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My "Tied To The 90's" Cab or: How I Learned to Stop Planning and Love the Router
push2reject:
So this marks the official start of my cabinet. The working title of which is "Tied To The 90's". My plan is to create a cabinet inspired by the early 90's cabinets for Konami and Midway games that got me into arcade games as a kid (NBA Jam, The Simpsons, Mortal Kombat, and X-men). I'll be playing mostly games of this generation on it. One small departure from the basic design of that period is that the cabinet sides will not support the control panel on my cabinet. Instead the cabinet will have a Neo-Geo MVS style pedestal/kickpanel for support of the control panel and placement of credit buttons. I want less girth on my cabinet than the generic early 90 cabs had. I think that a slimmer profile below the control panel also brings back the balanced good looks of the 80's cabs. I'll be giving more details about the design as I post photos.
On to the (huge) photos:
My material of choice is melamine particleboard/chipboard. (Henceforth to be referred to as MPB). I cut a 3/4"x4'x8' (actually 49"x97") sheet down to 29"x97".
Next I trimmed the sheet down to 1/4" - 1/2" shy of a full size plywood template I created earlier. Making a full size template was a bit of extra labor. It is required for a good finish on MPB which can be hard to work with due to the finish chipping easily with most saws.
I clamped the template down and used a pattern bit on my router to give a finish trim to the MPB sheet.
I moved the finished sides into my workshop to get some better light. I took a couple of close up shots below. I have a total of about 5 or 6 minor nicks in the edges between the two panels, which is to be expected. I really like how the panels came out. They look like they have been CNC routed.
Finally a preview of my T-molding choice.
yotsuya:
Looks good so far, man! :applaud:
Rick:
Looking good! Love the simplicity. Can't wait to see more!
clickaus:
Nice work looking forward to seeing more progress
DCsegaDH:
Looks professional, can't wait for more progress pics :applaud: