Need help on building enclosure
I’ve got this screen thing and I have been trying to get an enclosure made for it and am losing my mind on how it proceed. I attached some photos to show that I have used aluminum angles as the profile for the screen (I haven’t put the angle on the top and bottom but will do that soon) and have an aluminum flat working as the backbone going down the middle.
Now what I am stuck on is figuring out how to make an enclosure for the back so that it doesn’t get damaged by the elements. I would need a one inch deep enclosure as I will have to have some space for the power supply for this thing and it’s roughly an inch tall. I would prefer to stay away from aluminum as it’s expensive af and also is hard to weld with the small stick welder I have.
I thought about using plastic sheets I saw at Menards to build the enclosure, if I were to do that, I thought about cutting some thin strips of the sheet, stacking them on top of each other to achieve the one inch depth for the enclosure profile and then putting a plastic sheet to cover the full back area. I was planning on fastening this to the aluminum profile using some sort of adhesive but I figured I don’t know of an adhesive that will bond plastic and aluminum well, you guys would probably know more about that.
Any and all help appreciated. Thank you.
Edit : Would prefer for the solution to be something that can be achieved under $100, if it’s not, I’d still love to hear what you guys recommend.