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Track and Field Cocktail
brock.sampson:
I was originally going to build a bartop for a friend of mine as a suprise and a thank you for hosting football parties. We were together enjoying a few cold ones and mentioned that he really wanted to get a cocktail style cabinet. Not wanting to disappoint I have switched gears from bartop to cocktail construction. Unfortunately I used up quite a bit of time working on vectorizing APB artwork for the bartop that I can't really use for the new cabinet. The weather and my schedule permitted a little bit of time over the weekend so I actually made some progress. The plan is to have a Street Fighter layout on one end and track ball and a handful of buttons on the other end. I'm being fairly true to the Jakobud plans and also have some help from Spriggy with dimensions and models. Not sure what I'm going to do for control panels yet. The original had metal panels. I have never done a metal panel yet but this might be a good place to start. Attached is a crappy pic of the progress made over the weekend. There is a separate base that converts this from a cocktail to stand up that I will be building as well.
javeryh:
Real nice start. How did you cut out those curves?
IG-88:
Looking good! If I ever get my Hyper Sports done we'll have to get together and have a party!
brock.sampson:
--- Quote from: javeryh on April 13, 2010, 05:06:54 pm ---Real nice start. How did you cut out those curves?
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I used the measurements off the plans and routed the straight sides. Used a jig saw to get close and then sanded the outside corners down by hand. On the inside corner I used a 3" hole saw and routed the straight sides out. I screwed up a couple times so it was certainly the most frustrating part thus far.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: brock.sampson on April 13, 2010, 08:38:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on April 13, 2010, 05:06:54 pm ---Real nice start. How did you cut out those curves?
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I used the measurements off the plans and routed the straight sides. Used a jig saw to get close and then sanded the outside corners down by hand. On the inside corner I used a 3" hole saw and routed the straight sides out. I screwed up a couple times so it was certainly the most frustrating part thus far.
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Real nice job. The curves look really accurate and go right into the straight edges. That isn't easy. :cheers: