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| javeryh:
Laminating a panel looks so easy but it's always a complete mess when I try it. Ugh. :censored: |
| javeryh:
OK... lamination is finished except for one panel, which I just don't have time for today. I'm bummed because I had everything out/set up and I had to put it all away and hopefully get to do it tomorrow. The panels I did laminate came out nice so I'm happy I went ahead with it. --- Quote from: leapinlew on February 21, 2020, 11:20:02 pm ---For my laminated cabinets, I basically assembled the whole thing when it was bare wood. I pulled the whole thing apart, laminated the interior pieces, and then re-assembled. I then laminated the exterior sides by laying them down on their side. --- End quote --- Did you use screws only? Did you have to drill holes through the laminate on the interior panels? My side panels are laminated now and my plan is to use some painter's tape so I can draw layout lines on the laminate and then drill holes and screw everything together. I'm kind of making it up as I go. |
| leapinlew:
--- Quote from: javeryh on February 22, 2020, 06:23:15 pm ---OK... lamination is finished except for one panel, which I just don't have time for today. I'm bummed because I had everything out/set up and I had to put it all away and hopefully get to do it tomorrow. The panels I did laminate came out nice so I'm happy I went ahead with it. --- Quote from: leapinlew on February 21, 2020, 11:20:02 pm ---For my laminated cabinets, I basically assembled the whole thing when it was bare wood. I pulled the whole thing apart, laminated the interior pieces, and then re-assembled. I then laminated the exterior sides by laying them down on their side. --- End quote --- Did you use screws only? Did you have to drill holes through the laminate on the interior panels? My side panels are laminated now and my plan is to use some painter's tape so I can draw layout lines on the laminate and then drill holes and screw everything together. I'm kind of making it up as I go. --- End quote --- Glue and screws. On my Tempest bartop, you can see it here: I built it first: I laminated the inside and reattached everything You can also see where I repaired the screw holes Then I laminated the inside The screws went into the sides of the support beams. I don't think I'm explaining it very well. I'm sure you are being more efficient, or using some other method. I'm always winging my builds. :) |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 22, 2020, 07:09:55 pm ---I don't think I'm explaining it very well. I'm sure you are being more efficient, or using some other method. I'm always winging my builds. :) --- End quote --- This is extremely helpful. Thanks. I figured I was going to have to screw through the sides and repair screw holes for my top panel because it will be completely open on the inside as well so no battons. I assume you haven't had any structural issues over the years? The next thing I did was cut the hole for the coin door in the bottom front panel. There wasn't much to it - just had to lay out where I wanted it to go. I decided to center the coin door towards the top of the panel. To find the right spot, whatever size the border ended up being from the edge of the coin door to each side of the panel is what I used for the the top border (I also added 1/2" because the very top of this panel will be glued to the power button panel so 1/2" of it will be hidden). Nothing special but I do want to give it a uniform look, if possible. I'm using a generic Happ 2 player coin door only because I had it laying around and wanted to find a use for it. With unlimited funds I might have chosen something a little smaller for one player but overall I'm quite happy with how it looks. I measured the back of the coin door to find the horizontal and vertical dimensions and then laid it out on the MDF panel. Next, I needed to make sure the 4 corners were rounded. My door has 1" radius corners so I measured in from the corners 1" along the x-axis and 1" along the y-axis to find the center point for the circle cut out. Then, using a 2" forstner bit, I drilled a hole in each corner. Next, I used my jigsaw to cut the middle section of the panel out where the coin door will be connecting the 4 holes I just drilled. Finally, I used a straight edge and my router to clean up the lines. Only tricky part was being careful with the router where the straight edge met the corner rounded section. I had to finesse this a little but it was pretty easy. Here is the resulting hole in the panel: And finally, here is what the panel looks like with the coin door in place: Not bad! Today I'm hoping to finish front marquee panel. This will be the trickiest panel to cut for sure because I need to be very precise with the monitor placement and how I'm going to cut out the laminate as well as the speaker cut outs. :cheers: |
| Arroyo:
Nice method for the corners, I’ll have to try that sometime in the future. |
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