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empire2k:


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arcadegamenut:

@empire: Great! Where'd you get the cab?

@all: I've been giving things some thought the past couple of days. I haven't heard back from the guy at TNT yet. Maybe they're on vacation? I'm not in a huge hurry so I'll wait the remainder of the week. If I still don't hear from them, then I'll try again and possibly e-mail as well as someone (Chris?) suggested earlier.

Anyway, I've been thinking about some of the other things that have been mentioned in this thread. It occurred to me that it might not be a bad idea to start with the control panel (I really like the design of the one in the book by the way). There are a couple of reasons for this:

1) It would get me started.
2) It would give me an idea as to whether I actually "need" to move forward.
3) I could keep the price down a lot more.

#3 would be especially true if I could convince someone like Home Depot to do the cuts for me thus preventing me from having to buy a saw, rent a truck to get a huge piece of wood home, etc. I know I'd still have to by a drill and a jigsaw/router to make the holes and mounting areas, but I could possibly handle that (as long as they aren't $400+ :) ). I'm pretty sure they (Home Depot) will make straight cuts for you, but I don't know if I took the plans for the 4 pieces of the control panel and asked them to cut it to those specifications, if they'd do that.

Chris:


--- Quote from: arcadegamenut on June 09, 2005, 09:03:31 am ---I'm pretty sure they (Home Depot) will make straight cuts for you, but I don't know if I took the plans for the 4 pieces of the control panel and asked them to cut it to those specifications, if they'd do that.

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They won't.  They don't even promise precision in the cuts they do, and they charge you per cut after a couple of cuts.

They certainly won't cut anything at an angle.  Their saws aren't built for it.

Tiger-Heli:

They would cut it down to 2 ft x 4 ft or whatever you needed it to be so you could put it in the Camaro instead of a truck.

Steve Kaz:


--- Quote ---Wow...what great responses! I knew there was a reason I joined.

So I agree about the building. Not because I possibly couldn't do it (I never like to say I can't do something), but the point of "Oops I made a bad cut" which could happen coupled with "Well now I need to rent another truck" makes a ton of sense.
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Dude, i was in the same boat that you are.  i didn't have any experience with woodworking or computers (or have alot of the tools).  Like someone else said, i'm a tool whore and it was an excuse to buy new stuff (even though i borrowed a few from friends).

I ordered the UAII templates and rented the home depot truck.  I made one bad cut that i wasn't happy with, but i was smart enough to buy an extra sheet of MDF when i originally rented the truck, just in case.

The prefabricated UAII kits might be a good option for you, as they ship to your door and you don't need alot of tools to put it together, but i've had alot of fun putting it together.  it will instill alot more pride.

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