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100% wood rectangular box
The cranky hermit:
Is there anything wrong with making a CP box out of nothing but wood and wood glue, and making it a perfect rectangle? If not, what's a good kind of wood to use? I'm not interested in asthetics. I just want it to be inexpensive and practical.
IceCold:
--- Quote from: The cranky hermit on April 29, 2003, 08:56:26 pm ---Is there anything wrong with making a CP box out of nothing but wood and wood glue, and making it a perfect rectangle? If not, what's a good kind of wood to use? I'm not interested in asthetics. I just want it to be inexpensive and practical.
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The thing about gluing it is, what if a wire comes loose, or a switch on a button breaks, or anything that you need to get inside the box for? I would at least make one panel of the box be screwed on, so you could take it off and repair anything that breaks. But that's just my opinion.
unclet:
Seems that most arcade control panel tops are tilted to allow for the resting of the wrists (in a natural position) while gripping the joystick or using the buttons.
Basically, I would think if the control panel top was parallel to the floor (assuming the floor was flat ;) ) then the player's wrists would be uncomfortable when playing with the joysticks after a period of time.
The cranky hermit:
Right. Screws also. So now I have three questions:
Is it OK for the box itself to be 100% wood? No lexan, no plexi, just complete wood?
What's a nice, comfortable angle to mount the top at?
What's a decent, not too expensive type of wood to use?
rhoelsch:
Well, if looks don't matter, I'd suggest MDF, or ply... melamine would be a nice touch...head out to your local lumber supply store and have yourself a look around. I've seen some shelving kits that'd look good for cp's by themselves...