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yotsuya:


--- Quote from: roknrol on September 06, 2013, 04:21:40 pm ---Cory,

Maybe it's there and I've just never seen it ... but what is this "scrap pile at Home Depot" of which you speak?

Would I be likely to find it near the loading dock/door at the very back of the lumber area? Are the pieces marked with spray paint or something so the checkout clerk will intuitively know not to charge me for it?

Just never stumbled across it before!

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At my HD, they spray the end of the scraps green. I got some good internal bracing boards that way once.

JDFan:

@roknrol -- just ask anyone in the lumber dept. and they'll point you toward it - they usually put any mis-cuts while cutting for customers or scraps the customer doesn't want after cutting or any warped\damaged boards there - Lowes has a similar bin with most pieces running from $0.25 to $2.00 so definitely worth looking through.     

CoryBee:


--- Quote from: JDFan on September 06, 2013, 12:27:24 pm ---Nice breakdown !  I do see a couple of things missing from the list that you might use :
Smart Strip or other power strip.
Power connector for the back of the cabinet
cheap USB mouse\keyboard combo (if using a gamepad encoder you need some way to access the system for updates - though I guess you could borrow one from your PC is much easier to include on in the build)
Piano hinge or latches etc. for mounting of CP\coin door\back panel access
Tie down strapping\cable ties  - to hold components\wiring in place inside the cabinet
Wood Glue

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Thanks! I will make some corrections.


--- Quote from: roknrol on September 06, 2013, 04:21:40 pm ---Maybe it's there and I've just never seen it ... but what is this "scrap pile at Home Depot" of which you speak?

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At the two Home Depots in my vicinity they are in the back near where they cut the wood for you, also happens to be where they have the big loading door. So everyone was spot on with that, just ask is the best advice though. And yea they spray each piece, can't tell you how many times I have gotten nice slabs of MDF or shelving pieces for super cheap.

In fact when my brother wanted a cabinet for his son all we used was wood from this pile, link here. Notice the spray paint :D


--- Quote from: Connorsdad on September 06, 2013, 04:33:13 pm ---I must be doing something wrong as I'm at £2.5k  :dizzy: and not finished yet  :cry:

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Build link? And.....ouch.

Connorsdad:

No build thread atm, here's s couple of wip photos though. Sorry to detour the thread

http://db.tt/Wmoa9edd
http://db.tt/XLzzWKSj

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CoryBee:


--- Quote from: Connorsdad on September 06, 2013, 06:03:29 pm ---No build thread atm, here's s couple of wip photos though. Sorry to detour the thread
http://db.tt/Wmoa9edd
http://db.tt/XLzzWKSj

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Is it just me or is it kinda looking like the "Revolution" by Griffindodd?

Also, your price tag hurts my soul....but then again this hobby has claimed more from better men than us. And when I build an all for me cabinet I will go all out with better parts, computer and art. Just wanted to show some people that it doesn't have to be something that you need to pull out a second mortgage on.

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