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The Vewlix Fighter Cabinet - WIP. The cab is dead my friends.
emphatic:
Yes, keep the wooden part and just have the controls + lock mechanism sit in a metal sheet.
If I was to do this myself, I would also use a couple of these:
to hold the top of the wood part to the box (one of each side) and once you open the lock underneath the panel, you can remove the metal sheet, thus be able to reach these and open the top up completely. Perhaps you could even store the extra panel + keyboard inside (I don't know how much room that control box has, so I'm just guessing).
Gatsu:
The entire top section of the cabinet slides right off and wont be bolted down so that I can get to the wiring quickly if need be.
So the way I've got the CP cut and fitted....I dunno if that would really work. I understand what you mean I think with the metal plate, but to have those hinges in there probably wouldn't work the way the pieces fit. I will give it a try though and see if it works because that'd make things a bit easier to manage.
emphatic:
--- Quote from: Gatsu on November 01, 2009, 09:33:30 pm ---The entire top section of the cabinet slides right off and wont be bolted down so that I can get to the wiring quickly if need be.
So the way I've got the CP cut and fitted....I dunno if that would really work. I understand what you mean I think with the metal plate, but to have those hinges in there probably wouldn't work the way the pieces fit. I will give it a try though and see if it works because that'd make things a bit easier to manage.
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Yep, I just wanted to put the idea out there for grabs. :D If possible, it's a really convenient way to go.
evitagen:
So glad you're back on this project!
I'm working on a custom Vewlix myself at the moment, but I'm taking my sweet ass time with the whole thing. Basically I'm admitedly stealing most of the neat ideas I've seen from other custom projects as I go. I'm interested to see how your CP turns out because that is what I am going to build next(well, after the top rounded piece). I'm probably going to recreate something similiar to how this works:
I ended up going with trying to recreate the actual Vewlix design and not donovon myers redesign so the sides on mine are slightly slimmer.
Oh and I've heard a lot of people ask about the metal base. A friend of mine does metal work and he's going to build me those metal legs from stainless for only about $50. I know I'm getting a deal but apparently it's pretty easy to make in case any of you other guys with these projects want to see about someone local making it for you.
Keep us updated on your progress! I wanna see more pics!
Necroticart:
Gatsu I was able to get ahold of the vewlix manuals I contacted saint to see If he would host them on the file repository seeing as it is a newer machine and the files are abit on the large side and I figured they might give you a better idea of how the actual cab is assembled. ;D
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