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| arcadegamenut:
@retroactive: Dude! Sweet cabinet! The only reason I thought of the cams would be that I would really like to have the cabinet upstairs in the "game room", but no way do I wanna drag the thing up there. :) Otherwise, I wouldn't have any intention of taking it apart either (aside from when/if I were to move). @noobert: I forgot to mention that it appears that Lowes will deliver the wood to your house...so I'd save on any kind of truck rental. |
| unclet:
I built both of my cabinets (4-player standup and 6-panel rotating) with the following tools only: 1) Drill 2) $40 Hand-held scrollsaw (which can cut at an angle) 3) Metal filer used to file down wood edges 4) Phillips and flathead screwdriver 5) My hands (and some say my brains .... ) Getting more tools then this will make you life easier, but if you got the time, then you can achieve the same results. Of course, I did not "route" anything .... if you intend to recess mount some controls then you will need a router/bits. Also, I believe Lowes and Home depot rent their own trucks for like $20 to people who need them |
| ahofle:
--- Quote from: unclet on May 19, 2006, 02:58:58 pm ---I built both of my cabinets (4-player standup and 6-panel rotating) with the following tools only: 1) Drill 2) $40 Hand-held scrollsaw (which can cut at an angle) 3) Metal filer used to file down wood edges 4) My hands (and some say my brains .... ) --- End quote --- I never seem to be able to get wood screws all the way in using just my hands. :P |
| unclet:
this is why I used a drill ........ I used screwdriver drill attachments, although I probably used two ordinary screwdrivers as well .... some of the times ..... I updated my list for you ::) |
| Tahnok:
My kits use cam locks, and I can tell you that they are every bit as sturdy as screws, if installed properly. Actually, it was RetroACTIVE that turned me on to cam locks. If you are building a full cabinet with cam locks, expect it to take a long time and to be expensive (the hardware is not cheap when you start buying enough for an entire cabinet). The result though will be a cabinet that you can take up and down stairs by yourself. With a normal cabinet, moving along level ground can be a tough job for one person. |
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