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Making a cab come apart in two pieces?
superart:
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Kajoq:
Suits, That pic you posted is a pic of my cab. It is in fact in two main pieces (3 if you count the control panel)
Without taking out the monitor theres no good way for me to get at and see exactly how they're attached though. There was another guy on the forum doing a Mercs cabinet restoration that might have better pics of the internals.
By poking my head in the back panel opening its basically just the top bolts into the bottom and theres some internal framework to hold in the monitor and reinforce the cab for the weight of that
kelemvor:
If I build my own, I'll probably do something along the lines of "The Woody" that Knievel did:
http://www.knievelkustoms.com/thewoody.htm
I'd use that style anyway but wouldn't make it wood grain.
But I may get an existing cabinet and was looking for a way to possibly mod it to be taken apart. I guess I'll see if I end up with the premade one first or not and go from there.
michelevit:
I've built a two piece cab.
here are some pics of the design i used for a mid sized cab.
The main cab which houses the monitor, pc, and controls sits
on a matching box.
the bottom is simply a box with the same width and depth and matching t-molding.
the advantage is...
you can place it on the ground and small children can play it.
it is transportable upright in a minivan or suv.
this makes it more sellable.
once the cab is assembled, you can't tell it it two pieces.
i encourage you to try a two piece design. also if you build by yourself
a smaller cab is more manageable to build and assemble.
here is a better pic...
http://www.ameliavitarelli.com/public%5Fhtml/minicade2/slides/minicade-%20054.html
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: michelevit on October 15, 2007, 08:40:16 pm ---I've built a two piece cab.
here are some pics of the design i used for a mid sized cab.
The main cab which houses the monitor, pc, and controls sits
on a matching box.
the bottom is simply a box with the same width and depth and matching t-molding.
the advantage is...
you can place it on the ground and small children can play it.
it is transportable upright in a minivan or suv.
this makes it more sellable.
once the cab is assembled, you can't tell it it two pieces.
i encourage you to try a two piece design. also if you build by yourself
a smaller cab is more manageable to build and assemble.
here is a better pic...
http://www.ameliavitarelli.com/public%5Fhtml/minicade2/slides/minicade-%20054.html
--- End quote ---
That's a pretty nice design. However, the two-piece design they're referring to is where the top half (monitor) separates from the bottom. When together it resembles a standard upright.
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