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DillonFoulds:
The company I work for has connections with a few local metal shops. I'll have to buy it raw, and have the in-house welders cut and break it for me.

As for the spinners, PBJ, I'll get back to you on that, but I'll put your name on them. Spinner shots. According to CanadaPost, shipping will only be about 15-20$.

DillonFoulds:
Quick note, I've got the first coat of primer down, I'll sand it and add another coat next.

I've got a quick question if anyone knows much about glass. Locally I found a glass shop that I can order glass and pick it up the next day. That's great and all, but I have two questions with regards to the glass. Basically, I'm stuck with two options, a 3mm sheet of glass with a 30%vlt tint, or a 5-6mm, but it only comes in about 60%vlt.

If I go with the 3mm, I could probably wrap 3/4" t-molding around the top, and use a 5/8" sheet of MDF for a top. The t-molding then should cover both the wood and the glass, albeit the whole top might look a bit thin.

If I go with the 6mm, I'll use a 3/4" sheet of MDF, and wrap it in the t-molding, and have the glass sit on top, but all the glass clips I'm seeing are all for 1 1/4" thick tops, and mine would be about a C-hair thinner than an inch, so the clips might not fit.

The price of both sheets is going to sit pretty much 75$ + tax, which I'm fine with.

At this point, I'm leaning towards the darker tinted, but thinner glass, and wrap the whole thing in 3/4" T-Molding and call it a day.

cmoses:
Looking good.  I will be watching this thread closely.  I just picked up a cocktail cabinet over the weekend.  It is my new project.  The cab needs some serios TLC and there are some monitor issues, burn in, vertical collapse.  Trying to figure out exactly what I want to do, repair it, replace it, go computer CRT, go LCD.  I am pretty sure it was originally a Pacman, but it now has a Galaxian board in it and does not have any artwork or anything so I think I will be MAMEing it.  The wood laminate is in mostly good shape, there is a chunk missing out of the side of one of the control panels.  I have thought about stripping it all off and going with new laminate.  I will be paying attention to your project.  It looks like your off to a good start.

Good luck
Clayton

Seith:
Darker tint always looks better!  Although you aren't putting a CRT in here... I can only assume you are replacing it with an LCD?  What's the viewing angle on the LED you are using?

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