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Uh oh monitor shelf might be too big?!?! Help!
rdowdy95:
Hey guys I just cut the cabniet top and the cabniet bottom base piece out. They are just short of 26 inches. Like 1/16" short. I did put the top piece over the TV with some boards on the side and it looks if it is going to fit. A nice tight fit. Here is my prob though. I laid the monitor shelf I already cut on the base of the cabniet. The base is short of 26" by a 1/16. It is the same width of the top of the arcade cabniet top piece. It will fit the TV, but the monitor shelf is just a tad too wide. Like the monitor shelf is 2/16" or 1/8" short. So should I get the flush trim router bit and make these flush? Or should I just wait and put the whole thing together.
Thing is if I put it together, I was going to use the base with the monitor shelf on bottom to make it flush with the router. What do you guys think? Since it is wider I am afraid when the sides go up it won't be level.
AtomSmasher:
might as well make then even now. Have you already cut the back pieces? because they'll need to be slightly smaller too. I don't think 1/16'' is going to make much of a difference if you wait till later though, worst thing that'll happen is you'll just spend a couple extra minutes sanding down the sides of the pieces that are too big.
rdowdy95:
I cut the speaker panel and the cabniet back angled section and they are the exact same width as the base. So those are good to go. I put them up against the top cabniet piece and the base and they measure just about 1/16" away from the 26". So i need to cut both cabniet back sections tommorow and the front coin door section as well. So that is three more of those 26" pieces that need to be like the other three I have. I can easily clamp the monitor shelf and the base together, and get it flush with the router. I just hope I cut the other three pieces good. It will actually be just two more cuts to make sure I get the width since the coin door and one of the back pieces are right by each other.
I will keep you posted.
rdowdy95:
--- Quote from: rdowdy95 on August 19, 2006, 07:04:22 pm ---Hey guys I just cut the cabniet top and the cabniet bottom base piece out. They are just short of 26 inches. Like 1/16" short. I did put the top piece over the TV with some boards on the side and it looks if it is going to fit. A nice tight fit. Here is my prob though. I laid the monitor shelf I already cut on the base of the cabniet. The base is short of 26" by a 1/16. It is the same width of the top of the arcade cabniet top piece. It will fit the TV, but the monitor shelf is just a tad too wide. Like the monitor shelf is 2/16" or 1/8" more in width. So should I get the flush trim router bit and make these flush? Or should I just wait and put the whole thing together.
Thing is if I put it together, I was going to use the base with the monitor shelf on bottom to make it flush with the router. What do you guys think? Since it is wider I am afraid when the sides go up it won't be level.
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rdowdy95:
Opps I modify my original post to say the monitor shelf is about an 1/8 longer in width than the base not shorter. What I will do I will cut the remainder of the pieces out tommorow, then put them all together and see what it looks like. Then I will start the staining process of all the pieces! YEAH, also need to get Ponyboy a list of all the stuff I am needing to make a big order from him.
I post more tommorow.
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