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punxrus:
I believe everyone is correct in saying that Wood Glue is the way to go. I've decided that I'm going to brace the inside with some extra stock that I have and see how it goes. I've also got the LCD torn apart so that I can wire it up to the power supply of the pc to make sure that it will work the way I believe it should. If not, I've got renters insurance! LOL Wish me luck!

punxrus:
Bad news...I made a horrible mistake. One of my side panels was dealt a devastating blow while I was sanding the other pieces for the bartop mame cabinet. I had it on my work bench and forgot about it while I started to use the belt sander. Unfortunately, the vibration from the sander shook the side panel off of the bench and it landed on the hard concrete floor of the shop...right on the rear, upper corner... :cry:

Thankfully I had enough spare MDF to cut another panel, but I was bummed as I spent quiet some time sanding those panels down to make perfectly. I guess I'll just use this as a learning experience and keep moving forward. No sense in crying over spilled MDF. I will, for everyone's amusement, post some pics of the damage as soon as I can see clearly through all of my saw dust filled tears...

HaRuMaN:
That damage could have been easily fixed with bondo... and sanded down to match the rest of the panel.

punxrus:
Okay...I decided to use the same panel that I dropped after looking at the damage and noticing that it wasn't as bad as it seemed...that and I was really, really, really impatient.  ;) Anywho, here are some pics of my progress. Let me know what you guys think and any tips if you may have them!

punxrus:
Well, I've managed to get both side panels glued on the bartop mame cabinet, and I learned a valuable lesson... never trust your eye to make things square. I guess that I'm just too excited to actually be doing this project, that I really wanted to see the end results! Sure things are not lined up correctly, the cutting could have been a whole hell of a lot better and my measurements were all wrong, but it's my first cab, it looks decent in my eyes and it'll probably be with me for a very, very, very long time.

Now, only if I could come up with a name and a color scheme. Any ideas out there? I've decided not to use T-molding on this cabinet as it's only .5 inch thick and my wood working skills are horrible. I'll just sand them down to a round edge and see how it comes out. As for a theme, probably something sci-fi. I'm open to suggestions so please, if anyone is out there, let me know!

As for the pics, I'll be taking some tomorrow as it's too dark now and the flash just makes everything white...so stay tuned!

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