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| sofakng:
The last two days I spent sanding my cabinet and filling all the holes with wood putty. Today I primed the cabinet and tomorrow I plan on painting it. However, I think I ran into a BIG problem. I've been following the Project Arcade book (LuSiD's designs) and I don't think my bezel is going to fit properly! Take a look at this picture (from project arcade book): Click http://ss88181327.onlinehome.us/arcade/PA_02.jpg for a closeup. Look at the red circles areas. See how the bezel was actually cut to accomdate these extra long speaker shelf supports? Well, it looks like my supports are also too long! Click http://ss88181327.onlinehome.us/arcade/PA_03.jpg for a closeup. What I plan to do tomorrow is somehow cut the support to the first screw. One big problem is that not only is the support screwed in already, but it is also glued. On top of that, the cabinet is already primed so I'm really not sure how I'm going to cut this piece. Does anybody have any suggestions for me? **ANY** ideas would be GREATLY appriciated. I really don't want to have to cut the corners of my bezel to accomodate for my extra-long supports... I think it doesn't look right at all. |
| daeven:
I used the Lusid design and didn't add any supports, just glued and screwed with 3" drywall screws. If that makes you nervous, you could always remove the entire support piece and cut a shorter one. Removing the piece shouldn't be too hard - first take out the screw and seperate the piece from the cabinet with a metal putty knife and a hammer. You'll have a bit of clean up work to do, but I think it is worth it to avoid the supports extending out beyond the bezel. Now that I've typed all that, you could just paint the support black and use it as a resting point for tinted glass. That should hide the supports well. |
| DennisInMN:
I guess if you were daring enough you could use a dremel to cut that support back a bit. I, too, have been following the Project Arcade book. I think my bezel will be here tomorrow and I'll have to check it out to see if I am in the same boat as you are. I am just in the process of cleaning up the cab to start painting it. I'd be better off to catch this now, if I do have that problem, than after I painted it. |
| JAMMA Guy:
Other than maming the Happs monitor bezel ... I don't see a mistake ??? Just add a bezel ledger and your plastic bezel and monitor glass or plexi sits on top of that (hence no more mistake) ;) Modified your pic to show you what I mean (plenty of room for the glass and plastic bezel) ;D If anyone would ask what's up with the bezel ... you can just tell them that you modified it for easy removal ... they'll believe it :) |
| sofakng:
Daeven: The problem is that I really can't remove it at this point. There is wood putty in all of the screw holes and the cabinet has been primed. In order to fully remove it I would have to somehow get the wood putty out of the screw holes and that would do major damage to the cabinet I'm sure... DennisInMN: Let me know how you're cabinet works out... hopefully you don't have the same problem that I have. JAMMA Guy: That's not a bad idea but if I do that the bezel (and TV) will be VERY close to the front of the cabinet. It's a 27" TV and I really wanted to push it back into the cabinet at least by a little bit. Is there any way I could remove part of the support from the inside of the cabinet? Somebody mentioned using a dremel and I guess that work work, but what about a jigsaw or something? Then I thought I'd using a screwdriver and hammer to back that piece off but I'm worried that when I do that I'll take a huge chunk out of the inside of the cabinet (a part that would be exposed none-the-less) *sigh* Any other suggestions for me? I've spent so much time and money so far on this... I'm a bit upset that I've ended up with a major flaw like this :( |
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