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Infinicade (fka My Cab Without a Name)
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--- Quote from: Ond on January 29, 2009, 03:39:17 am ---Beautifully documented, with alot of care and patience evident in your wood work, I look forward to seeing more. That's a very nice router too, mine is now the unpredictable beast you feared a router might be :laugh:
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Thanks! I much prefer your phrase "care and patience" over my calling it "obsessive compulsive." I'm definitely using yours from here on out! ;D
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Thanks to some unusually mild weather this weekend, I was able to proceed with painting as scheduled. I didn't go with anything fancy, just sem-gloss latex and foam rollers.
First up, two coats of primer (sanding between coats):
Then, three coats of black paint (again, sanding between coats), after which I moved the cab inside:
It has a bit of an orange peel feel about it, but, overall, I think it looks pretty good.
Next up, the control panel.
Gatsu:
:cheers: thats pretty sweet man. what color is the t-molding gonna be?
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--- Quote from: Gatsu on February 02, 2009, 03:50:17 pm --- :cheers: thats pretty sweet man. what color is the t-molding gonna be?
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Thanks.
I'm going with red for the t-molding. The marquee will also have a red-lettered design, once I eventually come up with a name for the thing.
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With the main part of the cabinet out of the way for now, it was time to turn to the control panel.
I transferred my design (revised to remove the administrative buttons) to giant-sized graph paper and taped it to the CP top. Then, with an awl, I drove holes marking the center of the button, joystick, trackball, and spinner holes. After I made sure that the holes went through okay, I removed the graph paper.
Once I had my guide holes, I used Forstner bits to drill the holes. I used a 1-1/8 inch bit for the buttons, spinner, and three joysticks, and a slightly larger one for the flight stick. Then I made a template for the trackball hole, just like I did for the speaker holes (only I used a thinner piece of wood this time around), drilled and jigsawed out the majority of the hole, then cleaned it all up with the flush trim router bit. Here’s the finished CP top.
From there, I put together the CP box, rounding the bottom edges with the round over router bit. Sticking with Saint’s book, I used velcro to hold the top onto the box.
And the finished (again, unpainted) CP panel
Hopefully I can get the box painted next week, then start taking care of the details (t-molding, coin door, installing controls, etc.)