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Dedicated Star Wars (ESB, RotJ) Bartop - Full Width - Construction Begins
drawfull:
So today I started cutting wood. I can't believe how tricky it was to a: measure the angles of the panel accurately and b: get the supports for the panel / bezel / plexi in the right place. The panel is just sat there in these pics held on by one bolt only! Note the desperate attempt at temporary support in one of the pics.
I used a flush trim bit to fashion the second side panel. I am quite pleased with my cuts, they're pretty straight athough I cheated a litle bit. I bought enough MDF so that all panels where there are 90deg cuts required can have at least two sides from a virgin piece of MDF.
I aim to complete panels and assemble everything apart from the bezel and front and rear marquees by end of play tomorrow. All in all, for 5 hours work I'm happy
kayoteq: You're miles further than me! I will definitely need some cool artwork so thanks for the heads up :)
Cheers
drawfull:
Kayoteq, your site has everything I need and more, fantastic! Definitely thanks for making me aware of it :cheers:
pinballwizard79:
this is amazing, very nice, please hurry up & finish it so I can make it my PC's background for a while.
Seriously, thats really cool!!!!!!!
drawfull:
--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on September 27, 2008, 11:56:10 pm ---this is amazing, very nice, please hurry up & finish it so I can make it my PC's background for a while.
Seriously, thats really cool!!!!!!!
--- End quote ---
If you're referring to my half-arsed attempt at woodworking then thanks!
I have a dilemma. Looking at the original bezel and my cab thus far, it seems the only way I can make a fabrication work is to use one solid piece. So I'm leaning towards forming some plexi and masking off the monitor surround with back paint from reverse. But the mouldings for the bezel sides will have to be from wood / MDF. Is it possible to simply glue these to the plexi? They will be fixed higher up to the side panels, but I would prefer if they were also fixed on the lower profile too. Is there a better way, or should I attempt to make the whole bezel out of MDF?
Thanks in advance!
drawfull:
This morning's progress.
:)
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