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Cab design help
Dak-ak:
I loaded it up in a cad program here at school, and the dimensions didn't seem to work out quite right... i took the difference out of the marquee, but when i did it the first time (had to do it twice to dblcheck my work) i took it out of the depth of the cabinet (from the very front to the back of the cp)
seems pretty close overall
OSCAR:
I concur the dimensions are slightly off, but not by much. I did an alternate sketch maintaining the dimensions on the angles. The ones in red are the the dim's that "just ended up that way" to make the angled dimensions work out.
BTW, that's how you look in a cap & coveralls according to OSCAR. :)
shmokes:
ROTFLMAO
cdbrown:
Thanks Dak-ak and Oscar. I think the stomach needs to be increased slightly.
Some things I think I didn't include or really take notice of
-wood thickness and recessing of the front, top and back panels, this will increase the height and width of the side panel.
-marquee looks small in height considering I need to take into account the thickness of two panels and two recesses. I will be using 16mm thick mdf and will have all front, top, back panels recessed 10mm. What is the normal height of a marquee
220?+(2*16)+(2*10) = 272 - does that sound right?
Once I work out the dimensions of the side panels then it's just a matter of some minor calcs to determine the other panels.
One more - my TV is 82cm wide (speakers are on each side of the screen) 58cm high and 53cm deep. The screen is 11cm from the bottom, 5cm from the top and 13cm from each side. The centre of the screen is 32cm from the bottom. To keep the centre of the tv screen the centre of the plexi (or whatever) I made the plexi 65cm (probably should be 64cm). Oscar will my eyes (if I was wearing a spiffy cap and coveralls) look at a perpendicular angle to the screen (or close to it)?
Sorry to be a pain.
Thanks
Craig
OSCAR:
--- Quote from: cdbrown on April 16, 2003, 11:20:45 pm ---Thanks Dak-ak and Oscar. I think the stomach needs to be increased slightly.
Some things I think I didn't include or really take notice of
-wood thickness and recessing of the front, top and back panels, this will increase the height and width of the side panel.
-marquee looks small in height considering I need to take into account the thickness of two panels and two recesses. I will be using 16mm thick mdf and will have all front, top, back panels recessed 10mm. What is the normal height of a marquee
220?+(2*16)+(2*10) = 272 - does that sound right?
Once I work out the dimensions of the side panels then it's just a matter of some minor calcs to determine the other panels.
One more - my TV is 82cm wide (speakers are on each side of the screen) 58cm high and 53cm deep. The screen is 11cm from the bottom, 5cm from the top and 13cm from each side. The centre of the screen is 32cm from the bottom. To keep the centre of the tv screen the centre of the plexi (or whatever) I made the plexi 65cm (probably should be 64cm). Oscar will my eyes (if I was wearing a spiffy cap and coveralls) look at a perpendicular angle to the screen (or close to it)?
Sorry to be a pain.
Thanks
Craig
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Actually the angle of your monitor is nearly identical to mine, and I think mine is set just perfect for me. Regarding the size of the marquee, I think yours might be a little on the large size. Typically you see marquees around 8" (203), and the bonus to that is if you have one printed it will fit a standard Letter or A4 size paper width. I set the outside dimension of my own marquee panel at 210 just to ensure that my future marquee didn't overhang the space I had allotted for it and possibly cause an interference with the marquee holder. Here's what I planned for my upper unit:
In reality this is how it really looks. I wouldn't want the marquee any larger on my cabinet or it might overbear the rest of the cabinet profile. To put it in perspective with the rest of the cabinet, see some of the photos I have at www.oscarcontrols.com/unnamed. As a note, I designed my cabinet for a 25" monitor, but I currently have a 19" in it. And now I like my 19" so much that will likely stay in it.
I'll take your dimensions and sketch something up for you so you can see how yours would look with your TV and cabinet dimensions.