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| Shookie:
Nice build! Just getting started on mine and appreciate all the details and pictures. Wish I had half of the woodworking tools you do...... |
| eds1275:
--- Quote from: Shookie on January 03, 2021, 10:31:17 am ---Nice build! Just getting started on mine and appreciate all the details and pictures. Wish I had half of the woodworking tools you do...... --- End quote --- The majority of this hobby can be had with a circular saw, jigsaw, and router. I have a lot of tools but have only used these for the most of the cabs I have built! |
| jmaxwell:
would you happened to have in sketchup all the parts laid out on the 4x8 plywood, it would make it easier to start this project so i know all the pieces fit? unless i didn't see it, i looked in the sketchup file you had for download but didn't see it in there. thank you! |
| MeBunkerYou:
--- Quote from: bperkins01 on January 14, 2018, 06:45:40 pm ---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.. --- End quote --- Great build! And thanks for the awesome pictures! Curious why you used MDF for the bezel instead of plywood? |
| bperkins01:
Hi - and thanks :) I used MDF for the bezel because it was 1/2" - and it is perfectly smooth. I painted it black.. If I used plywood - the wood grain would show at the bevel where it touches the monitor. There would be a lot of work to make plywood smooth.. I normally do not use MDF - but this is a good place for it. |
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