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Method to Disassemble
atomaka:
Oscar - I guess it's just the small base that makes it look awkward to me.
Frostillicus - Do you have plans for yours available? I'm looking to gather as much information as I can before getting into the planning. It's always better to learn from others' mistakes rather than your own ;)
Pixelhugger - Yeah, that's pretty much the reponse I got while asking at Home Depot and Lowe's. Thanks for the heads up though. I'm looking into the top and bottom thing. Much less putting together and I think it will be sturdier. With all the different panels coming apart, it may be lighter to carry, but much more work to get together.
Thanks all for the tips/ideas/everything!
GearHead:
I'm working on pretty much the same thing and here's what I'm thinking of doing.
I'm planning on building the top and bottom sections as two separate units, the cab will look like the one GSXRMovistar posted. Both will have MDF panels glued and screwed to full frames made of 2x4's and 2x2's. Inside the frames would be fastened together with bolts or screws. Bolts and nuts would attach the top unit and bottom units' frames together. I could disassemble the two halves to move it or if necessary take apart the entire cabinet without having to screw/unscrew into MDF. The bolts attaching the frame together would be the only fasteners I'd have to deal with.
I wonder if IKEA would be interested in getting into building cabinets?
paigeoliver:
For all the trouble you would go through making a cabinet that comes apart, it would just be easier to make (or buy) a standard sized 19" cabinet and drag the thing up the darn steps. It isn't THAT bad lugging a cabinet up the steps. I have done it plenty of times. (Sometimes even by myself, and sometimes 10 cabinets in one day). It won't be too heavy if you take out the monitor and computer.
A few years ago we moved several cabinets into my old house through the second story window because the stairwell was only 26" wide and had a 90 degree turn. Took all the guts out and pulled them up with rope, and then in through the window.
Or even better, get a mini. I have yet to see a stairway that two people could't get a mini up. Or get a cocktail.
atomaka:
paigeoliver - The problem with the way the stairs are at school (I'm in an older dorm), the cabinet has to be dragged up and down. I want my cab to be nice looking, and when I helped my friend get his down, it destroyed the back side of in terms of paint and minimal wood damage. The point of going through all the trouble is that it's the cabinet I want ;) I wouldn't spend all this money on a cocktail or mini cab since it isn't the kind of machine I want. I like the way a standard cab looks and it's my first one (and probably only one) so I figured I would go with the one I want.
GearHead - Interesting idea. How exactly are you getting the top and bottom halves to secure with the bolts and nuts. Is there an overlap of some sort in the frames?