[Swansea Hackspace] mame/arcade cabinet

[Aled]

Just saw these now these emails are going onto my spam folder somehow,

Veneered chipboard is the stuff, - like what you get in cheap Argos furniture, or MDF but sawing up MDF is probably a bad idea unless it's done outside the dust from it is really nasty stuff.

Circular saw for the straight cuts and a jigsaw for the curves, I can bring in a circular saw if need help, my jigsaw has gone missing though. I can also  bring a pocket hole jig which would be ideal for putting the thing together, and some big woodworking cramps.

CNC seems like overkill, you could probably do it quicker with just some handsaws and elbow grease :)

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On Mon, 7/12/15, Justin Mitchell <justin at discordia.org.uk> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] mame/arcade cabinet
 To: hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
 Date: Monday, 7 December, 2015, 15:28
 
 On Mon, 2015-12-07 at
 12:57 +0000, Emyr Morris wrote:
 >
 I'll ask my father if he would be up for ripping up some
 sheets for us
 > what type of wood
 (finish)
 
 from the stories i
 have heard in work (a few of them used to work in the
 gaming industry) the proper cabinets are mdf or
 chipboard, painted and
 vinyls applied.
 
 i have a hand held router and
 jigsaw if we want to do it old style.
 
 i remember graham was talking about getting a
 -big- cnc router, but i'm
 not sure if he
 did, and he hasn't been around much lately.
 
 
 It could be a
 good group project for a few people to work on if we all
 chip in on the costs.
 
 
 
 
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