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Build an OND designed cab 'Metropolis'
jennifer:
If one was to go back to page 1, and the original design.... There is no reason not to raise the coindoor a bit and use traditional latches and hinges. although that would require a steel panel and may be beyond the scope of down and dirty DIY plans.
BigTx2017:
Is the overall height of the cab sides 77 1/4"? Hard to tell based on the small image of the plans, but the step below it at the 76degree angle is listed at 77 14/32. That means the space between these two locations is 0.1875" vertically, and the image shows a much larger delta.
Thanks!
vaderag:
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If I were you, I would just make the whole bottom removable (ie don't glue it). That is, if you don't want hinges. It seems stuff like taking the trackball out to clean it would be really hard through the back panel holes...
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This still has the vinyl problem tho, as the vinyl wraps round... Hence the thought of jigsawing a smaller hole (tho so much bigger than the small ones on the back)
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Well, I've come up with a 'solution' to my control panel issue (sorta) -
I cut two more chunky holes in the bottom panel - this gives a fair bit of access and is big enough to get my trackball in, yet at the same time is concealed within the unit.
I'm not convinced I want to be connecting up all my parts through those holes, so am currently trying to be inventive about how I might connect this together (just posted another thread to that effect http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,155479.0.html), but on the whole I think this will work for maintenance access
josefino:
One of the best threads I have come across, found a guy with a CNC machine close to my house. I hope to make a deal with him to have this cabinet made, I will have to modify plans to house a 32" tv.
JoeB:
--- Quote from: Ond on July 27, 2017, 08:13:33 pm ---Not making any promises or nothing, but I have a mind to repair this thread and maybe even take some ownership of it. What? No. Really? Yes.
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It seems all your threads were zapped back in October to nothing. Is it because you were on Photobucket, or you decided to leave us? :)