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Laminated upright cabinet. [99.9% done]
syph007:
--- Quote from: GaryMcT on September 02, 2009, 07:52:15 pm ---Very nice! I've been thinking the same way about painting. . . I don't think I'd ever do a good job at it, but I figure I can figure out how to laminate.
I've been contemplating building a Defender-style cab from scratch. . . I wonder if you can paint the pattern with the stencil on top of the laminate and have it work well?
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Ya I'm not sure about painting on the laminate, that might be tough. I'll just be appling adhevise backed graphics.
syph007:
Man, I'll say this again... this for sure isnt a hobby for the impatient. I spent 3 hrs today and this is all I got done. Thats the bottom board pictured. Had to recut it 4 times to get it exactly 26" width and perfectly squared. I figured this was an important piece that makes sure the rest of the cab is square. I manged to get the front edge laminated and trimmed since it will show, and now its quarter to ten... *sigh* At least it's a long weekend coming up, I just want to get the main body parts assembled and I'll be happy... :D
Cheers!
syph007:
Well I've had time to make some more progress. My goal for today is to get it standing. I've laminated both interior sides now and 2 other back body pieces.
I bought black angle iron and cut and drilled it to use for custom support strips, works great and that stuff was 8 bucks for an 8 foot piece in the window and door area of home depot.
The bottom base I built separate than attached. I was super anal about gluing and screwing it together as I want everything square and rigid. Notice that there is an 8 inch hollow under the back edge for use with my cabinet mover. Thats right, no casters here, went with removable 10inch inflatable wheels. This means I cant enter my cabinet in the local soapbox derby, but thats fine, I'll just game with it. :D
In all seriousness, I know its personal choice, but the casters on the cab body have always been a pet peeve of mine. It will never be moved, and when it is, that's what the dolly is for so it seems odd to me to permanently mount wheels.. but anyway, if others find it a big help, then I guess it works for them.
saleem:
i see your using brackets to hold things together with screws.
i dont like as when you look inside it looks like "oh,i see you used brackets with screws" type of thing.wood or mdf battons look nicer when seen in my opinion.
i used neither screws or battons on my bartop project,i used woodglue and dowelling as screws and there is nothing visible inside that suggests it being held together by anything bar what i used.
screws are not as solid to use on their own but,angled brackets look a bit ugly.even brackets will work loose as they still rely on the screws and it might lead to wobble over time.
suppose main thing is you have started construction of the actual cab and your getting it assembled and this is where it will start to look like an arcade cab.
;)
syph007:
@saleem: To each his own I guess. I don't like the look of the wood blocks on the inside, I wanted a clean look and liked the bracket strips.
Managed to get it standing and almost the back panel on. Lots of hours into this project already, I can only imagine how many more it will take... *sigh* I don't know how this long weekend got away from me.. but I did get a fair bit done.
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