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Title: Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: tenka on January 23, 2004, 01:13:32 am

I finished my first cabinet, I've been lurking on this forum for a month or so and wanted to say thanks for all the data.

My intent was to have a cabinet that looked like furniture so my wife would let me keep it out in our family room.  It's Lusid's plan shortened up a bit with Maple/Birch ply.

PC: P3/1ghz
Monitor: Toshiba 27A33 (27")
Bezel: Smoked Safety glass  (I used black hammered spray paint to to create an exterior bezel on the outside of the glass)

It took me 4 weeks to build approximately 40-50 hours (weeknights and a few weekends).

Take care,
Tenka

Cabinet:
(http://www.mcclincy.com/cab/cab01.jpg)

Control Panel:
(http://www.mcclincy.com/cab/cab02.jpg)

Title: Re:Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: Iori on January 23, 2004, 01:20:35 am

Very cool!  The finished wood look is classy looking and I can see how it would sit better with the wife if she isn't into games...  :)  Great stuff!

Title: Re:Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: Luxury on January 23, 2004, 11:41:19 am

what, no marquee/coin slots?  
but boy do i love that wood.  nice work

Title: Re:Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: Iori on January 23, 2004, 02:31:54 pm

You could do an engraved wood marquee!  That would be a nice touch...  :)

Title: Re:Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: Santoro on January 23, 2004, 02:56:10 pm

Nice work!  You  pulled it off the wood really nicely.

I considered wood also for a while but I (somehow) managed to convice my wife that it could still be tasteful if done in Formica as long as it didn't have gaudy side-art etc.  

(Those with side-art, don't get me wrong - the gaudier the better as far as cabs go IMHO!!)

Title: Re:Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: SirPeale on January 25, 2004, 10:26:52 am

Two suggestions for future photo taking: use a flash, and adequete lighting.  I can't see anything except the CP (which looks really snazzy, BTW).  I would love to see better pics of the cab.

Title: Re:Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: BobbyG66 on January 25, 2004, 11:59:03 am

Looks great, nice wood finish

Title: Re:Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: SirPeale on January 25, 2004, 06:33:08 pm

Played with the image a bit in Paint Shop.  Here's an image you can see the cabinet.  Very nice!

Title: Re:Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: Stingray on January 26, 2004, 10:35:20 am

Oh wow, that does look nice!

-S

Title: Re:Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: SirPeale on January 26, 2004, 03:42:30 pm

If you do decide to put a coin door on it, don't put an over/under on it!  Those things are just plain ugly.  Make it a Williams style.

Title: Re:Finished my first cabinet.
Post by: tenka on January 26, 2004, 10:28:12 pm

Thank you all for the kind feedback!

Sorry for the delayed response I had to run out of town for a few days.

I will take some pictures tomorrow in the daylight - I do admit those pics are terrible.  =)

I didn't put a marquee or coin door because the wife was shooting for furniture - BUT given the popularity of the machine over the past few days (with friends and family) I think I see some modifications in the near future!