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CoryBee:
Yes, best of luck. And make sure you use better wood then me  :banghead:

phyrosis:
well i have the 3/4 MDF sitting in my garage for a year to build some cabinets now...

i am just working on getting the front end and everything setup for an NES cabinet... i have a sizeable collection of NES games so i figured i would grab the roms of my favorites and build a "dedicated NES" mini cabinet. :) i am downloading Hyperspin on one of the laptops right now, and have RockNES ready to go...

now to take measurments and make some cuts.

CoryBee:

--- Quote from: phyrosis on June 09, 2012, 12:42:16 pm ---well i have the 3/4 MDF sitting in my garage for a year to build some cabinets now...

i am just working on getting the front end and everything setup for an NES cabinet... i have a sizeable collection of NES games so i figured i would grab the roms of my favorites and build a "dedicated NES" mini cabinet. :) i am downloading Hyperspin on one of the laptops right now, and have RockNES ready to go...

now to take measurments and make some cuts.

--- End quote ---

I have been thinking of making a dedicated Cab for different systems. I wanted to make a dedicated SNES or N64 or something. Just so it doesn't have to be neutral to all systems. She art and theme would look like a nintendo system and the control panel could have the right buttons labeled to the original controls.

Take lots of pictures!!!

phyrosis:
so i started construction.

the starting drafting tools

the outline of sides

to get a perfect circle edge i built a scribe








it worked great!


first side cut out

second ready to go.


you can really tell in this picture but they dont really match up the two sides, i i fixed it with some spindle sanding,



BAM! match up!

i attached the back first to give some stability for the sides, and after the sides were attached good i removed the back to get it ready for other work to be done to it.



oddly enough i did not take a picture of the sides on... meh, i will load on next post.

i wanted to do the front like a original NES system as it is a NES only mini cab. i also am aware that a original NES has a raised area around the power buttons, but i did not want to do a raised area. so meh.

so i got to work with the router and sandpaper.







and now for the buttons,




i have since rounded the edges of the buttons and got them ready for mounting into the front panel.

the front panel power button will be the button to remove the PC inside from sleep mode, or power it up, the reset button is probally gonna do a whole lotta nothing... :) maybe take a screen shot... i dont know... :)

CoryBee:
Jumped in the water fast. Good work so far boss. To make sure my sides were even I cut around my design and placed two pieces of wood together then cut it out. Looks like you got it pretty even with sanding though.  :cheers:

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