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Gray_Area:
Building a nice, 'square' cab isn't hard. A table saw, a radial arm saw, and a mounted router, and you're good to go. However, these are pricey items/rigs, and take a lot of space.

Monitors aren't difficult, either. Knowing how they work and what features various models have are crucial before even thinking of going to look at one. There's information in the wiki here, as well as at KLOV and other places. Researching is crucial. If you don't have the patience for at least this, really don't bother.

BurgerKingDiamond:

--- Quote from: Guywiththegun on May 24, 2011, 10:22:38 am ---They aren't easy to find by any means. The ones I see are either far too old and lack proper input for good PC use, or they have massive speakers on each side making it impossible to fit into a cab.

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I guess it depends on your area. There is a pawn shop a few minutes away from where I live that has a whole wall of CRT's ranging from 22 to 32 inch. I got a 27" panasonic with s-video and component inputs for $50. I decased it and threw in my candy cab (i broke the original monitor neck. :badmood: :banghead: :angry:).

But it ended up working out fine. I have my PCB's going through a s-video converter (decent quality, but not arcade perfect) and my 360 through component (very good quality) in the cab.

Guywiththegun:

--- Quote from: Gray_Area ---Building a nice, 'square' cab isn't hard. A table saw, a radial arm saw, and a mounted router, and you're good to go. However, these are pricey items/rigs, and take a lot of space.

Monitors aren't difficult, either. Knowing how they work and what features various models have are crucial before even thinking of going to look at one. There's information in the wiki here, as well as at KLOV and other places. Researching is crucial. If you don't have the patience for at least this, really don't bother.
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You know how a lot of the information on this hobby goes? Like this:

"A table saw, a radial arm saw, and a mounted router, and you're good to go." It is full of holes, takes huge leaps, and generally just starts from an assumption that you already know what you're doing, just not 'quite' there, as opposed to being a full on beginner in all things wood-working.

newmanfamilyvlogs:
Sounds like it's time to get a few simple tools and just start cutting wood. Learn as you go.

Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: Guywiththegun on May 24, 2011, 08:46:30 pm ---
You know how a lot of the information on this hobby goes? Like this:

"A table saw, a radial arm saw, and a mounted router, and you're good to go." It is full of holes, takes huge leaps, and generally just starts from an assumption that you already know what you're doing, just not 'quite' there, as opposed to being a full on beginner in all things wood-working.

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Well, again you seem to want to quantum magically 'know' how to saw things. That's fine, it may not be too far off. As for experience and skills, I had some shop in high school, and haven't done much else since then. But again, the internet is a great place to cheaply find novice wood working info.

And, in contrast to my statement about tools, check this out. Also, you might want to see my recent addition at the end.

Although, you are kind of busy getting attention here. You might not want to leave.

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