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Build an OND designed cab 'Metropolis'
BeeryGaz:
OK - started marking and cutting - issues so far:
1. Me and my new router are not friends. Trying to straighten an edge resulted in a lot of little half moon dents in my work. Still, school fees paid, and a good top-bearing router bit and some new wood later and I'm back in the saddle.
2. The bloody metric measurements in the PDF seem off.
e.g.
The internal width of the cab seems to be 610mm - but why then is the front panel 593mm? The imperial drawings have all the front & back panels 24" wide.
The back in the imperial drawings is 66 9/16" high while the back of the side panels (before the 45 deg angle) is a little shorter at 67 11/32" - in the metric drawings those respective measurements are 1691mm and 1662mm - it seems the back will stick up past the start of the 45deg angle?
The Imperial drawings have the depth of the side panels at 23 1/4" = 597mm while the metric drawings have the side panels 23mm narrower at 574mm
3. There's no base plate measurement in the cutting plan. The imperial one in a later post (showing how to attach batons and castors), once converted, is nothing close to any of the other metric measurements!
Ond:
Ahh that's no good BeeryGaz, sorry to hear that :-[. Well, I'd better remove those metric plans until I can sort them out to prevent any further confusion. Hopefully you can still use the imperial plans as a guide, I'm pretty sure they're OK as others have built from them already.
stigzler:
Go off the Imperial, Beery. Or you can go off the metric off my design, although it is altered slightly from the original plans. Here:
https://sites.google.com/site/alienarcade74/sub-projects/cabinet-design#TOC-Cutout-Plan
Did flag this up a few months ago:
--- Quote from: stigzler on May 12, 2013, 09:22:16 am ---OND - think some of your measurements may be out on your metric plans. e.g:
rear panel Imp = 66 9/16h on a 67 11/32 back height
rear panel Met = 1691 on a 1662 back height
Also - Front 827x593 - should this not be x610 (W of cab)
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Guessing it just fell by the wayside. I know what it's like - one gets all consumed in one's own projects.
Don't be disheartened or put off, Beery. One thing I'm taking away from this build is that you'll NEVER give up until it's done!!
Ond:
I'm giving all bro's in here some UPs, thanks for the interest generated in this project fellas - keep building :cheers:
BeeryGaz:
Well - I'm forging forward with a combination of the metric and common sense. The biggests hurdles I've hit so far:
1. Getting the chamfer angles right for the angled CP (and I predict I'll have similar issues with the top rear panels at are also angled) - I'm going to have to screw & glue the CP together and fill the many gaps - meaning my CP will never come apart again!
2. My CP recess and stupid joystick design that needs this weird countersink in order to get the base flush.
I feel kind of "stuck" right now waiting for my T-molding and channel bit (somewhere on a row-boat between USA and South Africa) so I can route the channel before assembly.