I have begun construction on my first build. It is a slim cabinet with a 20 Dell 2007FP IPS panel for a monitor. The design is a mashup of the many slim cabinet projects that I have seen on this forum. It is certainly inspired by Knievil's Evolution build as well as Alfonzotan's build. It has a depth of 17.5" and is 24.5" in width. I will be running Hyperspin as my front end. The control panel will be the typical Knievil design with 3" trackball, spinner, dedicated 4-way stick, and two eight ways with 6 player buttons each. I have ordered led strips for the marquee since I don't have a whole lot of space for the light. I will be using 4" car speakers and a Lepai amp for the sound. I build the cabinet from 3/4" MDO which has been great to work with. I have run into a few problems along the way since I am not really using plans to build this. Routinh the slot for the t-molding was one of them. I screwed that up pretty good because my router plate was sitting a fraction of an inch lower than my router table. It has been challenging learning how to try and get this right the first time. I have good woodworking skills and a great shop with a cabinet saw, router table, jointer, 14" bandsaw, floor standing drill press, and even a wide belt sender. Even with all of this it has been a challenging project. Kudos to those of you who build beautiful cabinets with limited tools. That takes patience and some ingenuity. My next step is to finalize the artwork. I have always liked the cosmic frostbite image in green. I know it isn't very original so I am looking at doing something different. I am having a real hard time naming the machine. I know that it will be something cosmic so if you have any ideas for me I would love to hear them. Anyways, here are some pictures of my progress so far. Tonight I work on the keyboard drawer and the front door. I have to mill up some edge banding material out of hardwood for the door since I am using MDO plywood and the edges would be exposed. Thanks to everyone for the inspiration.
The profile
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On the base with the back, top, admin panel, speaker panel, and monitor attached
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