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| SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on April 08, 2003, 10:14:37 am --- --- Quote from: rampy on April 08, 2003, 10:12:35 am ---one could say that an arcade cabinet is a type of a box --- End quote --- Yep, and we all live in very big boxes. --- End quote --- Sigh, no one got this comment it looks like. If you say a cabinet is just a box, then a house is just a box, so building a house should be realy cheap too, right??? Hehe Anyway, you could think about a cocktail cbinet, much cheaper. Only one, maybe 2 sheets of mdf |
| rampy:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on April 15, 2003, 01:15:49 pm --- --- Quote from: SirPoonga on April 08, 2003, 10:14:37 am --- --- Quote from: rampy on April 08, 2003, 10:12:35 am ---one could say that an arcade cabinet is a type of a box --- End quote --- Yep, and we all live in very big boxes. --- End quote --- Sigh, no one got this comment it looks like. If you say a cabinet is just a box, then a house is just a box, so building a house should be realy cheap too, right??? Hehe Anyway, you could think about a cocktail cbinet, much cheaper. Only one, maybe 2 sheets of mdf --- End quote --- I got it... was just trying to let the thread in a thread die =P I think if we were to compare costs per square foot of a just a framed house it wouldn't be so bad... =P A home made shed woudl be a better comparison =P how a bout a dog house? Plus it's the labor that's expensive when building a house =P I don't hire 20 different contractors to build my cabinet =P blah *shrug* WTFDIK?! rampy |
| SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: rampy on April 15, 2003, 01:28:26 pm ---Plus it's the labor that's expensive when building a house =P I don't higher 20 different contractors to build my cabinet =P --- End quote --- Maybe you should? |
| rampy:
--- Quote from: SirPoonga on April 15, 2003, 04:13:57 pm --- --- Quote from: rampy on April 15, 2003, 01:28:26 pm ---Plus it's the labor that's expensive when building a house =P I don't higher 20 different contractors to build my cabinet =P --- End quote --- Maybe you should? --- End quote --- boooo! Low blow! boooooo! hisssss boooooo! rampy |
| paigeoliver:
I still wonder why so many people are building cabinets. It really isn't that difficult to find cabinets. I have found them left for dead by the dumpster. Bought them at auction for almost nothing. Bought one bulk buy. Gotten others free or cheaply from other collectors (usually as part of a deal that includes a nice fully working unit). I have even had to junk two cabinets because I couldn't get anyone to take them off my hands. Even had to leave a solid (but painted over) Ms. Pac cab where I found it, because I didn't have room for it (I did totally strip it right down to the wood though, it was a conversion anyway). I don't want to knock anyone's woodworking skills, but factory made cabinets almost always look better. I have seen a lot of hand made ones, and I made a cocktail once myself. But the real ones are just better, and so much cheaper. If you are in MO, then I have 2 different ones that I would sell real cheap. I could probably even help you locate others. It is better to drive even 300 miles for a $50 or $25 cabinet then it is to spend $400 building one that probably won't look as nice as a factory one. |
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