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ivwshane:


--- Quote from: scotthh on May 01, 2008, 12:14:38 am ---Is the cab already more than half erected? Is it already in its final resting place?

Fozzy, let me get this straight: you're scared of big cabs but like ivwshane's wood?  ;D
 

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Nope, only sides have been cut and I'm working on the monitor mounting system now. The cab will have casters on it to make moving easy.

paigeoliver:

Your dimensions basically look perfect, although (before going further), but if you haven't cut all your center pieces then consider measuring your monitor frame and making the cabinet about 1/8" wider (inside) than the frame (so it just barely fits). They are stronger that way, and it will make dealing with interior doors easier later on. Since the control panel will be a bolt on job it won't change that part at all.

Zobeid:

Thirty inches wide. . .  That'll be a tight fit through many doorways.  You may have to take doors off their hinges to get it through.

It's a much bigger cabinet, with a much bigger monitor, than I personally would prefer, and much bigger than the one I am building.  But if big is what you want, then it does seem reasonably proportioned.

The monitor angle is the same I chose for my cabinet, incidentally.  It's space-efficient and seems like a comfortable viewing angle.



ivwshane:


--- Quote from: Zobeid on May 01, 2008, 04:10:41 am ---Thirty inches wide. . .  That'll be a tight fit through many doorways.  You may have to take doors off their hinges to get it through.

It's a much bigger cabinet, with a much bigger monitor, than I personally would prefer, and much bigger than the one I am building.  But if big is what you want, then it does seem reasonably proportioned.

The monitor angle is the same I chose for my cabinet, incidentally.  It's space-efficient and seems like a comfortable viewing angle.



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Yeah it is bigger than I really wanted but I bought the display first without really thinking things through:o


--- Quote ---Thirty inches wide. . .  That'll be a tight fit through many doorways.  You may have to take doors off their hinges to get it through.

It's a much bigger cabinet, with a much bigger monitor, than I personally would prefer, and much bigger than the one I am building.  But if big is what you want, then it does seem reasonably proportioned.

The monitor angle is the same I chose for my cabinet, incidentally.  It's space-efficient and seems like a comfortable viewing angle.

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I'm not too worried, all my doors are on the second floor of my house and there is no way in hell I'm going to carry this thing up stairs! Everything down stairs is easily accessible even if it was 40" wide:D

Have you finished your cab yet? I'd like to see how it looks in real life.

Fozzy The Bear:


One thing to note with it is that I hope that you are not planning to use it with any gun games at any stage. Because with the monitor sloped back at that angle it'd be far from ideal for any of the shooters where you need the monitor to be much more upright.

Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)

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