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Party-Box...Countertop cab w/ laptop & flat screen
theCoder:
Yea, its definitely too late for this project. I was just interested for the next one. How thick is a typical laminate? Do you split the difference and center the t-molding?
Timoe:
Its probably a hair less than 1/16".
Put it this way, if you are building your cab out of 5/8" material and you laminate both sides, 3/4" t-molding will cover it perfectly.
theCoder:
Busy night last night. I made a laundry list of small wood shop related projects then hit Jims place. It was very productive:
1) Mounted bottom ribs
2) Cut and mounted bottom skin
3) Drilled air holes in bottom
4) Routed pocket for trackball clearance
5) Made 1/16
theCoder:
I/O Mounting
When I was around 13 years old I helped my father rebuild a boat. He constructed most all of his electrical, pulley, gas, and other sub-systems on custom fit pieces of wood, then mounted them into place. This allows you to do the detailed work on a workbench or other more comfortable setting, instead of deep inside some potentially difficult place. I used this technique for the power plate, the I/O plate as well as the sound amp.
The plates are mounted to the inside of the box with switches and plugs facing outward. They are attached to the cab
theCoder:
Power
There are 5 different devices in this project that require DC power. They include the CPU (18.5v), display (12v), sound amp (9v), fan (12v), and LED
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