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markc74:
That's not a bad idea. The closest I've been to welding is using a soldering iron(!) but I do know some people who could do that. It would take the strain away from the hinges.

I'm not likely to be knocking 7 bells out of the cab anyway when nudging but would be good to know it could handle someone some abuse from guests

markc74:
Had some time to work on this over the last week so things have moved on quite a bit. As I'm waiting for the playfield monitor to turn up, I thought I'd do some work on the backbox and get a feel for the size of the thing

Drew the profile of the side on 18mm ply and rough cut with a jigsaw

Then tidied up the curves

Then copied that piece

I've got a lot more than this done, but need to sort out pictures as once I get started I always forget to take them :)

javeryh:
Looking good. Have you worked out the big hinge yet?

Lucky about the weather wherever you are - I’m buried under 20” of snow and can’t use my tools for another 2 months or more!

markc74:
I'll be using 2x 5 inch hinges. Apparently good for 120kg.

There may not be snow now but it is freezing. At least by UK standards. Certainly not pleasant outside.

markc74:
Been spending some more time on the backbox recently. Cut and fixed the inner furring strips - which took a lot longer than I expected as I was trying to get everything perfect. After three pieces got thrown away, I eventually got it right.

Then tackled the back (simple 57cm square) and top (57cm x 12cm). To make the curve work on the back I needed to cut a 45 degree piece which again, took a long time as I kept making it too small. Eventually overcut it then took passes off with a file. Took forever but now seems to fit ok.

Before I could fit it I needed to cut holes for the fans - as the PC and the monitor will be in the back I needed some decent airflow so have two fan holes. I wanted a nice finish so I am using desk grommets to go around the hole. Bit of trimming needed so the fan can fit against it...

Screwed the whole lot together to see if everything fit and then routed out some space for the hinge to slot into

And that’s pretty much where I’m up to.

Plan is to finish the base and screw together to check the mechanism, and then all being well I can start gluing some of these pieces together…

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