[Swansea Hackspace] mame/arcade cabinet

[Neil Jones]

On 08/12/15 11:51, Aled wrote:
> 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.
> MDF
Can I reiterate this SAWING UP MDF is not a good idea! It is quite 
well-known!
Please see this article which compares the danger to asbestos.

http://www.theguardian.com/uk/1997/sep/21/antonybarnett.theobserver



> 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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