taulpaul
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I was getting estimates for a Dragon's Lair cabinet this last week. I'm just looking for CNC routing services, as I'll provide material and be building it myself. What's a reasonable price to get a cabinet cut?
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can build my own cabinet for 263.00
that includes EVERYTHING from latches to game board to screen, bezel plastic, everything
can build my own cabinet, just the wood, for about 58.00
that's NOT factoring in the tools or my labor or any of the rest of it.
that's assuming I have the router bits, saw blade and all the rest of it ready to go
if I were to include the, going to home depot to get the 4x8 sheets of wood and all the rest of it. I would guess about 8 hours for just the wood part of the cabinet
the whole thing takes about 20 hours ish
hard to say because sometimes I have to order more feet or marquee art but I would say 20 hours is about the average. maybe even less now that I'm getting better at it and if I have all the parts.
took me 2 years to find this cabinet to copy
it's a sleeve within a sleeve design which means it DOES NOT flex at all. some of these cabinets I can detect just an ever so slight flex to them. almost like they are already falling apart. not this baby. solid as a rock. I can also change the size wider say, to install a 32 inch horizontally mounted screen. see pictures below
I think all the CnC guys are going to charge you 800 or more to set up their machine and iron out all the mistakes. but who knows what kind of deal you will find.
be careful of the "plans" that are out there for sale. some are wrong. I think there are bad plans for sale for the pacman (midway) cabinets.
the first picture is of the 32 inch screen, same design as the second picture if you can see it
My first quote came in at $600.
Pricier but the CNC cut time has to be factored in. Call around!
This fella used to cut cabs for local folks. Unsure if he still does but cannot hurt to ask.
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Tagging a user would be handy.
This new type of CNC router is pretty cool. They started shipping preorders this week. http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/tools/a23732/maslow-cheap-cnc-router/
This is even cooler!!
https://shapertools.com/
This seems pretty high tech, but I really dont get it. How is this any different than just drawing on your wood that you're going to cut. You're still freehanding everything, right?
It corrects for your motion and errors. Here's a demo: YOu could easily use it to cut parts or probably an entire cab...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5F_AfwjVZg
It corrects for your motion and errors. Here's a demo: YOu could easily use it to cut parts or probably an entire cab...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5F_AfwjVZg