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What was the hardest part for you when building a machine?
guytalbot:
I have been researching this for a few weeks and was curious about what people found most difficult when building their cabinets? Was it the cabinet itself? the wiring? the controls?
I have been repairing pcs for years, I can soder well and am fairly knowledgable with electronics, it is a bit intimidating I must admit :), especially the woodworking, I have nightmares about hacking a finger off. Anyway I was wondering what other people's experiences were like.
telengard:
--- Quote from: guytalbot on April 20, 2004, 06:28:51 pm ---I have been researching this for a few weeks and was curious about what people found most difficult when building their cabinets? Was it the cabinet itself? the wiring? the controls?
I have been repairing pcs for years, I can soder well and am fairly knowledgable with electronics, it is a bit intimidating I must admit :), especially the woodworking, I have nightmares about hacking a finger off. Anyway I was wondering what other people's experiences were like.
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No doubt about it, the rotating monitor. What a pain in the butt! :)
Aceldamor:
hardest part for me has been finding a FE and configuring it to my liking...All the FE Dev's here keep coming out with newer versions of thier already fantastic FE's that have more bells and whistles and I have a hard time not playing around with all of them trying to determine which one I want to go with.
Other than that the hardest part for me has been finding some of the controls and designing a modular panel to be able to use them all.
DougHillman:
For me the hardest part didn't involve any actual construction.
The most difficult thing for me has been to lock down the plans and actually start cutting wood. I'd spend forever designing and second guessing myself and never actually START on a project if I didn't have some people telling me, "just GET IT DONE!"
As long as the planning has been done well, there's nothing particularly difficult in any aspect of cabinet construction. If you've never done any woodworking before, getting used to the tools might be a bit of a step, but nothing that won't be overcome quickly. Follow the suggestions & hints found throughout these forums and you'll be making straight clean cuts in no time. Wear your saftey gear (glasses & ear protection for sure. I wear gloves most of the time as well Keeps slinters outta the hands.) and work smartly. Don't put your fingers where the cutty parts are gonna be. :)
Wiring is pretty straightforward. Time consuming and sometimes overwhelming, but not really difficult.
Good luck.
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paigeoliver:
Hardest thing for me has always been drilling the freaking holes in my metal control panels.
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