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What have you learned building your cabinet???
skim36:
Wow....ok...
I learned buying an old cab is cheaper than the wood to build one.
Software=Headaches
Wives don't like large pieces of delapitated structures in their living room for over 2 months.
I'm "cool" for building one. (Some people think I invented such a thing....lol)
A 3" Happs trackball will JUST fit in the middle of a dynamo cab control panel.
Theme lighting really catches the eye.
Wives will eventually stop bitchin' and start kickin' ur arse at Centipede javascript:replaceText(' :P', document.forms.postmodify.message);
Tongue
RyoriNoTetsujin:
--- Quote from: patrickl on February 25, 2007, 12:50:06 pm ---I don't get it. Your cabinet breaks down from playing on it? How?
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I think of it as a "karmic debt" sort of thing. For example; I have yet to play a game on my cabinet. Given the number of hours I have worked on building/re-building/troubleshooting it... I have about half that amount of time to actually PLAY it before something will go hideously wrong... and I'll have to fix something else I missed! :banghead: ;D
grapeape:
Things i have learned so far...
router the mfb before assembly...otherwise yuou might be routering inside your house - and completely ruin your house with dust.
check these boards before ordering anything...(t-mold.com stole my money)....should have went with t-molding.com
before checking the boards you usually don't know where to start....after checking the boards you will still have 8 opinions....but atleast they are 8 good opinions.
haven't begun wiring or finish painting it so i am sure i will come up with a few more.
kkingsto:
When routing for the T-molding, make sure:
1) the piece to be routed isn't high up (I had my cab together and on sawhorses when I decided the t-molding slot wasn't wide enough
2) Wear long sleeve shirts when routing (see above!)
TOK:
If you calculate your build shouldn't cost more than $250, it won't cost less than $850.