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| wp34:
Those handles will come in handy. They are nice for tipping the cabinet backwards. You are making me want to get a router table. :cheers: |
| luizw81:
Loving this build! Oh how I envy you guys with these nice shops. All I had for my build was a 12v drill, cheap circular saw, and a hand router. Lol Sent from my SM-G530R4 using Tapatalk |
| Mike A:
That is pretty much all you need to build an arcade machine. |
| bperkins01:
Thanks - and I agree. Having a nice shop is not a requirement for this type of construction, but it makes things faster and more accurate in a lot of ways. A drill, router, circular saw would be the minimum.. a jig saw would be a huge help too. I'll keep pics coming as I make progress - I've always appreciated when others puts many pics. I've copied plenty of ideas from them. |
| bperkins01:
Made some more progress over the last couple days. My plan all along was to box & insulate the speakers. Here I added rails and a back panel to enclose the top coaxial speakers. A box within a box. Same plan for the subwoofer (also quite inexpensive) Simple 12 x 12 x 4 box over it. They will get wired and insulated during final assembly. My next task was to create a bezel for the monitor (32" LCD).. I was able to gently pop off the bezel for the monitor itself. This will allow it to mate up flush to the 1/2" MDF I'm using in the cabinet. The plan was simple - draw the line on the MDF blank that I needed - precut with a jig saw - the finish cutting on the router table using a fence to get it straight. Here you see the fence on the left - cutting a straight line.. and... The router bit grabbed because I was going against the cutter direction and pulled right through the bezel... ok .. Now I'll do it the right way.. after a trip to the Depot to buy another 2x4x1/2" MDF. This time I double stick taped guide blocks to the (new) cutout. Then used the pattern bit to follow the guide to get my opening.. Since I was able to get the bezel off of the LCD - I wanted my bezel to have a little bit of angle on the opening.. I had a 14deg dovetail bit. I'm doing the exact thing that caused the first MDF failure - using the fence and trying not to accidentally pull the work into the bit.. Howver - I'm taking off much less material with the dovetail bit. I'm making sure the piece can't lift with the feather board.. and.. I'm routing in the proper direction with the bit. I started in a corner, started the router and lowered the bit down to get the cut profile. I was very careful to keep it tight against the fence and create the profile. Then you have to stop in the corner, turn the router off, move the fence, turn the piece to the new side against the fence and repeat for all 4 sides. The color is off for some reason - I used some blocking and mounted the monitor directly to the bezel and connected the PC to it.. I'll be painting it black and covering with a smoked tempered glass.. |
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