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javeryh's Woodgrain Cabaret Copy
Mike A:
Cool. Nice progress.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Mike A on February 20, 2020, 10:24:05 am ---Cool. Nice progress.
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Thanks. Slow and steady. Speaking of non-CNC woodworking...
I'm trying to sort out the electronics that will go inside of this cabinet and first up is the power button. The plan is to place this dead center on the lip that will be below the marquee and above the coin door. Pressing it once will boot the computer (into Windows 10 shelled to whatever front end I use) and turn on the monitors and pressing it again will shut everything down.
I have a flush mount button left over from another project that I think I'm going to use. I'm trying to use up as much stuff lying around my shop as I can throughout this project. This button will be something that can't really be pressed accidentally, which I think is the way to go. One of these things:
Once installed, it will basically be flush to the panel but you will still be able to feel for it without looking.
Now that I had that sorted out, it was time to drill the hole! Fun. The panel is thicker than the button itself so drilling one hole wouldn't work - there would be no way to secure the button in place. To do this properly, I marked where I wanted the button to go and then used a 1-1/4" forstner bit with my drill to drill out the material going down about 1/2 way. The painter's tape is to reduce chipping the edge of the hole.
Then, I drilled a 3/4" hole all the way through the remaining material.
This gave me the result I was looking for:
This panel will eventually be painted black and will not be visible to the user. One thing I didn't take into consideration was that this panel gets glued to the marquee panel which makes the button off center by 1/4". I don't care enough to recut it plus it will actually be further back against the coin door panel making it harder to press unintentionally.
Arroyo:
Good stuff Javery. The guy I picked up two cabs from here locally is slowly selling all of his uprights for cabarets. His point was you get the same game play experience but in a much more compact design. He also pointed out that cabarets are more rare and that made it more fun as a collector. I’m starting to see his point.....looking forward to seeing this one come together. Keep it up.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Arroyo on February 21, 2020, 03:51:51 pm ---Good stuff Javery. The guy I picked up two cabs from here locally is slowly selling all of his uprights for cabarets. His point was you get the same game play experience but in a much more compact design. He also pointed out that cabarets are more rare and that made it more fun as a collector. I’m starting to see his point.....looking forward to seeing this one come together. Keep it up.
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Thanks Arroyo - I really like the size and proportions. I think they make great 1P cabs and it is going to be pretty tiny but still have 17” screen and a full set of controls. If this works out I may have to build a vertical version!
Tomorrow is a big day. Wife is working all day and only obligation is basketball at 5pm. Should be able to get a bunch of stuff in. Hope to at least have everything painted and laminated by the end of the day. Then if there’s time on Sunday I can assemble it.
If people want to chime in on the best way to assemble laminated panels I’m all ears. I’m most likely going to use 3/4” x 1-1/2” battons with screws to hold everything together. I will also probably use some CA glue and an activator to bond the battons to the laminate. It’s not like this thing will take a beating but I do want it to be solid.
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: javeryh on February 21, 2020, 06:43:40 pm ---
--- Quote from: Arroyo on February 21, 2020, 03:51:51 pm ---Good stuff Javery. The guy I picked up two cabs from here locally is slowly selling all of his uprights for cabarets. His point was you get the same game play experience but in a much more compact design. He also pointed out that cabarets are more rare and that made it more fun as a collector. I’m starting to see his point.....looking forward to seeing this one come together. Keep it up.
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Thanks Arroyo - I really like the size and proportions. I think they make great 1P cabs and it is going to be pretty tiny but still have 17” screen and a full set of controls. If this works out I may have to build a vertical version!
Tomorrow is a big day. Wife is working all day and only obligation is basketball at 5pm. Should be able to get a bunch of stuff in. Hope to at least have everything painted and laminated by the end of the day. Then if there’s time on Sunday I can assemble it.
If people want to chime in on the best way to assemble laminated panels I’m all ears. I’m most likely going to use 3/4” x 1-1/2” battons with screws to hold everything together. I will also probably use some CA glue and an activator to bond the battons to the laminate. It’s not like this thing will take a beating but I do want it to be solid.
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For my laminated cabinets, I basically assembled the whole thing when it was bare wood. I pulled the whole thing apart, laminated the interior pieces, and then re-assembled. I then laminated the exterior sides by laying them down on their side.
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