Welcome Dude! and "Airborne!", I'm a paratrooper as well, can't wait for your theme..."death from above" sounds like a good name to me. I was also infantry, gonna need some infantry blue in there somewhere....maybe some skulls, etc, unless you have the little ones,
I've read and read and read as well, need to do more, thats my problem, I'm blown away by most of these and get so excited, but haven't been able to get motivated to build another one...I built the project arcade a couple years ago, and was pretty much in the same boat, no experience building anything, the book is so thorough that even dumb grunts like us can do it. And with this forum, anything is possible. My biggest piece of advice that I didn't get and didn't take heed to is, don't rush, take your time and you will be much happier with the results.
I have a suggestion regarding the slot cutter, as I made a similar mistake, I couldn't get the exact size needed, they didn't have it anywhere local(and I was too impatient to order it online), so i bought the next closest, but way too big. What I did, is use gorilla glue to put it on, it expands filling the gaps, but one caution, it expands quit a bit, so protect your cabinet, with masking tape, etc, it comes off easy but leaves a stain. Because the t-molding needs to set, I put masking tape about ever 6 inches or so, holding the t-molding in place, while the glue dries; and with a little care and patience, you can hid your mistake.....good luck...
and just line up the router to get the middle strip out of there, trust me the gorilla glue is stronger than the mdf.....
Can't wait to see your progress man, and glad to meet a fellow trooper on here! Awesome
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