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Avrus:

I sloped the control panel box, not the cabinet.  It occured to me after so much work on the cabinet sides that if I screwed up the sloping I was going to seriously regret it.

Also, it's much easier to work with a small bit of wood on the control panel box, than the bigger side pieces.

 :cheers:

clickhea:

well its my first cabinet, i wasnt really thinking about that at the time although i shoulda

if i make another i'll know now ;[

Avrus:


--- Quote from: clickhea on January 25, 2008, 10:10:13 pm ---well its my first cabinet, i wasnt really thinking about that at the time although i shoulda

if i make another i'll know now ;[

--- End quote ---

My vote is to fix it with the control panel box, not continue to make adjustments to the cab sides.

protokatie:

Drawing from a suggestion I made in another thread, you could always mount the whole thing (cabinet that is) on a wooden box to bring it up a few inches. Hell even make the wooden box a little wider to give a tiered look (like a baseboard).. As long as this doesnt lift the screen up too high that is...

Neverending Project:

My first concern would be the complicated angles needed to make a sloped control panel. The bottom of the CP box would be sloped, but the top would be sloped also, if you want to keep a 1" slope on the panel. My second concern would be that if you want a panel with a height of about 38",  there will be no back to your box, since the panel surface itself will be 3/4". Put this on the 37 3/4", and you have 38 1/2".

Here is a little picture I drew up to show  you what I am talking about:


The horizontal dashed line shows the 1" slope you want to achieve, and the angled dashed line shows the CP box bottom, if it were 3/4". So I am not even sure you can fit a box in there with your desired height of 38".

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