I dont have the heart to throw them out...

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Anybody got any ideas? What should I do with them? Theyre too cool to chop up and dump with the other remains of the cabinet.
 

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Serious? You've got random stuff and junk scattered all across your garage, and you're telling me you don't have enough room to simply stand them up against a wall for a future project or wall art?

Wow. :)

Well, I'm not exactly sure what I would do with them either. But you should definitely keep them around instead of shredding. Hell, make a coffee table out of em or something.
 
Serious? You've got random stuff and junk scattered all across your garage, and you're telling me you don't have enough room to simply stand them up against a wall for a future project or wall art?

Wow. :)

Well, I'm not exactly sure what I would do with them either. But you should definitely keep them around instead of shredding. Hell, make a coffee table out of em or something.

Not saying I dont have room, I want to keep them! Just brainstorming! :)
 
Drewster, If it were me (I have enough wall space for it), here's how I would use it as wall art.

1. I'd cut a new shape from the side panels. Most likely ovals. If you don't get all the arts, that's OK. The idea is to fill the space with 100% art.

2. Route the edges and put in some fresh T-molding.

3. Attach some typical L-bracket, metal wall hangers to the back of it to support it on a stud in the garage. Only need it to be 2" long L-brackets.

4. Slide the L-brackets onto the wall supports which are preplaced on wall studs.

5. Optional and totally make it look even cooler: I'd drill small holes in the stars and explosions and install some Colored LED lights daisy chained along and run to a nearby power source. Figure Blue LEDs randomly placed and space in the background starfeild and 3-5 RED LEDs clustered near each other in the explosions.

6. Optional and even more totally badass: I would attach a small, blue LED bar strip or two to the back of the side panel, so once mounted, it would cast a blue light shadow on the wall behind it.

Repeat all steps for the other side art peice and mount it opposite side of garage arcade.
 

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Do like Gozer suggested, but cut it in a rectangular shape with rounded corners, add screw on legs from Home Depot and optionally a glass top. Instant coffee (or beer) table.

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Put a bench between them, and a phone, and you can mimic that Star Wars one that was making the rounds on all the discussion forums awhile back :D
 
Well my idea if I ever found the two sides of a tron cab, would be to wear them with a harness and connected by light weight material that can hold it all together and all the black lights, cp, and marquee and install all artwork and run blacklights off of portable 110 volt rechargeable battery pack($60 bucks at costco).Dress in skin tight tron suit visible only through the monitor glass. Show up at a happening Halloween costume party and just know that your costume is the most awesome but the sacrifice is that you have no chance of getting laid that night.
 
Anybody got any ideas? What should I do with them? Theyre too cool to chop up and dump with the other remains of the cabinet.

What kind of collector are you? Find those middle pieces, wiring, monitor, boards, power supply, and piece that baby back together! What a disgrace.


:)
 
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