Small update – TMolding.com order arrived today with 40ft of white + a slot cutter and arbor piece. These cutters are cheap when buying from the states ($18) compared with locally ($38+). Order tmolding at the same time as a cutter to combine postage is a good way to save some money 🙂
With today being a public holiday (Australia Day), I decided to spend an hour in the garage cutting some holes out for the handles and coin door.
I had been debating with myself about the value of handles on each side of the cocktail. In the end I figured they would be useful for moving it around (since there will be no wheels). I like that it will also mean people won’t need to lift the cocktail by the top panel, and instead just use the handles which should avoid any stress on the table top panel.
The handles are a vented set – I used the same ones on the door of my pac man cab – so will add some passive ventilation. They are also set into the panel itself, meaning there is nothing sticking out. The black colour will also fit in well with the DK theme.
A tiny update, but the artwork for the control panels arrived today from GameOnGrafix.
With most of my energies devoted to my Pacman cab project this week, I didn’t get time to work on the construction. The main piece of news on this project is I ordered 40ft of white t molding and also the slot cutter from t-molding.com. I had been waiting for them to get the slot cutters back in stock, so once they did, I placed my order so I wouldn’t miss out.
I expect the postage will take around 3 weeks to arrive, but no real hurry 🙂
I managed to sneak away to the garage for a little bit this weekend, so have a few minor things to update with. Firstly, I cut out the left and right panels to their correct sizes, and also rounded off the lower corners as per my design.
