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stigzler:
Damn, this one got me out of bed!!! Why did I start this!?
Started cut-out. Side panels went swimmingly. Loving the look. However, due to cut out hole for door + also door.
Following your method, OND - like the idea of a rebate with 1/2" door to reduce weight.
I'm really puzzled, though. How did you envisage the hinge working? Attached mockups. Neither kitchen or piano hinges will work because of the rebate (Unless you put them on the outside, but that'd be ugly).
Am I missing something obvious? I suppose there's always 'blocking out' the hinged part of the door with a 1/4" strip, but imagine that might be really tricky. Also wondering about opening angles and binding...
Hmmmm... I just dont want to do something that's gonna be really difficult or worse, impossible to remedy...
Would appreciate your feedback, OND!!! Help!
Ond:
The best quick response I can give you (for now) is to go and check out how your household doors are hinged. Unless you've got a non-standard house your doors will be set into a rebate/frame with the hinge on the inside with only the pivot visible from the outside when the door is closed. You need to make a slight rebate in the shape of the hinge (just a plain hinge not kitchen style) in the edge of the door and on the matching inside edge of the back panel. The hinge needs to be no more than ~1/2" wide so it fits the edge of the door. I've checked and there are narrow hinges at my hardware store like this. Use 3 ordinary length hinges or 2 long hinges for strength. The downside to this method is that it requires screws in the edge of the MDF, use long thin screws to compensate.
stigzler:
Thanks for the swift reply, OND. I had thought of this, but became concerned about:
A) finding a half inch hinge
B) The screws going into the edge of the MDF
C) Finding screws thin and long enough.
Have you tried this method before and had success? Or any other builders?
Cracking on with the woodwork today, so will have some faith and proceed as per your design!
Thanks again for responding quickly!
Steve
brihyn:
Let me know what kind of price range you're hitting for parts. So much of mine was built with stuff I had lying around (including the Slickstick CP), and I have someone asking me to build one for them...I have no idea what the real cost for an entire build would be.
Chapel:
If you had to buy the monitor and going with a trackball, I would say about 600-700 bucks