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Laminated upright cabinet. [99.9% done]
syph007:
Problem is it's not that angle that causes the pain, the height of my current panel causes my hand to be bent backwards towards my arm, thats whats causing the pain, so rotation of the buttons wont help. If the control panel was angled back the other way so the front was higher than the back, that would work, but it would look retarded. So that's why Im thinking a stool might be the best option.
syph007:
So I was finishing off my 3rd try at the cp box today, putting on the LAST piece of laminate. I even had 3 sides flush trimmed and was doing the last.. so it would have been the VERY last cut for my entire project... and the router starts moving strangely.. I look down and the bearing HAD FALLEN OFF! I ruined the last piece of laminate I just put down. After swearing up a storm I realized, oh I'll just pry up the piece I put down, wood fill and redo this piece.
So I use a chisel and pry up the piece I just put down and get that all off.. when I realize the router had gone into the cured laminate pieces on the other 2 sides as well!!! :angry:
So... I had to stop as I'm just having ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- luck today. Im not sure there is going to be a quick fix for this... *sigh*
Epyx:
Damn Syph :( sorry to hear, I feel your frustration. Ya a quick break and some regroup and you will nail this down, no doubt about it. :cheers:
syph007:
I tried to salvage the error, but there was no easy way. I even tried to shave off that whole surface to the depth of my error cut, but that just cracked the laminate on the other sides. I spent last night and this morning chiseling/prying off the laminate on all sides except one. So looks like I will be sanding/woodfilling to get it back to square, then laminating AGAIN. I think I should just have enough scrap laminate pieces around to not have to buy another sheet.
Someday maybe I'll finally get this thing done... Oh here is what happened to my flush trim, so that others wont make the same mistake. The bearing got gummed up from the contact cement residue and stopped turning. But me forcing it around actually caused the bearing to unscrew. So I cleaned it well with googone and that took it off fine. So from now on I will be cleaning it after every side and checking tightness. Well at least now I know right?
I was also thinking, the reason I wanted a bigger CP box was to get my trackball further from the monitor for good rolls to not hit my hand on the screen. But looking at others projects, like Knievel's, it looks like his trackball is pretty close to the screen on his woody.
http://members.shaw.ca/knievelkustoms/woody/4.jpg
Anyone know what a good distance from the screen is for a trackball?
Silas (son of Silas):
--- Quote from: syph007 on October 18, 2009, 08:18:43 am ---Anyone know what a good distance from the screen is for a trackball?
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Depends on which trackball games you play and how you play them. I'm a 'thumb flick and fingertip' player, so for me, proximity to the screen isn't too much of an issue. If you play with big palm spins and huge movement, then the further away the better.
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