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Mame With No Name! - now with more pictures (It's alive!!)

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DaOld Man:
Looking real good!!
I had the same problem cuting a radius with a jig saw.
I think on my next cabinet I am going to use my router circle cutting jig to cut the radius.
Also, I found out the hard way that its always a good idea to copy your text, just in case it times out or the picture is too big, you can paste it back in the new window, saves a ton of typing.

valiant:
Had the same problem with my timber - even though I asked for craft grade, the 2x4 stock on some pieces was warped which gave me the 5mm out on my frame.  Nothing a ratchet strap couldn't sort though.

Same telly as mine (Sony KV29F1U) - looks great when you run an ArcadeVGA signal through it.  True Arcade!!

Bloody heavy though - wise choice on the frame.

toff74:
Right then!
It's been a while since i updated, life got in the way.. I'll never let that happen again  ;)
So, what’s new? Well, both my father and I really wanted to see results this weekend, so we just set to it. Putting the back on and the top on within minutes. This was thanks to the B&Q man cutting the MDF to size.

Next was the under the CP 'slopey' bit. Just set the router to cut an angle and screw in where it looked best. A few measurements were taken, but not many. Then the bottom slopey bit. Again that was routed at an angle and screwed in, along with the platform above it.

The marquee section still hadn't been completed. This was because we weren't sure exactly where the 29" was going to go and after reading Valiants thread (who's using te same telly) it'd been decided that the back was coming off to get a better viewing/playing angle. See the picture to see it in the cabinet the WRONG way!).

We set the height at the back by putting 2 long sections underneath the telly and slowly tipped it back, keeping a watchful eye at the back of the cab, making sure it didn’t touch it. Once the angle was right another piece of wood was wedged under so the height was fixed. A few lines were drawn on the side of the cab which would be used as our template. These were cut and screwed on. Another reason it was done this wat was so if the cab was to be moved the telly could be removed easily.

Telly in marquee bit marked up and screwed in and with only 15 minutes left of our allotted work time left i couldnt help myself.. I HAD TO FIRE IT UP!!!!
At the moment its using and Xbox and running MameoX with an advanced Scart in to the RGB socket into the back of the telly.
What do you think?

Any questions/criticisms (like why did I make it too big to fit through a door?   ;D ) Please let me know. Also anyone think of any names? Gigantor was a great idea.. Super Size Mame is one of mine, but it doesn't quite have 'that' ring to it.

Thanks for reading.

More soon.. (including fittings, priming and painting and t-molding).

toff74:
A few more pictures!

toff74:
One thing i will say is that as this is a scratch built cab, eventhough i did mega detailed CAD drawings for just about every thing, i'm amazed how little i actually stuck to them.  _) (V) (-)  was right  :). Even the profile had to be modified and that was something i though was just perfect  ;)

Also, no matter how much time you think you'll need to complate your project, times that by at least 2.

Still a long way to go!

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