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"The Varsity Club" Dual Monitor Arcade *Reconstruction has begun* 12/29/09
mccoy178:
I almost have the box complete. I may change the sides to mdf, so this reply may be bunk before it's all over.
First, I attached the front(side towards the monitor). I always attach the front and the back pieces first, so I know what angle to cut the sides. I used glue, brad nails, and blocks to attach the pieces:
After attaching the front, I began on the back. First, I cut the piece to the heigth I wanted. I have a one inch difference from the front to the back. I may change this, as the Golden Tee Live I measured had a 3" drop over the same distance, 18"'s:
Like the back, I cut the piece to fit and attached it. I also cut out slots on both sides for pinball flipper buttons. More on that later. Next, I began work on the sides. First, I cut the side to fit on the bottom:
Second, I secured the side to the bottom. This allowed me to work with the piece to mark and route the proper angle:
Next, I laid a piece of plywood on the cp box. I was able to use how the board rested to mark the angle with a pencil:
Next, I nail gunned a guide strip next to my pencil line so I could use the router to flush up the angle. Here is the finished side with the guide still attached:
That's all for now on the cp box. I may switch to mdf on the sides for powder coating purposes, but more info to follow on that.
mccoy178:
Until I figure out what I want to do with the cp box, I decided to start the cabinet. I went to a local bar and took detailed measurements of their Golden Tee Live machine. I definitely want one of those. :hissy: Anyways, I drew up my cabinet in Illustrator and used the laptop to layout the measurements on the mdf board. I bought three sheets at Lowe's. I only needed two. I was able to make both sides out of one piece of mdf. My cabinet will have measurements very similar to the new Golden Tee machines with just a primary change in asthetics.
Here is the laptop with the drawing of my cabinet. I saw it squint as it's not used to seeing daylight:
I used a five foot ruler to measure out the sides:
I cut out the first side with a jig saw. Once I had completed that, I used the first side to roughly cut out second side, again with the jig saw:
Here is the router bit used to flush the two sides:
Here are some close ups of how I made both pieces flush. I used pieces of oak and three inch clamps to hold the pieces snug to each other:
I'm not a huge fan of the MDF dust:
All in all, I'm very happy with how it went. I did make a mistake on the first side I made, so I'm glad I bought three sheets.(I left out the flat part in front of the cp, so the monitor had a pretty long run :banghead:) It sucks to see that mistake after feeling a sense of accomplishment. :banghead: But, it wasn't hard to make the new sides, so all was well.
mccoy178:
That's all for now. I will hopefully be posting the measurements I have taken of the Golden Tee Live for future users. Also, the epoxy did not hold on the cp. I am going to use carriage bolts to hold them together. I'm okay with that. What's a guy to do? Listen to good advice? Nah. :dizzy:
mccoy178:
After some extensive research, there is no one in Central Ohio with the capabilities to powder coat mdf. :badmood: So, with that said, time to get out the rollers and get to the wet sanding.
mccoy178:
I've continued with the cabinet this week. Here are some pics of the bottom being made, the coindoor area in construction, and the whole shabang just hanging out. I also redid the cp box with mdf on the exposed sides and lowered the back part an extra inch for Golden Tee purposes. I hope to get a start on the wiring tonight.
Here is the steps I took to make the bottom. I am using 4" castors from another cabinet and they stick beyond the bottom about 2"'s.
Here is the cabinet sitting in all its young glory. Talk about a motivator!
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