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Pacman style bartop cabinet build
fieldofcows:
--- Quote from: sharpfork on January 02, 2013, 06:29:25 pm ---Sorry I was unclear. By vertical I mean that it isn't reclined at all, not rotated. It is perpendicular to the surface the cab is sitting on. I might be using the wrong word to describe the tilted back nature the orignal Pacman monitor.
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My bad - I read "portrait" instead of "vertical" :)
I wondered about tilting the monitor back. The bartop I am basing mine on was designed for a CRT so I guess it was vertical to provide the maximum room inside the cabinet. As I am using an LCD I don't really need the space. When I sit in front of my monitor at work though, the monitor is vertical so I thought it may make sense to leave it like that for my bartop.
I actually quite like it. It minimizes glare and means the screen is directly facing you when seated in front of the bartop at a table.
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on January 02, 2013, 06:39:32 pm ---I really do envy you guys that have access to CNCs.
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I know - I am very lucky to have a CNC router. All I can say is that they are not that hard to build so if you're thinking about building one then go and do it! ;D My machine is not fast but it must have taken no more than a couple of hours to mount the MDF, setup the machine and cut every part out for my bartop. I dread to think how long it would have taken for me to do it by hand.
Just to make you a bit more jealous, I happen to have a CNC lathe and CNC mill as well :D
fieldofcows:
I managed to get an hour out in the garage tonight to give the panels their first coat of primer. I've never done any painting like this before so am a bit apprehensive. I'm using a spray rattle can and was very pleased at how evenly the first coat went on.
monkeychunkuk:
--- Quote from: fieldofcows on January 03, 2013, 05:23:09 pm ---I managed to get an hour out in the garage tonight to give the panels their first coat of primer. I've never done any painting like this before so am a bit apprehensive. I'm using a spray rattle can and was very pleased at how evenly the first coat went on.
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You can get a really good finish with spray cans just make sure you give it a sand with a ultra fine sandpaper between coats
DaOld Man:
Looking good monkeychunkuk!
I hate painting. I am thinking of investing in a spray paint set up, but Im sure I would be lousy at that too.
Not meaning to change the subject, but is that a home made CNC? And did you use metal tubing for the rails? (Would love to see that CNC lathe, is it home made?)
fieldofcows:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on January 05, 2013, 07:52:35 am ---Looking good monkeychunkuk!
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Fieldofcows making this one - not monkeychunkuk ;)
I've now given it a second coat of primer. The MDF has taken it very well. I can't wait to get some colour onto it :) What with all the rain we've had in the UK over the last few weeks, the paint is taking forever to dry in my garage so I think this is going to be a slow process.
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on January 05, 2013, 07:52:35 am ---Not meaning to change the subject, but is that a home made CNC? And did you use metal tubing for the rails? (Would love to see that CNC lathe, is it home made?)
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The CNC is homemade. It is a Joe's 2006. For anyone out there thinking of making a CNC you can't do much better than Joe's designs IMHO. The plans are free for the 2006. He has designed a newer model that uses less MDF for which you can purchase the plans. I plan on starting work on one of these when I get a bit more room for a larger machine.
Yes that is metal tubing for the rails and skate bearings for the linear bearings. The tubing was salvaged from an old water pipe in my father-in-laws workshop and was covered in paint which took me ages to strip and get smooth. It works very well - I've only had to adjust the bearings a couple of times in the 4 years or so that I've had the machine.
As for the CNC lathe, unfortunately it's not homemade. It's a Boxford 125TCL - a small lathe commonly used in schools for training. Although it's not homemade, I did replace the control system in the lathe to convert it from BBC micro to PC parallel port using EMC2 under Linux to drive it. It's fully working with an encoder on the spindle for screwcutting as well as a fully functioning ATC turret.
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