The corners have exposed wood due to the the cuts. To cover these up I use metal corner strips. These will also provide protection against wear and they even look like like pinball legs.
Now onto hooking up the buttons.
To keep the wires in place I screwed in a few velcro strips.
For the wires I repurposed an old data cable I had laying around.
These crimping tools make make the connections very clean and serviceable.
Controller board is hold in place using some screws.
Creating a hole for the power switch and receptacle.
I'm using a 3 socket power to power the devices on the inside.
Making sure everything is insulated.
To keep the control panel from opening up I use a latch and an angle bracket for it to hook on to. When I have the machine open from the rear side, I can just manage to reach it.
I've mounted speaker grills, unfortunately the chrome does not match that of the corner strips, but I'm not making a fuss about it because I want to keep costs down.
And this is the final look.
On it's back with screen still up.
And with the screen down for better viewing angle.
Now onto hooking up the buttons.
To keep the wires in place I screwed in a few velcro strips.
For the wires I repurposed an old data cable I had laying around.
These crimping tools make make the connections very clean and serviceable.
Controller board is hold in place using some screws.
Creating a hole for the power switch and receptacle.
I'm using a 3 socket power to power the devices on the inside.
Making sure everything is insulated.
To keep the control panel from opening up I use a latch and an angle bracket for it to hook on to. When I have the machine open from the rear side, I can just manage to reach it.
I've mounted speaker grills, unfortunately the chrome does not match that of the corner strips, but I'm not making a fuss about it because I want to keep costs down.
And this is the final look.
On it's back with screen still up.
And with the screen down for better viewing angle.