Back door of upright cabinet

[cammada]

How many out that has door at the back of the cabinet. I don't know if it is good idea to have one or not since i thought it would be easy to access anything inside the cabinet when needed but does the back panel hold the main support for the entire cabinet? 

I was thinking what if the monitor blow up or need to replace shattered plexiglass front of bevel or replace entire marquee lights unit or etc....

has anyone ever tried to fix or replace the monitor or plexiglass at monitor from the coin door at front?

[mrcram]

I have the backdoors off in all of my cabs.  Why would you ever keep them on?  No one sees the back of your cab, it allows for more air inside, and it is alot easier to get into if repairs/adjustments need to be made.

[cammada]

Never thought that, so you use timber stud to support the cabinet?

[eds1275]

I have 2 cabs, admittedly neither is finished. The small one has a back door that is on hinges and opens easily. The larger one I planned on adding one however I just don't see the point. It has a half-back up top on it which is plenty, and accessing the cab is easy by just turning the cab. I used hockey pucks bolted to the underside of the cab with felt furniture pads on them. It's heavy enough to not slide while playing and slides with minimal effort if I need to access the back.

[Green Giant]

I have a permanent door at the bottom of my cab, aka a wall.

Then I have an open space that I always said would have a door but still doesn't, maybe  feet tall.

Than I have another door with hinges and a lock.


Oh, and in the open space area I have a 2x4 that spans the width of the cab with several heavy duty screws going through the outside of the cab into it.  The primary purpose is for transportation.  I can't imagine how I would have carried this thing without that brace to hold on to.

[Blanka]

It all depends on the design of the cab. Mine is sturdy enough with the door open. It has a full height door, with 4 air vents with nice black painted grills and a lock. It is hinged on 4 kitchen hinges. These allow blind hinging, easy decoupling of the door when needed, they can carry 18mm of MDF at 700x1800mm and allow fine adjustments. But my cabs are standing free in space often, so the back had to be as nice as the front.

[Grimoz]

The entire backing of my cab can come right off, its not a hinged door just a large panel with a vent that slots in at the base and is held in place by a drop bolt at the top, works really well especially when I have to do work inside.

[nitz]

I have the backdoors off in all of my cabs.  Why would you ever keep them on?  No one sees the back of your cab, it allows for more air inside, and it is alot easier to get into if repairs/adjustments need to be made.

You have a point, but I feel like I gotta put one on my cab anyway because if I don't, it'll feel less authentic to me...even though no one can see it. I'm OCD like that.

I do plan on just using some old scrap wood though as I'm short on wood and not quite OCD enough to actually buy more wood for something that no one's gonna see.

[yotsuya]

You have a point, but I feel like I gotta put one on my cab anyway because if I don't, it'll feel less authentic to me...even though no one can see it. I'm OCD like that.

I totally agree. If I'm not going to do it 100% in spirit, why bother building a cabinet?

[flashlight]

Ive got a hinged/locked back door to get into the lower section of mine, with a fan on it:



i used a 2x4 across the top between the sides to support the monitor shelf, and there are 2x4s along the bottom to hold the frame together



the upper part with the monitor just uses the regular 2 back panels attached with screws or light would show behind the tinted full screen plexi.

[gamer1942]

I was going to leave my cab open but that was going to be a problem with my 5 year old and a decase tv.I then went with a 1/8 tinted plexiglass with a series of holes drilled in a circular pattern attach with screws.

[BobA]

I put a back on hinges with a lock to keep prying fingers from touching things not meant to be touched.   

[bkenobi]

Unless you see the back of your cabinet, why go through the effort of installing tinted plexi with all those holes?  I'm not sure there's enough of an opening to provide sufficient cooling, so the holes are most likely more for looks than function (a thermocouple/thermistor/thermometer/etc would answer that pretty easily though).  Seems like it would have been easier to just install a door (1 ply panel, 2 small hinges, 1 lock) and possibly cheaper too!