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The Avrus Arcade Project "Conquest" [4 player, 3 TB, 2 spinner] (WiP)
Avrus:
--- Quote from: Kaytrim on September 28, 2007, 03:58:57 pm ---Hey man looking good so far. Two things, First I don't think you have MDF there. It looks more like particle board. That is typical for melamine coated boards. Second it would be easier to use a Forster drill bit to cut the hole for the European hinges. It would give you the perfect circle and flat bottom. I will have to say that you had some serious control with your router for the hole, looks real good.
TTFN
Kaytrim
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I'm pretty confident it is. When I ordered it I specified melamine covered MDF and the grain matches the 5/8" MDF I picked up at Home Depot.
Edit: I'm actually 100% confident, just based on the weight alone. Each sheet was about 110 lbs. Also it was 49" by 97" which is MDF sheet sizing, not particle board.
Yah, Forsner bit is it? By this point we had plenty of practice with the router, so what I did is used a 5/8" drill bit and pre drilled to a depth of 1/2" for the router, and then he routed out the area after taping it.
I'm glad it turned out well, thanks for the comments.
Avrus:
Well the cabinet is assembled and time to move on to the control panel.
My excitement was waning a bit with all the hard work on the cabinet, but now that the shell is sitting together in my living room I'm pretty excited again.
Had a small accident with the top angled back piece. It fell while we were testing all the assembly and took a nice chunk out of the edge. Nothing some enamel paint and wood fill didn't fix but it bothered me.
Pics later this afternoon, for now ... beer.
bfauska:
The project is looking good. That is amazing router control if it is all being done free-hand. Those grilles look nice.
I'd be interested to see a close-up of the wood. MDF doesn't have much variation or speckled look to it, you really cant see the dust that it is compressed from. Particle board looks like sawdust that has been formed into a board. I don't want to sound like I don't believe you or think you know nothing about the material you are using, but I have spent hundreds of hours working with MDF and the boards in your pics don't look like MDF to me. I also don't know why I care, I just am curious and think that it would be good for you to know more definitively which material you are working with.
Keep up the good work (with whatever material it is you are using) and thanks for sharing your progress with us.
Avrus:
--- Quote from: bfauska on September 30, 2007, 08:54:20 pm ---The project is looking good. That is amazing router control if it is all being done free-hand. Those grilles look nice.
I'd be interested to see a close-up of the wood. MDF doesn't have much variation or speckled look to it, you really cant see the dust that it is compressed from. Particle board looks like sawdust that has been formed into a board. I don't want to sound like I don't believe you or think you know nothing about the material you are using, but I have spent hundreds of hours working with MDF and the boards in your pics don't look like MDF to me. I also don't know why I care, I just am curious and think that it would be good for you to know more definitively which material you are working with.
Keep up the good work (with whatever material it is you are using) and thanks for sharing your progress with us.
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If you click on the pictures on the blog site there's a few close up shots of the "grain".
Avrus:
The cabinet is finally assembled. Well, almost.
The speaker shelf needs to be assembled, and the base piece and casters need to be attached. Other than that, you are looking at a project well along it's way to completion.
Slight accident when insuring all the pieces fit snugly in the cabinet. The angled back piece fell with a tremendous crash, damaging the edges. Some wood filler and enamel paint touched it up nicely.
This week I'll be concentrating on the control panel mock up. By next weekend I should be good for the remaining cabinet pieces to be attached, and to start construction on the control panel.
The blotching at the back is the enamel paint seeping through the crack at the back. You can see the wood frame on the inside that provides more stability and will ultimately support the monitor.
The pieces sitting on the bottom are the corner protectors.
Side panel shot, nothing new here
Lower back with the fan installed. The edging will be covered by T-molding.
Top back fan. It will look much better with the 254mm fan grill installed.
This is the lower fan, again will look much better with the 254mm grill installed.