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Brad Lee:
The side pieces he's describing are sloped, so that the top(where the controls are) is slightly slanted(ie not flat:) )

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Hopefully straighter than that though

u_rebelscum:

--- Quote from: The cranky hermit on June 09, 2003, 10:28:00 pm ---Would plywood be a better choice than pine? I don't want to use anything other than wood if I don't have to. My relative's skills are limited to wood, and my skills are pretty much limited to tying my shoes :(
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A hard-wood plywood will be fine (more expensive, though :( ). A soft-wood plywood will dent just like pine (a soft wood). Two other wood options are MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard) and particle board.

--- Quote ---And could you explain what you mean by this: (cut so 5" tall in back, 4" in front)
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What Brad Lee said. By the way, you can decrease those to 3" front and 4" in back; or if you are sure you won't add a trackball to 1.5" and 3". The actual lengths should depend on the exact slope you want.

Here's a picture of one side of my trackball CP of particle board, 3" in front 4" in back:

Amra:
Wow, mine must look huge next to everyone elses, Mine is 7" in the Back and 5" in the front...

skirge66:
how much wood?...that all depends if you suck as a carpenter like I do...hehe. I have a larger cp than most, I used a 4X8 sheet of MDF to build my cp

Wow, mine must look huge next to everyone elses, Mine is 7" in the Back and 5" in the front...

actually mine is about those dimentions for depth...buggers heavy too...it's a double tier 4 player panel like supercade

and SirPoonga hates it.. hehe ;D

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