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help with a wobbly control panel base (showcase cab)
IntruderAlert:
well.. that's not exactly what I was trying to say either
so I decided that I'd better render some visual aids as well
here was my first idea:
--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on June 15, 2005, 12:01:50 pm ---But right off the bat I'm thinking about 2 long pieces of MDF maybe 6" wide or so screwed along the bottom of the entire thing on the right and left sides like baseboard trim on a wall with several screws in each section
You'd want the screws long enough to go almost through or all of the way through
Recess the screws a little and fill in with spackling, paint it all black of course and put black T-Mold on the edges of it
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The plywood or MDF "trim" would run on the outside along the entire length of the right and left sides as indicated by the dark areas in this picture:
..and here was my second idea:
--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on June 22, 2005, 06:27:45 pm ---in that case.. why not put a piece of 2x4 inside going across behind the 2 little pieces of wood and secure it into place with some screws.
Then open or take off your coin door and shoot several screws from the inside of the control panel cabinet into the new 2x4
You may want to mark it off and pre-drill from the outside first to make sure that you're going to hit the 2x4
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the 2x4 would go across the opening as shown in this picture just behind the little pieces of wood that you have on each side:
then you would shoot screws into the 2x4 from inside the control panel cabinet like this:
hulkster:
hmm, well IntruderAlert that first idea would require me to paint those outside beams so im not all fired about that one. the next one sounds good, but the only problem is that my cp base is not flat like you are showing there. that would be a good idea if my cp base was flat at the back part.
DrewKaree your idea seems the mose feasible for me to try at this point. im pretty sure it will work too. i may just go get some 2xwhatevers and put them along the bottom of the bases though. the square thing is a good idea, but my cp base is narrower than my monitor base so it wouldnt be as stable. so im just going to screw the boards into the bottoms. im guessing some really long wood screws would be best?
IntruderAlert:
yeah
and since your carpet is so spongy it might be a good idea to bring in a piece of plywood large enough to set everything on while you screw it all together just to make it a little easier to line everything up
hulkster:
--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on June 24, 2005, 08:59:45 am ---yeah
and since your carpet is so spongy it might be a good idea to bring in a piece of plywood large enough to set everything on while you screw it all together just to make it a little easier to line everything up
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good call. too bad im at work right now :(
hulkster:
so do you think wood screws will be good enough? i mean, this thing probably wont be moving for about 5 years or so.
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