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The Arcade Even A Wife Can Love (Back From The Dead!)
javeryh:
Thanks for the mineral spirits suggestion. I need to plan things out a little better next time... I'm even more upset when I look at the final unstained box - I'm still amazed at how sick it looked!
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Krohboy:
Hey, this is Krohboy from CAG. I love Knievel Klones.
javeryh:
I finally have some free time to work on this thing starting tonight. I need to make a "to-do" list or I'll go crazy trying to figure out what to do next:
- re-cut the 5 crazy angled panels for the CP box
- cut the coin door panel
- cut the kickplate panel
- cut the CP top (this could take a while)
- stain unassembled CP box
- stain rest of cabinet
- glue up CP box
- add poly/clear top coats to everything
It's a bit ambitious but I'm hoping to finish all this by Saturday night around midnight (the power tools should be off for a while at that point and I'll be staining/finishing so it shouldn't annoy the neighbors). I'll be working tonight from 7-10 after work and all day tomorrow starting at 7am. I've got to make the most of the time the wife and kids aren't home!
If it all goes according to schedule I can spend Sunday working on the rotating monitor mount... :cheers:
mountain:
Sounds like me when the wife and kids go out of town. They are going to be away this weekend but I have way too many other things to do that have slipped because of this hobby. :angry:
Good luck!
javeryh:
yeah, it's like a mad dash and I get so excited to finally work on stuff that when I start I don't know what to do first without a plan and I end up wasting time with trips to Home Depot and other stuff. In theory, cutting out 7 panels and staining the cabinet shouldn't take ALL weekend but I know it will (if I'm lucky).