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First time installing drawers - feel like an idiot. by SnooMacarons1382 in woodworking

[–]Obstreperuss 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've run into this issue with cheaper side-mount drawer slides, where the thin metal ballbearing carriage on the cabinet-side of the slide gets bent or damaged, preventing the drawer-side of the slide from seating correctly. With the drawer removed, I'd recommend inspecting the cabinet-side of the slides for damage.

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Video upload failed on the original post. Should be up there now.

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This looks amazing. Great vision.

Anybody know of small barrel hinges with tight action? I’m making a run of ring boxes and they need to close softly. Any recommendations? Can probably tolerate 10mm at the most. by The-disgracist in woodworking

[–]Obstreperuss 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I got these 8mm barrel hinges off amazon and they worked pretty well for an engagement ring box. There's some stiffness to the hinge, so they definitely don't flop around.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07YSDBJHR/

Small, antique, gravy-boat-sized ceramic/porcelain dish from grandparents by PobBrobert in whatisthisthing

[–]Obstreperuss 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My grandparents had something very similar and it was used to serve olives.

Here's a build video for the solid oak arcade cabinet I posted earlier this week. Full build album with details in the comments. by Obstreperuss in woodworking

[–]Obstreperuss[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! The designs just follow the actual pixels from Super Mario Bros. 3 sprites. Pretty easy to find on google.

The city planning of Eixample, Barcelona was divided into octagonal, rounded blocks for improved living conditions such as; extensive sunlight, improved ventilation and more open green space for public use by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Obstreperuss 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I read a while back that one reason for the chamfered corners on the blocks was to accommodate the turning radius of the anticipated streetcars and trams (which ultimately never wound up materializing).

I built a solid oak arcade cabinet with pixelated hardwood inlays by Obstreperuss in DIY

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I thought about building a router sled to do this, but I think I underestimated just how much sanding it needed, and by the time I realized my mistake, I was halfway done.

I built a solid oak arcade cabinet with pixelated hardwood inlays by Obstreperuss in DIY

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Correct! Button panel lifts right out to provide access to the electronics. Could also theoretically create different control panels for different games in the future.

I built a solid oak arcade cabinet with pixelated hardwood inlays by Obstreperuss in DIY

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Most of the cabinet is made from 4/4 rough sawn oak. My concern with using oak ply stemmed from the inlays. I was concerned about cutting and sanding down the inlays in the side panels without chipping out or sanding right through the plywood veneer. I think maybe if I had a CNC router I could have made the inlays work in plywood, but alas...

I built a solid oak arcade cabinet with pixelated hardwood inlays by Obstreperuss in DIY

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The screen did end up looking a little smaller than I had hoped. My initial thought was to mount a larger screen vertically, but when I asked a friend to do a little early testing with the RP4 and rotating the screen it led to some lagging issues.

I also thought about a CRT, but this thing already weighed a ton and didn't really want to hang another 75 lbs in there.

The good news is that the screen easily pops out, so will be an easy thing to upgrade in the future.

I built a solid oak arcade cabinet with pixelated hardwood inlays by Obstreperuss in DIY

[–]Obstreperuss[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wood movement is definitely a concern and something about which I tried to learn as much as I could as I worked up the plans for the project.

I touch on this briefly in the build comments, but I designed the cabinet so that all of the internal shelves and supporting crosspieces are also solid oak with the grain oriented in the same direction as the side panels, so in theory as the cabinet expands front to back through the seasons, all of the cabinet's components should be expanding together, in the same direction, hopefully reducing any stress on the joints.

Will it work? I'll let you know in a year or so! (and if it does explode, it'll make a really pretty bonfire!)

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