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| PAFhumbucker:
I’ve gone through the original Blip thread so many times. I’m really looking forward to seeing this build in progress! |
| markc74:
--- Quote from: PAFhumbucker on May 27, 2025, 05:45:03 pm ---I’ve gone through the original Blip thread so many times. I’m really looking forward to seeing this build in progress! --- End quote --- Here you go then :D Lots of little jobs Started by adding the support for the main display TV - fairly standard stuff - just 12mm ply the inner width of the cabinet (602mm) and 500mm high to give plenty of support. The TV will be attached to the mounting board using the VESA mount. Good job I checked the VESA mounting position with a measuring tape - I’d originally assumed it would be centred to the screen but nope. Meant I had to offset my vesa holes by about 35mm to the right… Then created the control panel - for the 2nd/3rd/4th time! Managed to get my cuts straight on this attempt so not quite sure what was going wrong last time… anyway this is made up of the top panel, a front panel that connects to it, and a metal sheet that goes over the top of the panel to cover the joystick and trackball mounting as I prefer not to have bolt heads showing on the panel. Not a huge amount to look at right now but here’s a pic anyway! I’ll work on the actual controls more towards the end when the main cabinet is done, as if I have too many things going on I tend to procrastinate or make mistakes. Cut the speaker holes… Power inlet hole… Handle holes at the back… The next job to tackle is the marquee area. On the original Blip cabinet I added the marquee monitor inside the monitor space with a small gap around it. As the bezels were quite wide it meant you had a big black border around the marquee of around 20mm. I didn’t mind it at the time but I felt like I could improve it for this build. So this time I’m going to inset the marquee monitor into the frame a little so the black edges are smaller. The bezels on this monitor are about half the size of the last one but I still need to route out about 9mm around the monitor which leaves around 10mm (including laminate) left. Still plenty strong but the router cuts had to be perfect. Here it is now after a very careful (and stressful!) 3 hours… And with the marquee inserted… Now this does leave me with a small problem later, in that if I cut a full t-molding slot along the marquee area I think there won't be enough material left. I need to think that through a bit. I may just have to cut the spine off the t-molding and glue it instead. If anyone can think of a more elegant solution I’d be mucho grateful…! Anyway - that’s it for the woodwork (I think). Next job is to take it apart to glue the furring strips, prime, paint, laminate and cut the slots for t-molding. The optimist in me thinks that I've done all the major work. The realist in me knows that it's all the small jobs that take forever...! |
| javeryh:
Use some double sided tape and attach a 1/2"-3/4" MDF strip to the edge of where you want to install the t-molding (you will have to figure out the thickness based on your slot cutter). Use as much surface area of the tape as possible so it doesn't slip. Then route out the slot as usual, going completely through the scrap piece you attached but only like 3/8"-1/2" into your cabinet. This will make a shallow slot that you can still hammer t-molding into (that you may need to trim with a razor to make the spine shorter. I hope I'm making sense - I think gluing flat t-molding onto the edge will be very difficult. You need a guide and a short spine in a shallow slot will really help. I would also reinforce this with glue so it doesn't pop out but at least it will be very straight). Cab is looking great. I need to get off ---my bottom--- and do something. :cheers: |
| markc74:
That sounds like a good idea! :cheers: I'll give that a go on some spare material at the weekend. :) |
| markc74:
Not much to post as I'm currently laminating and photos are very dull and look like crap as there's film on the laminate at the mo. Realised when I started laminating that I picked up super shiny black rather than the textured stuff I had before. Hated it at first but now I'm liking it and it's now set me off on a taito side art mission as I think it will look really good with the shiny black... Bah... Had no plans on adding side art but now I can't help thinking it would look really good with it. This thing is turning into a money pit! |
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