miisalo
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Last christmas Mendel gave me Time Soldiers board and happ rotary sticks as a gift, probably because I did some modding for him.
Those rotary sticks are huge, I measured that they need more than 4" under them and decided that I should build box that is almost like cabinets control panel. Idea is that I would later build also stand where you can put both controller box and tv - just like a ghetto cabinet Because box would be huge, I also decided to build "supergun" in it.
This is second time I do anything out of MDF and first time I used paint sprayer so quality is what it is but here is the project (I will split it to several posts).
I started by cutting top "plate" and started to gluing side parts to it. I also applied filler while gluing to save some time.
I didn't have exact form in my mind and I cut and designed the box while doing it. Cutting pieces with sides in two different angles was challenge, but I knew that filler and sanding will save me
After I had the box glued, it was time to sand it
Using filler and proper tools allowed me to have nice rounded corners
To be continued...
Those rotary sticks are huge, I measured that they need more than 4" under them and decided that I should build box that is almost like cabinets control panel. Idea is that I would later build also stand where you can put both controller box and tv - just like a ghetto cabinet Because box would be huge, I also decided to build "supergun" in it.
This is second time I do anything out of MDF and first time I used paint sprayer so quality is what it is but here is the project (I will split it to several posts).
I started by cutting top "plate" and started to gluing side parts to it. I also applied filler while gluing to save some time.
I didn't have exact form in my mind and I cut and designed the box while doing it. Cutting pieces with sides in two different angles was challenge, but I knew that filler and sanding will save me
After I had the box glued, it was time to sand it
Using filler and proper tools allowed me to have nice rounded corners
To be continued...
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