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Shookie:

--- Quote from: Zebidee on December 28, 2021, 05:58:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: Shookie on December 28, 2021, 09:14:56 am ---Bought wood yesterday and started cutting. I got 2 sheets of 3/4" maple plywood. $66 a sheet. I'll get more pictures up today. Can't find a slot cutter for my router locally so looks like I have to order it. That will slow things down a little....

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Wow I was half-kidding before obviously, but $66 for a sheet of 3/4" ply, simply WoW :o

I order most of my hardware & electronics stuff online now, most of the local hardware stores don't have much that's useful beyond common stuff for building houses. Trouble is, by the time a project's essential things arrive I've often moved onto something else or implemented a work-around.

If you don't have a lot of experience using a slot-cutter or a router, I suggest you practice first on a cheaper offcut as people often have a tendency to wander off centre the first few times. Would hate for you to mess up that pricey plywood ;)

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Absolutely! I've had a router for at least 10 years and I've used it 3 times so I'm definitely a beginner with it. Plan on doing some testing with it for sure.

Shookie:
Made a TON of progress today. Got the base finished except for the door and I have to go back over the edges to cut the slots for T-molding. I realize a lot of people do this before gluing and screwing everything together but I did not. I'll be able to go back and cut the slots no problem.

Here's the front and the sides.

Starting the base. Just used 2x4's for this.

The 2x4's on the right are just propping things up at this point. I decided to use them on the top and will both the control panel to them. I saw a couple other designers where guys used smaller wood.

You will see some screws in the base 2x4. I put glue on the back side and then used 2" screws thru the 2x4 into the plywood. I was careful to not drive them too far!

With the 1x2's going up the sides, glued them as well and then used 1 1/4" screws.

Shookie:
Here's the top of the base. I drilled pilot holes with a countersink bit here and used 3" screws to hold theses 2x4's. These holes are directly under the control panel so I'm not as worried about the finish there. I filled them with wood filler and will sand before painting.

The plywood on the sides was slightly bowed so I took a scrap piece of plywood and used it to pull the sides in a little bit. It was about 3/16" out and while you would never notice, I wanted to square it up....

I glued and screwed it to the 1x2's while pulling the sides in a bit. You can see the wood filler. Also put the upper back section in. Used my brad nailer and filled the holes.

On the back of the front panel, I took some scrap 1x2's and glued them on, screwed each layer to each other.

This touches the front support I put on so more glue and screws. This will help hold the front panel in place.

Used some 2" screws along the bottom of the front panel.

Here's the view from the back where you can the front panel and supports.

Shookie:
I have the top and bottom of the CP cut and ready to go.

So, last night while I was getting the plywood cut and ready, had a bit of an accident. The edge of the plywood was so sharp, it slices right through all 4 fingers. This is after I quickly sanded the edges. I was just wiping the sawdust off the wood and it got me. Got things cleaned up and put bandaids on last night. Really cheapo bandaids.... There wasn't much left at the end of the day.

I normally wear gloves when handling but didn't while I was sanding....

Shookie:
Done with things until next week.... off to Tampa with the family tomorrow for a few days and the Outback Bowl on Saturday. When I get back, I plan to the the CP built, and start wiring.

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