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The Arcade Even A Wife Can Love (Back From The Dead!)
Shortbus:
i just came across this and laughed my --rear end-- off. LOVE IT.
funny, sensor allows hookers and wife beating but not the other word for a donkey
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--- Quote from: javeryh on November 17, 2007, 02:54:51 pm ---Wow. After diving into this project I have an even greater appreciation for Knievel's work. This is not an easy build. I'm having a tough time with all of the angled cuts. I'm new to this kind of stuff and I really could use some lessons on the tablesaw. I also just used my biscuit joiner for the first time - that thing is great (but also not as easy as it looks on TV). I've got a 3D cabinet now and it looks pretty good but of course all I see are the imperfections...
The wife is due home this afternoon so we'll see what she says! ... I did finish building a bookcase that she wanted done while she was away - maybe that will soften the blow!
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Have you ever thought about beating her? See, it makes the other stuff you do seem minor. Trust me, just give it a try. One quick back hand and she'll straighten right up.
or!
When she comes home, be piss drunk and reek of stripper. Tell her you were thinking of building another cabinet but thought she wouldn't be happy about it so you went to a stripper joint and spent $300 with some of your friends.
Seriously, I got buddies who go out all the time and blow all their money drinking, gambling or strip joints. Makes my hobby of hanging around the house and building things of value seem not so bad. My wife recognizes this. One other thing you can do is make a cabinet to sell for profit. That way she can't complain about the money aspect of things.
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javeryh:
Now I really hate this cabinet. The laminate worked but it just looks terrible. I'm going to end up cutting out another CP box with all the crazy angles. I'm getting sick just thinking about it... At least I'll have something to do on Sunday before the wife and kids come home!
On the bright side, the CP top is just about finished and it looks real nice. I just have to cut out some vinyl to go around the buttons and joysticks and paint the bottom black. The plexiglas top is cut too but I have to finish sanding the exposed edges around the trackball opening and around the perimeter. I still have to do the 600 grit, 1000 grit, 1500 grit and then the three step Novus polish so it will take a few hours but the results will be worth it - I chamfered the trackball hole - looks pretty cool.
bratwurst:
I'm having issues with my control panel box miters too, and I'm considering just doing some dado joints or pocket holes even to assemble a box and paint the thing black.
Roo:
--- Quote from: javeryh on August 27, 2010, 05:05:32 pm ---Now I really hate this cabinet. The laminate worked but it just looks terrible. I'm going to end up cutting out another CP box with all the crazy angles. I'm getting sick just thinking about it... At least I'll have something to do on Sunday before the wife and kids come home!
On the bright side, the CP top is just about finished and it looks real nice. I just have to cut out some vinyl to go around the buttons and joysticks and paint the bottom black. The plexiglas top is cut too but I have to finish sanding the exposed edges around the trackball opening and around the perimeter. I still have to do the 600 grit, 1000 grit, 1500 grit and then the three step Novus polish so it will take a few hours but the results will be worth it - I chamfered the trackball hole - looks pretty cool.
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If it's not too painful to talk about, what went wrong with the laminate? It stuck ok to the stained wood right?
Epyx:
--- Quote ---The laminate worked but it just looks terrible.
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What makes it look terrible? I personally love the look of laminate and can't picture it looking terrible in too many scenarios?