Main > Main Forum
help with a wobbly control panel base (showcase cab)
DrewKaree:
You could do the same thing with a 2x whatever size is larger than what you need....just make it long enough to reach the front of your pedestal (where the coin door is) and an equal length back into the base. You also could take a sheet of half-inch or quarter-inch ply and screw it to the bottom of the whole shebang, which will avoid the whole ugliness-atop-the-good-looking-stuff.
IntruderAlert:
--- Quote ---
--- End quote ---
in that case.. why not put a piece of 2x4 inside going across behind the 2 little pieces of wood and secure it into place with some screws.
Then open or take off your coin door and shoot several screws from the inside of the control panel cabinet into the new 2x4
You may want to mark it off and pre-drill from the outside first to make sure that you're going to hit the 2x4
hulkster:
okay ive thought about this some more, and im wondering if i take 2, 2x4's or 2xwhatever's and just run them from the control panel base to the monitor base and screw them in the bottom of each....will that stabalize it? i guess i could always add more after that, but im thinking two thick boards screwed to each base would hold it. what do you think?
DrewKaree:
It'd prolly work, but I'd do like what I was trying to say, and Intruder Alert made sensible. Take the 2xwhatevers and run them inside, that way, if your pedestal wants to rock backwards, the 2x keeps it from doing so because the other end is inside the base, keeping it in place. If it tries to rock forward, the 2x keeps it from doing so, again, keeping it in place. If you can cut it to the right width, you might not even have to screw it in place, or you can run two more 2x's across, making a big square that doesn't need to be screwed in place.
How tall is that opening? Looks like 6-ish inches.
I'll see if I can whip up a pic
DrewKaree:
Allright, try not to get caught up in admiring my mad Photoshop skillz ;D
The yellow represents the 2x-whatever and you'll slide it into that opening in the pedestal. If you just make a simple square frame, you prolly won't even need to screw it in place. That should take care of your problem, and if it's still slightly wobbly, screw it down, and that should be the end of your problems.