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| a1pharm:
This is coming along nicely (and quickly). Are you going to paint it, laminate it, apply vinyl to it, or ??? :cheers: |
| lukensteinz:
Thanks man. I tell ya what, I'm having a dickens of a time trying to do the chamfer angles I need. Some are 60-70 degrees. May need to go buy me a planer or something. Do my cuts at 45 then plane it down with some elbow grease. Not sure how I'm going to do the finish... Laminate would be awesome, nice and durable. But then i could get some vinyl art printed up... I don't know honestly. What would be the recommended option? This only needs to be clean and tough. Colour scheme will likely be Blood red and black. Will have red t-moulding coming soon if I can get a good price, else it will be black. Marquee will also be Mortal Kombat themed. Speaking of MK, I have the dragon logo done in DXF format if anyone wants it? Took me a few hours and you're all welcome to it, especially if you clean it up for us! I may also share my plans when I'm done too. The plan set will be published in pdf format, engineering drawing style sheets at A3 size. I use Alibre/Cubify Design, so I'm a little restricted in output formats. |
| a1pharm:
I can't help with campfering advice, sorry, but I can help with the laminate vs. vinyl decision: Laminate: super clean appearance, and the most durable option for making arcade cabinets, unless you use stone. Vinyl: looks nice if you get art printed on it, but it can be difficult to apply perfectly on your first try. It also does not hide any surface imperfections (it actually amplifies them). I would use laminate if you want a super durable option, because you can always apply vinyl over the top of laminate if you want artwork displayed. Just be sure the depth of the laminate + the thickness of the wood = the thickness of your T-molding. Let me know what questions you have. Cheers! :cheers: |
| lukensteinz:
I'll be buying an electric planer to help with my bevels (EXTREME!) That seem's to be my only option really. And I can't really find much info on laminate. But given that my t-moulding is 18mm, and the mdf is bang on 18mm, I kind of can't use if unless it's extremely thin. Soooo, looks like I'll be painting the majority of it. No biggy. And perhaps apply vinyl art to the sides. Not sure wether I'd end up doing both the inner and outer, or just one of either. Perhaps I should wait until the majority of the cabinet is finished before I make any decision. Which is the best way to apply paint? Spray on with an air compressed paint gun? Maybe one of the cheap electric ones? Or old fashioned brush or roller? |
| rablack97:
what size t-moulding you need i have a surplus of it.....I'm in the states, but we can work out something within your budget dependent on how of it you need, i have red and blue.... |
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