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plasma2002:
Howdy everyone  :)

The name's Brian. Im a long time lurker, first time poster. Yes, my first post is about my first project.
Anyways, you may have already heard of me and not even know it. I made the Emergency Party Button and the Blender Defender. Two very popular projects that have been making a few waves out there on the net. Check it out if ya want. ( http://www.plasma2002.com/epb  and http://www.plasma2002.com/blenderdefender )


There. Now that the introduction is out of the way, lets get to my cabinet  ;)

What's with the title, you ask? Simple: i have no idea what im doing! :D 
Im a programmer by trade, and an electronics junkie by hobby. NOT a builder, haha.

What you will be witnessing in this thread is my attempt to make a yet-to-be-named arcade cabinet.

I decided to start this thread mainly for one thing: input. From browsing the boards for quite some time now, I know that many of you have amazing ideas and thoughts on the entire process. So at any time throughout my build, PLEASE feel free to chime in with any recommendations or thoughts. Heck, even if you think I did something wrong, please let me know. You guys know way better than I do :)

The Cabinet Base
It took a while for me to decide what i wanted the main look of the cabinet to be. I'll spare you the long boring details of why and how I came to the conclusion, but I ultimately decided on going for a slim look. Therefor, I am going to use the design that oh-so-many other have used; Knievel's Arcade Mania / Woody. (An amazing design from an amazingly talented guy)

Instead of tracing the design right onto the wood, I decided to use some drop paper. I traced out my measurements onto the paper and cut it out to see how it sized up.



(Click for larger image)

Theres a few things to note in the picture. First is that you can probably tell that I expanded Knievel's design to be a few inches deeper. The second is, yes... this is in a furniture store. It the family's business.


After a few minor edits and tweaks of things like the angles and the height of a few things, I went and bought the nice $50 sheet of wood and traced the paper onto one side of the wood.

After cutting the shape out, we then flipped it over and traced IT back onto the wood. We decided to do this instead of trace the paper twice just in case we screwed something up on the first cut, we wouldn't have two different shapes.

I say we because my mother, the furniture store owner, was helping me with the major wood-working aspects of this. (Im man enough to admit that my mother is way better at this than myself)


After having both shapes cut out, we clamped them together and started sanding the edges together to get them cleaned up and matching.




That image was taken last night. It started to drizzle a little (We are in Southern California fyi), so we had to stop working and save it for another day.


Guys! Dont let me butcher Knievel's design! Chime in with anything you got :)

More posts to follow as the project unfolds. ;)

drventure:
Love those other projects of yours. Welcome aboard. You should fit right in here (good build skills and the right sense of humor  :) )

And you've picked a good base to start from. Kneivel's work is spot on!

Franco B:
Hi Brian, welcome to the forum

I checked out your other projects and they are awesome. Completely pointless in a sense but amazing at the same time!  :) I can imagine you coming up with some crazy things for this build

It looks like you are off to a great start. Knievels cabs are a great design to base your build off.

You may want to see if you can buy or borrow a router. They are a very versitle tool and you will find many uses for it. For example you could have used one with a flush trim bit to trim both sides perfectly flush.

Have you got any ideas about what controls etc you are using?

saleem:
cant you get a router,it will help an hell of a lot for tmolding groove,finishing edges etc,better than your mam with a rotary sander (is it)

yes,i gotta agree on the humour side,i love cats being a cat lover myself but,my cat would not like me if i did something like that,shes old and dont learn new tricks well,she gos into a huff.

but,yes,you got ideas man.
 :applaud:

plasma2002:
I do have a router.... just no bits, haha.

Ive already planned on buying a couple bits... mainly a regular one and the slot cutter for the t-molding. Do you guys think I should still get a flush bit even though i already cut the main piece?


--- Quote from: saleem on October 14, 2009, 01:18:35 pm ---...with a rotary sander (is it)...

--- End quote ---
Nah, just the classic electric block sander type. Other choices were the smaller mighty-mouse and other finishing sanders. We needed to take off up to a quarter inch of wood at one point, so we needed something with proven power :)

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