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To make a cabinet easy to move...
paigeoliver:
There is however something WORSE than moving standardAtari cabs up the steps.
That is of course OVERSIZED Atari cabinets.
Same heaviness and lack of handholds as a standard Atari cabinet, with the added bonus of extra bulk and weight.
Some real nightmares I have moved include.
STUN Runner. This one conviently splits apart into a small 75 lb section and a HUGE 200+ lb section.
Star Wars cockpit. Took 10 hours total to get into my second story apartment, I COULD have got in in one shot with 4 guys, except my apartment so NICELY requires an immediate turn from the door to the stairwell, then a pair of 90 degree turns on the stairwell, the another 90 degree turn to get in the door. So, I brought it upstairs in 30 5-10 lb pieces, and one 150 lb piece.
Atari Basketball - The weight isn't THAT bad in this one. What is bad is the fact that it is so bulky that I had to take the door off my building, and then the coin door off the cabinet just to get it indoors.
hyiu:
my experience is...
a cab (in 1 piece) without the monitor...
is easily movable by 2 guys.... (assuming your cab has some place you can hold on to....)
and basically everything else still intact inside...
(oh.... my CP is oversize and is removable like a box...)
and that already including moving up and down stairs...
with the monitor in there... you'll need 2 stronger guys...
but if you have wheels... then on all plain floors... its just a push.... just have to boost the few stairs....
so.... like paigeoliver said... there's no real need to build a cab that can be separated top and bottom for moving....
Wade:
I agree that in most cases, taking a few heavy pieces out of a cab is enough to make it easily movable, however a few of you are forgetting about SIZE...
For a cabinet to really be easy to move, it needs to break apart into smaller pieces. A lot of hallways, stairways, even some doors in corners are tough (or impossible) to move a fully assembled game through.
And a lot of us don't own a truck, with a cabinet that comes apart enough it could actually be moved in a car with fold down rear seats.
I don't see the big deal about MDF, if a cabinet breaks down into 2 or 3 major pieces (or more) the weight is really a non-issue. Besides, MDF has so many other great qualities vs. plywood (ease of painting and perfectly smooth surface are the big ones, plywood needs a lot of work or laminate to really look good).
Wade
paigeoliver:
The big deal with MDF isn't just weight, it is durability.
Furniture made out of MDF and particle board falls apart over time. You are lucky if that stuff lasts 10 years. Plywood furniture lasts forever.
SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: LD1984 on April 06, 2004, 04:28:38 pm ---By this, I mean...how would you build it so it can be taken up the stairs in afew trips?
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Do you mean by yourself or with help?
With help it isn't that bad. Make a handle on the top back and one ont he bottom front (look at my cab for example). Then two people can take it up easily. It helps if you can take the monitor out to greatly reduce the rate. My control panel also comes off.
To go up stairs, or down, the person up the staris holds the back handle that is up high on the back, the front person hold the front low handl (my bar that goes across the front). Put a rug or something for the cabinet to slide on and it is easy to get it up and down stairs.
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