Hehe, still made progress even with studying! Finished the 2nd side but didn't bother taking a picture, ill just update it when a few more things are done. I have brought both sides into the basement. Thanks to laminate there won't be a lot of painting etc going on so no point in finishing the build in my cold garage when I can do it downstairs.
During the week, I will finish the base which I laminated yesterday and then come weekend I finally join the beast together. I also placed my order from GGG last night and Thorsten for the hollow shafts and led balltops so got all the supplies. The GGG order also includes the prize for the current High Score comp of Black Dragon, so if any slackers are reading this get playing!
I will post pictures once the base is done as I can document the joining of sides, top and bottom. I am going to be really fussy about exact width on this cab..26.5" from top to bottom. That is why I built both extremities first, to ensure width is accurate to a hair.
So much for recycling a lot of the cost...just added up and im well over $600 on this "new" build...ouch. Thankfully wife was bribed with spending money. However, Ill still need to put glass in the cab. I'm pretty confident I can go back to the glass cutting place and take my old glass which is 32" wide and get it trimmed down to size to save cost.
Current list of costs for those who are curious:
Home Depot
Wood - $90
Paint - $27
Caster Wheels - $36
Laminate - $180
Misc - $80
NCIX
Lighting Cathodes+Mods
$50
Ultimarc
JLW w/Balltops - $50
GGG
Products
1 x LED-Wiz™ 32-port USB Lighting and Output Controller
- Device Number: 1 (Use if FIRST or ONLY device o $44.95
1 x TokenTop™ Premium Spinner Knob
- Rubber Color: Black
- Token Inlay: BYOAC Logo - Brass $22.95
12 x NovaGem™ Lightable Horizontal Pushbutton
- Microswitch: Micro-Leaf™
- Color: Green $97.20
1 x Electric ICE™ RGB Trackball Lighting Upgrade Kit V2.0
- Trackball Size: 3 inch
- Lighting Option: RGB Overdrive™ $36.95
Thorsten's Led Balltops+ Hollow Shafts
$42
Total = Ouch...so much for the cheap upgrade lol but it's done the way I want it, that's what counts but safe to say next build will be a while.