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| Lilwolf:
I'm about to rip my arcade machine apart (to do some stuff to make it look more finished). I was going to redo all my control panels... and I have a question. I currently have a 4 player cabinet... but when playing 4players you have 2 people off on the sides and the controls always suck for them. I was considering building a box that makes the space a little bigger for the control panel. 1) How much stability am I going to loose? 2) Any recommendations for how to build it? What to use for braces? 3) Any shape I should look for? I was planning on bringing a full 2x4 up from each corner (from the bottom of the case up to where I cut the cabinet.). Then with the added strength from that, I was going to build a box out from there. The bottom of the box and the sides would have 2x2's (that all would be attached to the 2x4's) and then have plywood around the frame. I was going to go with a shape similer to a few I've seen. Almost rectangle but the two sides will taper in a bit... but not being a woodworker, I thought I might just stick with a rectangle. I do have the ability to cut the angles... so I might try it anyway. Thanks for any/all input |
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