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Laminated upright cabinet. [99.9% done]
Hawkweber:
--- Quote ---I'm not great at using those desoldering sucker things, but I eventually got it off and reattached.
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You might want to pick up some desoldering braid instead.
syph007:
--- Quote from: Hawkweber on May 14, 2010, 10:08:29 am ---
--- Quote ---I'm not great at using those desoldering sucker things, but I eventually got it off and reattached.
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You might want to pick up some desoldering braid instead.
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Ya that might have been a better idea. After putting the speakers back in and then testing.. turns out I fried the speaker board... These were cheap refurbs anyhow, not a huge loss.. but now I know.
So.... I bought another set of speakers and instead of opening them this time, I decided to follow this guide
http://scarvell.net/wiki/index.php?title=VOLUME_CONTROL_MOUNTING_AND_WIRING
This was a much smarter idea and I wish I would have found this sooner! I installed a logarithmic 50k dual gang potentiometer in the middle of a 12ft extension cable. The store even had a nice selection of knobs to try, I got a few different ones (I think I like the middle one best) and the total was still a little over 10 bucks for everything.
And... best of all this actually WORKS! :D
syph007:
Well I was using my panel for quite awhile on saturday, and the position of the player start buttons I chose were bugging me. I placed them the same relative position from the corresponding player game buttons, but it looked awkward since they werent equally spaced from the spinner. So... i printed new graphics and got new plexi just to correct this. I know it seems minor but it bugged me and I've spent this much time already, a bit more to be completely happy seems fine.
So after a few hours of work yesterday, here is the same panel again, but with adjusted player start buttons. I've also been working on my admin panel, so its really just the admin panel and glass I need to finish now.
johnd23:
Looking good!
I am in the planning stages of building my cab. How thick is the laminate? 1/16th? So if you laminate both sides of the 5/8 plywood it'll total 3/4 for the t-molding?
Also do you have the plans for this cab? Atleast for the sizes of the sides. I really like this style, i would like to go with something similar.
syph007:
It's a bit thinner than 1/16 inch. 5/8 wood plus laminate on both sides was just a bit narrower than 3/4. My molding overlapped a tiny bit, but I just ran a sharp chisel around the edges to trim the small excess, and it leaves you with a nice clean edge.
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