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Crackington Cocktail Cabinet (Made in Cornwall, UK)
rchadd:
--- Quote from: boyowilkins on October 11, 2004, 06:22:41 pm ---Hey m8,
Where did u get your wood from?
Also, how good is the Happs vinyl covering. Just checked their web page and its like nearly $5 for 1 foot!!!
Cheers, Chris
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The wood i got from a local kitchen fitting company - they were fitting one for my parents at the time of building. It is Oak veneered MDF (18mm thick) - it is veneered on both sides but there is primary side which is thicker (the side that is on outside of the cab). my cab has medium oak coloured varnish - which i think gives nice honey colour.
i got 2 8' by 4' sheets - luckilly at cost price 40 quid + Vat i think - not surprising considering how much the kitchen cost!!!
there seems to be a choice of wood species veneers that you can get...for example another supplier:
http://www.avonplywood.co.uk/noframes/veneered%20boards.htm
i assume price depends on veneer you choose.
yep, the vinyl wasn't cheap - i ended up getting about 4 feet in the end (The vinyl roll is 40" wide) it was surprising how much was required to cover the CP's. it wrapps right around front to back but doesnt cover bottom of CP as removable for access to innards.
i didn't really worry about the cost so much - wanted the cab to be "just right".
the vinyl is ok - but not as thick as i expected. it was easy to apply and seems to be pretty resilient. i expect you could get similar vinyl from a local fabric/upholstery supplier. It is definitely better than fablon stickyback plastic which is available in most DIY stores.
the most time consuming part of the build was making the CP's "boxes" out of MDF and getting then to fit together correctly. next time though i will go for metal powder coated CPs (if i can find some one to fabricate them cheaply enough).
also i have 2 other CPs not pictured - that i have arkanoid spinners in. haven't got those working yet. will post pictures when they are!
after playing tempest with my trackball - i am beginning to think arkanoid spinners will not be very good for that game. maybe will look at making my own homemade tempest spinner.
rchadd:
--- Quote from: Apollo on October 12, 2004, 01:29:41 am ---That's top notch son, one of the best cocktails I've seen. I want one, how much to build and ship it to New Zealand?
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hey thanks
given the weight of it - it would be v expensive! ;D
i have had a few enquiries from some UK based friends though and i have a spare sheet of MDF...
Minwah:
Great job rchadd - looks really nicely finished :)
rchadd:
just finished fitting the ultra bright white LED lighting for the CP's and i am very pleased with the result 8)
unfortunately in the photo you cannot see the real zig zag "hot spots" across the length of the plexi. i think it looks very cool.
i might try to take another photo tomorrow after playing around with the settings on my canon a70 - this photo was taken in auto mode with flash disabled.
photo of the PCB's is above. i sort of wish now i used wider strip board and had 3 rows of leds. everything is powered from 12v output line (yellow/black) of the PC's PSU.
rchadd:
i am wondering if it is possible to modify the standard white Happ P1 and P2 buttons to be lit by LED (i got some spare). any ideas?