Big Weekend

I'm posting these in reverse chrono to keep the flow of the whole blog thing going the right direction. Start from the bottom of this post to see it in the correct order. And sorry about the weird layout & formatting. Posting multiple pics w/text on Blogger kind of sucks. I'll be posting more frequently to avoid this problem.


This is essentially what we are looking at after this weekend. That's some progress if I do say so myself. It actually looks like a cabinet!
The bezel is just resting on the frame. It needs to be cut and mounted after the TV is installed, but we just wanted to see what it looked like.
And yes, it is almost in our kitchen (it's supposed to rain for three days...).








Sorry about the weird white balance on this one, it was about 5pm and we had half daylight/half patio light and cameras get confused when that happens. This is the cab frame from the back. We are trying to decide how much of the back to actually cover, be it a door or just more MDF. We have to consider ventilation, access, and safety (with the naked TV back there and all).















Is that 90 degrees or what?



















The cab with front, back and side panels, now with marquee top. (Alex: The marquee is recessed 1" from the front and the top.)













Yours truly, with the cab, in what might just be the smallest MAME building space ever. The patio stops about three inches to the right of the frame.









First side attached!
















The 2x2 studs on the inside of side one to hold the top marquee and slanted back panels. (Alex: We decided to use 2x2s to put the angled panel on because it was what we had available. Most others that I've seen have used L brackets, but this seems to work fine and maybe adds some stability to the frame.)












Both sides now cut, we clamped them together and took a sander to the edges to get them identical. Also notice the bottom piece under it with the newly attached front panel.














The base of the cab, now with bottom back panel.















Bottom panel w/ 2x2 studs for front, back and side joints. All studs attached with wood glue and #8, 1-1/2" screws every 5 inches.















Alex's "I'm holding the freshly cut 2nd side of the cabinet, along with the first side which was cut a week ago" face. (Alex: No, I was just excited because someone passing by finally waved at me.)






















MDF scraps and panels. The circular saw got a workout. (Alex: I was relieved that it looks like we will only need three panels of MDF. Our 2x2 supply might run out though.)















Thanks to Will for lending us his worktable, which I promptly destroyed by running the circular saw through it. Alas, the only casualty of the weekend, save a couple of stripped screws. (Alex: This happened about 10 minutes into the day's work.)