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Cab built for easy disassembly? Suggestions?
DougHillman:
Anyone built their cab so that it can be assembled/disassembled with relative ease? It's likely that there's a move in my short term (~ 1 year) future. My current house has pretty small door openings, including the one at the top of the stairs to the basement rec room. I'm gonna hafta assemble it in place, which isn't that big a deal. Taking it apart when it's time to move is a bit of a worry though. I'm afraid that the screw holes will loosen up enough that it'd have a bit of wobble to it after it gets to its new home.
I could use carriage bolts for the major assembly, but I don't like the aesthetics of the big bolt heads on the sides of the cab.
Those of you who've used T-nuts, would these be effective? I could use a countersunk bolt of some type on the outside for aesthetics, I assume.
Any other easy, relatively simple solutions? The half-turn locking things such as are used in the "assemble it yourself" furniture biz (and which I think are used on some of the pre-cut assemble it yourself commercial cab kits) seem like they're fairly involved to get set up.
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FractalWalk:
I used 2x 2's to attach my panels together using standard deck screws. I've taken it part and put it back together about 4 times now and its as sturdy as the first time.
dmsuchy:
Mine is t bolted in three parts, the top "hood", the control panel, and the base. Everything is held together with 1/2 inch bolts and quickly disassembles in no time with a rachet. Although the top and base are still kinda heavy it makes for way easier transportation.
shmokes:
I'm doing something like what you're doing (I've been doing it FOREVER -- between school and work I average about one or two days per month to work on it). Anyway, check out the picture in this thread that explains how I'm doing it. I've tested it out and it's super sturdy. I've actually changed the carriage bolts shown in the picture to T-nuts, but the concept is exactly the same. It doesn't sound like you were planning to do laminate, but if you get creative you could always cover the holes with well-placed side-art. Or just putty them and paint.
http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=7886;start=msg56895#msg56895
hyiu:
if you have not started your cab... maybe you should consider plywood instead of MDF...
(I think plywood is better than MDF if you need to unscrew and screw a few times...)
also.. if a screw hole is getting big / loose because you have unscrewed a few times... what you can try is stuff a few toothpicks in there... and then sequeeze a little wood glue in there also before re-screw it in.... that will make it hold very tight again... (but I don't know if you want to do this multiple times..... )
or maybe do what I did....
I measured my cab so that it fits thru the narrowest door in my house.... (which is about 26in...) so.. my cab's external width is 25in.... no need to take apart... just disassemble the CP....
(wheels on the bottom helps also...)
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