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The V1820 [WIP] - 4P Konami Cabinet Replica (Warning: Picture Heavy!)
Vulgar Soul:
Day 7:
My new toy! had to get a good circular saw to cut beveled angles for some of the interior panels. As you can tell, I am a DeWalt man myself.
I used a protractor to mark the angled cut, set and squared up a straight edge, and set the bevel on the saw. Had to make sure the distance from the straight edge to the end of the angled blad was just right and doesn't pass the waste side. Once the cut is all set, pull the trigger and take it to town.
Check this cut mane. Solid! Love this new saw.
Vulgar Soul:
Day 8:
I bought a continuous hinge from Home Depot to attach the CP surface and box.
Markin, drillin, and screwin the holes (lol, pause) for the hinge onto the CP.
Done.
Fit like a glove. Jus for the record, the end of the control panel surface has to be cut at an angle. You can see how it meets up with the "U" shaped area of the side panels. Big shout out to JohnEDollar on this tip!
Lookin back on this, I shoulda saved this step for later. I would end up disassembling the control panel and hinge to paint them. The hinge came in this ugly, glossy aluminum color and I wanted to spray paint it black.
yotsuya:
Great job documenting this build! Looking forward to the final product! :cheers:
Vulgar Soul:
Day 9:
Now this was the big day. All panels cut, support strips fastened, control panel assembled. Time for assembly!
I rounded up three of my cousins to help finally put this ---smurfette--- together!
First had to bolt the casters to the base.
How much heads it take to put together one base? Lol. Cuz helped me align everything while I drilled the holes. Once again, the handy combination square helped keep everything at an equal distance.
Whoops!! This is why you always plan ahead and don't rush. My dumbass forgot the support strips at the bottom of the side panels!
It's all good though. Took back the base, unbolted the casters, patched up the old holes with wood filler and bolted the casters to a better spot. Once the wood filler dried up and sanded down you'd swear the holes were never there!
Vulgar Soul:
Day 9:
Now for the real assembly. The most challenging part was deciding how to put it all together because I wanted to assemble it all from the inside. We decided to jus work our way up from the bottom panels upward. Then to fasten the speaker panel from inside, I unscrewed jus the front end of the support strips from the side panels, turned them so I have access to the top of the strips where I can attach it to the speaker panel, fastened the speaker panel, turned it back into the cabinet and then screwed in just the end of the strips (which I could reach) back into the side panels. It's hard to explain but I hope that made sense. In the end it was all assembled with no screws on the outside.
My cousins held up the panels while I screwed everything together. Always get help for this step.
Second side panel was place on top and fastened to the rest of the cabinet from the inside by the support strip.
My cuz gettin a close look at the assembled cab. Hey J.J., I don't think we can get a high score yet!
A pivotal moment of the build. The cabinet is finally assembled!
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