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First build concept feedback - slim/wide/upright/4P cabinet

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zaltec:
No project yet, just looking for feedback on the design, but if anyone thinks this would be better in Project Announcements feel free to move it :) Test CP and software are mostly up and running, but there won't be any more action until the spring :( I  didn't expect to get any work done at all until then, but I couldn't pass up the 10C+ weather we had for a week in mid-December. Now we're back to -20C. Yay.

I'm also concerned that the 40" is too large, but it was the wife's idea (she wants me to use it so I can buy her a bigger one for the living room). We've stood in front of it at point-blank range and she swears it's good. I'll set the actual CP up at the proper distance in a few days, once our company leaves and I have the livingroom back.

I tried to do the curved inside corners (between P1/3 & P2/4) on the CP using an eyeball-centered holesaw... wow, did that not turn out well... lol

I'll post some more concept and physical CP pics later today. Feedback on anything (insets, angles, tilt, CP, colouring, design, anything!) is welcome.

EMDB:
If the wife wants it bigger be very carefull  >:D

ChanceKJ:

--- Quote from: zaltec on January 02, 2015, 09:19:48 am ---I tried to do the curved inside corners (between P1/3 & P2/4) on the CP using an eyeball-centered holesaw... wow, did that not turn out well... lol

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Use a Forstner bit, go slow, backing out a few times to allow the chips to vacate, then clean up with a drill sander attachment if needed. Then run strait lines to the hole with a jigsaw.

zaltec:

--- Quote from: ChanceKJ on January 02, 2015, 02:14:48 pm ---Use a Forstner bit, go slow, backing out a few times to allow the chips to vacate, then clean up with a drill sander attachment if needed. Then run strait lines to the hole with a jigsaw.

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Seeing as we're both using the same CP base plans (which I found through your thread), do you have an updated version available with your own design? :) The original uses 3" holes for the corners, which I didn't have available. I also adjusted the angles of the CP box a bit (went with 30 degree corners with 1/2" inset), and I went with re-centered components for my OCD (original called for trackball off-center, etc). I've run into a space/distance issue between joys and buttons though, where I had to shave off some of the mounting plates to get them to fit with the button7. I used my forstner 1 1/8" for the buttonholes, which worked so much better than a holesaw, I was impressed.

Basically the CP is 46" x 17" with an "aircraft carrier" design, but I already know I'll have to move a few things around depending on my final joystick choice.

yotsuya:
If you want honest feedback, it's too wide for my tastes. If your wife insists on a 40" screen, build a pedestal. At least, that's what I would do.

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