Sunday, September 9, 2001
Work has finally started up again. Today I headed over to Home Depot and picked up three 8 foot 2x2 pieces of wood and some Elmer's Wood Glue. Total cost: 3 x $1.74 + 3.97 + tax = $9.88. I came back and cut the 2x2's to the requisite length and then nailed them onto the sides of the cabinet (see pictures). The 2x2's were first glued into place via Elmer's wood glue and then when the glue had dried enough, they were nailed from the other side. Since I plan on covering the outer sides with a contact paper, or something similar, it doesn't really matter if there's nails on that side.
I also reinforced the bottom stand for the cabinet by putting some screws through the two endplates into the middle ones - it's now almost indestructible.
The pictures are:
Tomorrow...the box might see some further assembly. I have to figure out where to put the 2x2's for the monitor/tv shelf. Once that is done, assembly can continue, but I'm pretty unsure as of now where to put the shelf. What I'll probably do instead is to work on a drawer that will go in the front of the cabinet for easy keyboard access. Oh yeah, my order from Hagstrom should arrive tomorrow (see August 31st entry), but I won't be waiting on pins & needles. There might also be a new design sometime soon.
I also reinforced the bottom stand for the cabinet by putting some screws through the two endplates into the middle ones - it's now almost indestructible.
The pictures are:
- This is a shot of the side of the cabinet before all of the 2x2's have been placed on it. You can see how I had originally planned to use scrap pieces of the 1/2" particle board, but it was brought to my attention that 2x2's would probably work better (and I'm sure they will be infinitely better.
- This is a shot of the base of the cabinet. You can see the two extra screws that I put into it to further strengthen the base. As I stated earlier, this base holds over 250 pounds easily and is a great base plate. I had thought that I should add a "X" shape in the middle with some more pieces of the particle board, but it's so sturdy as is, I'll probably just leave it.
- A shot of the cabinet side with all of the 2x2's around it. They are all placed 1" in from the edge of the cabinet since all of the 1/2" pieces of particle board are to be recessed 1/2". The only piece that is not recessed 1" is the piece that will hold the controls - see bottom picture...
- A shot of the cabinet side (again) with the 2x2's glued and nailed in from the other side. You can see the control box sitting on top of the ledge which has a 2x2 underneath it, flush with the cut of the cabinet side. This will provide an easy target to hammer into when the time comes to put the control box on.
Tomorrow...the box might see some further assembly. I have to figure out where to put the 2x2's for the monitor/tv shelf. Once that is done, assembly can continue, but I'm pretty unsure as of now where to put the shelf. What I'll probably do instead is to work on a drawer that will go in the front of the cabinet for easy keyboard access. Oh yeah, my order from Hagstrom should arrive tomorrow (see August 31st entry), but I won't be waiting on pins & needles. There might also be a new design sometime soon.
