Back at it. Trying to get this baby in the basement before the snow flies in Iowa.
First things first! My daddy always said to make a backup. I like to make a template of the side of any cabinet that comes through my garage just in case. In this exact case I have an idea for a future custom cabinet based on the Atari System 1.
I used the template to cut out the laminate for the sides. Today I didn't get so far as to laminate the sides but I did get each side cut out. It has been a while since I cut laminate and I forgot how delicate it is. It took much longer than I had anticipated.
The goal for today was to get the coin door area laminated. This part of the cabinet is tricky because my router will not reach all the corners. I gave some serious last-minute consideration to painting.
But came to my senses in the end and slapped some laminate on.
I cut a 1" piece of 1/8" hardboard to help stabilize my router. It really helped for this section of the coin door.
This is as close as I could get with my router.
To get to those hard-to-reach places I bought a flush trim bit for my Dremel.
This was one of those steps where I worried more than necessary. The Dremel worked fantastic despite my fretting over it for weeks. I'm really happy with how it turned out.