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I have finally started my cabinet!!! (Now With Pictures! 13-APR-2008)
Jdurg:
Well, I couldn't hold off and I decided to re-drill the P2 start button today. It drilled just fine and is now on the same level as the P1 Start Button. The wood plug I cut out, combined with the glue and putty, made for one solid plug.
I now have a dilemma. In the photo of the control panel I posted a couple posts ago, there are the two buttons on the top left and top right of the trackball. On top of these buttons are two more buttons. Two of which will work with the 4-way joystick on the left, and another two that will work with the spiner on the right. After testing how it feels, I decided that the spinner would feel best if it was over on the right hand side of the P2 joystick above the P2 buttons. This puts it quite far to the right of the two buttons on the right hand side of the trackball.
I'm wondering if I should just fill thost two holes above the right trackball button, or leave them there? I guess I'll see how it looks once I put my mock artwork up. If it looks okay, then I'll leave them.
Jdurg:
Sadly, no updates yet. I'm sitll waiting for some parts to arrive, but in the meantime I did get some more plywood and cut out the bottom of the CP and one of the sides. I need to wait for my pattern cutting bit to arrive so that I can clean up that rough bottom cut, but once that happens I'll start putting the sides on.
I also got a nice surprise today. My father called me and asked if I had bought any t-molding yet. I was shocked that he knew what t-molding was, but then he started mentioning how he knows the guy who runs t-molding.com out in Colchester. The owner's father is routinely at the same sporting club that my dad is a member of and made mention of my sample request to my dad. So when I go to get my t-molding, he said that he could just bring it down to the club and give it to my dad instead of me having to pay for shipping. Sweet!
Jdurg:
The spinner arrived a few days ago as did my pattern cutting bit. I have cut out the base of the control panel as well as the front side of it. I've begun gluing and screwing support blocks to the base and this weekend I should have most of the base completely cut out.
More pictures will be coming this weekend. ;D
Jdurg:
My first big mistake. :'( It looks like I'll need to start over from scratch on my CP box. Even though I was able to screw in the support pieces, the front, and the two sides, there was one thing I forgot to do and that was check the sides for squareness before gluing and screwing them to the bottom piece. When I went and test fit the top piece on there, it didn't match up. :cry:
Since the glue has dried and the screws are in place, there's no saving the bottom panel and the side pieces. Looks like a $16 plywood panel put to waste. Damn. I'll have to go back to home depot and get a few more panels of plywood and recut the bottom and the sides.
Maybe this time I'll have some better luck. :'(
sparcade:
Jdurg,
No biggie on the CP... Think of it as a $16 woodworking lesson >:D
Looking froward to your pics.
sparcade
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