Nintendo cabinet build - Wreck-It Ralph

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jdbailey1206:

--- Quote from: UnclearHermit on June 10, 2019, 10:43:33 am ---and thought I must have accidentally tilted the router or something. You can see the rough repair in the image below.

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I did the same thing with my FFJR cab. I had the luxury of doing it with my slot cutter and made the slot too large for about two feet. Like Laythe said this is the time for mistakes. Patch it and move on.

UnclearHermit:
Thanks.

Moving on, I needed to transfer the blocking markings from the 1:1 onto the wood. Clamping it on top seemed like a good start.

Someone in another build had the great idea of making a couple of blocks to make it easy to accurately position the blocking based upon the MDF depth, with either single or double spacing.

But I couldn't think of a great way of transferring the marks from the 1:1, other than using tracing or copy paper, neither of which I had to hand. So for the large areas I just cut them out, and the cut-outs will come in handy later.

For the blocking I just cut small notches are the end of each blocking mark, and could then draw through the hole onto the wood.

UnclearHermit:
Can anyone help with what the five marked holes are from Gaetan's plans? My assumptions was that they were all related to mounting the monitor, but looking through various threads I can only see the top left two holes being used to secure a bar at the top of a monitor mount. What are the other three for? And do these all bolt right through from the outside of the cabinet for strength?

I'm a long way from deciding about monitor options, but I'd like to at least understand the mounting holes before I get too far down the road (especially since if I paint then I won't know where I made these marks!).

thanks

UnclearHermit:
A word of warning for anyone else following the Gaetan plans for this. Don't get me wrong. The plans are fantastic and without efforts like this it would be impossible for people like me to even start a project like this. But I'm finding inconsistencies between the 1:1 plan and the dimensions shown on some of the other sheets, which might be issues with the 1:1 plan or might have been introduced during the printing. A good example is the base. I've cut this to 730mm because that's what the dimensions show it should be. But if I measure the 1:1 plan, which is what my entire side panel measurements are transferred from, then this distance is about 736mm. So I'll end up with a 3mm gap between the front and back panels and the base. I think most of this will get masked by blocking and the blocking is still deep enough to not cause any structural issues, but if you're going to build from the plans then it's worth
a) checking a few of the larger measurements when you have the 1:1 print and comparing with the dimensions shown on the other sheets.
b) if you find discrepancies then take your cut measurements manually from this 1:1 where possible rather than taking/calculating from the given dimensions.

javeryh:
I'm pretty sure those holes in the sides of the cabinet are all for monitor support. I can't remember exactly but I had to fill in a lot of them when I restored my DK+ because I preferred to support the monitor from inside (I just thought the bolts were ugly and unnecessary).

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