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Matjo:

I had an idea for a cocktail cab with a hinged lid that does double duty as a toy chest.  Has anybody done anything like this before?  I would think with an LCD and notebook guts, the hardware could be made quite thin, leaving plenty of storage space underneath.  Thoughts?

jennifer:


       The lid may be a little heavy, might smash little fingers...... hydraulic cylinders ..... plastic and plexi maybe?
Interesting idea anyway.

Donkbaca:

Yeah, depends on how big of an LCD.  if you built everything into the lid it would probably be around 25 pounds, including the weight of the lid. 

You could always but the pc on the bottom, and run a cable to the top.  I think that would be better. 


Turnarcades:

I believe there was a steampunk inspired cabinet created by a forum member here. You can read about it here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=88515.0

Whilst not strictly the same thing, it was designed to replicate a piece of furniture and falls into a cabinet design category of it's own as it is neither a cocktail or any other definable non-authentic shape.

EightBySix:


--- Quote from: Donkbaca on April 11, 2011, 08:24:54 pm ---You could always but the pc on the bottom, and run a cable to the top.  I think that would be better. 

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+1

Maybe even under the bottom, or a false bottom, to keep the bits safe from the toys. I've had a similar challenge with my (not dead yet) project, keeping the lid thin. Have you had ny thoughts regarding how you would do. Control panel?

Nice idea!

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