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SirPoonga:

If I was to do a cocktail I would not build from scratch.  I'd get a kit from arcade depot and modify it.  Check the holiday contest give-away prize sponsers ;)

Actually, for All I'd want on a cocktail I could have them make the control panel.  In the future I plan on having a cocktail cabinet for the classic verts like 1942, pacman, etc...

megashock5:

If you know anyone who has tools you could borrow, that would save quite a bit of money. One of the only reasons I started mine is that my father has just about any tool I would need - the only one I had to buy was the router bit, but even then I borrowed his router.

There is one reason for building from scratch that hasn't been mentioned yet (may not be that common)...

Unlike my dad, I'm not very handy. I want to be able to do stuff like finish my basement and other home improvement projects. Since I've never done any real building or word work, I thought I'd do this as a test project. I figured if it turned out it would be great, but if it didn't at least I hadn't damaged my home in any way. :)

so far so good, but I'm not very far along.

Bones:


--- Quote from: megashock5 on November 23, 2004, 05:05:09 pm ---Since I've never done any real building or word work, I thought I'd do this as a test project. I figured if it turned out it would be great, but if it didn't at least I hadn't damaged my home in any way. :)

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It's pretty ironic you say that. I have been thinking it would be a good idea to build some MDF cabinets and storage places for all my tools before I start. The way my tools are stored at the moment is going to cause a lot of frustration when I do start my cab, I can never find anything as it's so unorganized.

My previous garage/office project was all built with pine. Man that is frustrating stuff. You measure, check for the fitting, it's all good. Then next day when it comes time to assemble, everything has changed sizes!! :( I found the pine to be very unstable, a friend told me it hadn't been properly dried or cured.

So..... Building some MDF cabinets should hopefully give me a feel for the characteristics of this material although everything I have read says it's very stable as long as you don't get it wet.


RayB:

You can buy a rubber mallet at your local discount/dollar store.


versapak:


--- Quote ---You can buy a rubber mallet at your local discount/dollar store.
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Yep, it really wasn't all that much of a factor in the overall cost.


There is ALOT of little things though, that one may not initially consider in the initial excitement of building their own cab. All those little things do eventually add up. It would be fine to say... I don't really need this mallet, but when you need the other 90% of the items you might as well get it also.




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