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What upright cabinet kit do you recommend?
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nipsmg:
Agreed.. There is some satisfaction to building your own, but for people with little or no carpentry skills, kits can be a godsend.  After putting it together, there's still wiring, artwork, controls, monitor, computer, etc to be built, so it can be just as satisfying for someone to build from a kit.

After the amount of wood I went though, tools I had to buy, paint, etc, it cost me WAY more than $450 in wood and tools to build my cabinet. I have 0 carpentry skills (which makes me that much more impressed w/ myself for building my cabinet), but for someone on a tight budget with no carpentry skills, it's worth it.

Note: people don't get blasted for spending $300 on an empty cabinet and mame-ing it, so why should they get blasted for buying a kit and constructing it themselves?
monkeybomb:
Dude you can't stop the hulkster once he gets that head shake going.  If he's already hulked out, you know it's over.

Seriously though, what does a guy in an apartment with no access to a tools or shop or even a garage supposed to do.  I personally wish I had mamed a cabinet but there is an appeal to these as well.
Flinkly:
not to dog on the kit companies, but from a woodworkers point of view, they aren't built very well at all.  there is no frame to speak of, and the whole thing is made out of mdf.  also, most companies seem to think it's structurally sound to screw into the "end grain" of mdf.

now i know some of the build-it-yourselfers have done these things, but a kit for that price should be built better.  anyway, i'll stop the rant now.  he's already bought the kit anyways.
MameMaster!:
...hmmm...personally I would buy a kit for a second cab so I could have a bigger monitor and bigger control panel......but I LOVE the fact that I used an original Stargate cab that was ready for the trash heap.

I get a lot of personal satisifaction out of figuring out how to restore the cab to its presently "Mame Invaders" glory.

Personally, I hope to someday have the physical space to make my own cab from scratch...but a kit does save a lot of time........and it's a lot less messy as you don't have to cut/paint etc. etc.

I'm really happy w/my cocktail kit that I bought though....so I guess I can see the avantages of both kits and original cabs....
MameMaster!  8)
PS- From what I can tell, you can't go wrong with that kit you're considering by the way!
wallyworld:
Yeah, I really admire those of you who just can save the cash, buy the wood, tear it up and get it built.
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