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SirPoonga:


--- Quote from: paigeoliver on November 20, 2004, 07:04:47 pm ---THe problem with scratchbuilt cabinets is that most of them come out quite inferior when compared to factory built cabinets, AND it costs about 6 times as much to build one as it does to buy a used one.

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That's the big reason.  I scratch built mine because I wanted features not available in generic cabinets.  To design mine all I did was take measurements from my double dragon II (dynamo) cab and mix them in with scott's unicade to get the ergonomics I wanted.  

paigeoliver:


--- Quote from: SirPoonga on November 21, 2004, 01:29:29 pm ---
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on November 20, 2004, 07:04:47 pm ---THe problem with scratchbuilt cabinets is that most of them come out quite inferior when compared to factory built cabinets, AND it costs about 6 times as much to build one as it does to buy a used one.

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That's the big reason.  I scratch built mine because I wanted features not available in generic cabinets.  To design mine all I did was take measurements from my double dragon II (dynamo) cab and mix them in with scott's unicade to get the ergonomics I wanted.  

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And I believe that is the best reason to scratchbuild, that is wanting something that isn't available otherwise.

Bones:

Hey,

I have explored my options using an old cabinet and yep, the financial advantage was huge-enough for a slab of VB every week for a year. I had one guy offer me a real bargain at virtually the same cost as I will be paying for a new monitor alone. Very tempting but I had to remind myself of the real reason for wanting to build from scratch.

Having something unique and original does sound good but the challenge of designing and building my own is my real motivation for getting into this hobby. My little girl is also getting excited as she watches me constantly surfing for examples. (Her favorite is Supercade, she doesn't really understand you don't need one of those to play Jungle King or Pac Land.....!)

Towards the end of last year I built an office in 1/2 my garage. This was my first attempt at any woodworking and I made a stack of errors, but I also learned a lot. The end result is something I am pretty proud of. The truth is a tradesman would have quoted me 1/2 what I spent on that project but you just can't buy that feeling of satisfaction and pride with money. Along the way I purchased a lot of good tools which will get a reasonable workout when I (finally) begin this project.

I think the feedback I has received is awesome and it has confirmed my original thoughts on building from scratch. Also, even with everything I have previously read, I didn't realise there were so many Aussie BYOAC'ers out there! Thanks for the phone number & link offer LordDamo, I will probably get back to you on this when the time comes although I do already have a quite a collection of places I have found and contacted.


walls83:

I would build my own if I were you... There are so many more options to work with..

Its not hard to do.

I saw this site 2 years ago and I have built 2 cabs. A jukebox and am in the process of designing a control panel that comes out of a coffee table for a friend.

Just go for it..

and

Good luck

Gunstar Hero:

If you can use a saw, you're good to go.  ;D

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