I left the glue to set for a few days and then returned to remove the battens. Once removed everything was very solid and the ply reinforced the whole structure even more.
I refitted the side panels to see if there was any high/low spots. Luckily there were only high spots which I then ran the flush bit over it again to make them both perfect. Some areas needed to be hand sanded.
I decided to fill this void behind the plastic pipe with 2part polyester resin which was to fill and bind the pipe to the wood. It is veryyyyy strong and extremely sticky, it will NEVER come off.
Here I prepared the side panels to be laminated together using resin/glue with some coach bolts fitted through. Sadly, I forgot to take some more pics. I guess you get the idea.
Next step was to start marking out the button/stick locations on the control panel. After careful consideration I decided to go for the 8 button vewlix layout as that is what I have gotten used to now.
I needed to make the side panels for the control panel like I did for the main cabinet. I wont bother explaining how I done it as the same principle applies here.
I have decided to mount the start,select, home/guide button on the sides of the control panel like I do with my custom sticks.
Now I was finally ready to start adding the details to the cabinet. My previous experience of incar audio came in handy here. For the sound setup I went for a simple Logitech 5 speaker system dolby 5.1. It was on sale for 40 so I just bought it and thought as the speakers cases are rounded it woould work quite well with this.
Here is what I did…
Remove all of the speakers from their casings and set aside.
I then needed to make some speakers rings that would hold the speaker casing.
Once these qere cut etc I mounted them to the lower portion of the cabinet. The left and right speakers are the main speakers with the centre channel obvsiouly in the middle.
The remaining two speakers I will be mounting above the monitor like the Vewlix. I created another component which will hold the speakers and can be fitted/removed easily.
I then stretched some “stretchy fabric” over the component and secured it from behind using a staple gun. As you can see it creates a nice smooth extruded shape.
This looks incredible so far! The shape and positioning of the monitor/speakers area and the space on the panel. Can’t wait to see the finished product. This makes me wish I had a big house so I could get one of these. Much props and major respect to all you woodworkers out there.
Thanks, I did have some more photos to show you the next steps but my little boy decided it would be a good idea to put my phone in a glass of water. So im waiting for it dry out before I can extract the photos. Thats if it decides to turn on :S Hes only 1yrs old so cant really do anything…yet.
on the phone issue. get a bag of rice and and put it in a container. then place the phone in it. that will absorb most of the water. not sure if you knew this but it certainly helps.
