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| Caparo8bit:
great will b watching you ..... i will love to build my own arcade but the only tools i have r a spoon and fork |
| severdhed:
I am a bit nervous about how this will turn out, I have built control panels before for existing cabinets, but never a scratch built anything. Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 4 |
| severdhed:
Made some progress today. My two sons gave me a hand this time...they got me tools, carried some wood, drew some pencil lines, drilled a few holes, put in some screws, and glued a few joints. it was so cool to have them help be build this. We will be able to look back on this for many years as a father/son project. I'm so happy they can say they helped build it. Here it is with the bottom shelf installed and the lower back panel with the hole for the cables.. I exhausted my budget for this thing, so i used some OSB that i had in the basement for the bottom., since nobody will see it but me. I wish i would have went with MDF, since it is much nicer, but you do what you have to do. front panel glued and clamped in place. I did not use any screws on this panel, i'm hoping the glue will be enough. here it is standing up, looking at it from the front. I considered a coin door, but it is really not necessary, and i didn't want to spend the money on one...i can always add it later if i want. here is a shot from the rear. i cut the door just a little too small, i'm thinking of adding black T-molding to the top and bottom edges of the door to tighten it up a little, and also protect the edges during removal of the door. i didn't drill the hole for the lock yet, i ran out of time this afternoon. here is a shot looking in the back door. the 5 holes in the bottom are just for air intake. I plan on having a fan mounted somewhere up high on the back...just not sure exactly where yet. i started cutting the boards to build the control panel box, but didn't get very far on that. hopefully i'll get a chance to work on it tomorrow, but that will depend greatly on my wife. She already hates that i'm building this thing, so it all depends on her mood tomorrow. I learned that it is not in my best interest to piss off a pregnant woman. |
| sabreerbasAlpha:
--- Quote from: severdhed on August 24, 2013, 10:01:48 pm --- i started cutting the boards to build the control panel box, but She already hates that i'm building this thing, so it all depends on her mood tomorrow. I learned that it is not in my best interest to piss off a pregnant woman. --- End quote --- Damn I know that only to well. Keep going mate she's coming on nicely, But don't neglect the pregnant lady. >:D >:D >:D |
| severdhed:
well, she was in a decent mood today, so i got some time to make a little more progress on the cabinet build. The boys said they were going to help be, but after a few minutes, they decided to go do something else instead. i had some extra 1x5 pine boards lying around, so i used those for building the control panel box. i made the bottom from the OSB i had...once again, maybe not ideal, but i had the stuff on hand and didn't have to spend any money on them...this keeps my wife happy. here are my boys helping to glue the sides of the control panel box together. here is the control panel box sitting on the pedestal base another shot of the control panel box. I have since drilled a 2 in hole in the bottom for the wires to run through and screwed the box to the pedestal. i also put some wood filler in the cracks where the boards join together to fill in the tiny gaps. i didn't take a picture of it since then though... i still have a lot to do, but it is nice to at least make a little progress....next up, cut the top of the control panel and start drilling holes |
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