Credit to severdhed for inspiration found here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,134038.0.htmlAnd more specifically the measurements he provided:
I do not have the patience, talent, tools, or helpers that he does but I'm going to attempt a somewhat respectable clone. I'm far too weak to sling around 3/4" MDF on my own, so I'm adapting it to 5/8".
Anyway, purchased a plethora of controls off another user here and I've been kicking around the idea of a pedestal cabinet with DDR pads for months now.
Materials loaded into my new truck. I should have taken his advice and built this thing entirely out of pre-cut 24x48 panels but more on that later.
Traced out a side panel:
My first time ever using a copy bit on my router, and clamps! Ordinarily I'd jigsaw out both panels, screw them together, and blend the differences with a belt sander! Ooooooh yeah!
View from the front:
So, yes, that old wonky board I thought was 24" wide in my garage was actually 23.25" at one end and 24" at the other. My punishment for not thoroughly measuring it was putting it together, being puzzled as to nothing was lining up, and losing 90 minutes while I took it all apart, trimmed the middle panels down to 23" and reassembled.
View from the back:
That's my conure that anyone stupid enough to take off my hands can have for free. I call him "SCREECHY". No cabinet is complete without birdshit rubbed into the wood.
Anyway, not totally sold on the L-brackets. I may remove them and brace it with more wood, but I'm happy to report everything is pretty straight and thus far rock solid. Haters will inevitably hate but so far so good.
4/27/14 - Pretty much done for now:
12/30/2014 - Upgraded to a much larger TV: