Raitsa Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 Hi guys, thought i show you some pics of our cabinet kit thats been fully machined with a CNC station.All the parts are of 19mm MDF-board and grooved & glued together. No screws or other gimmicks needed to assemble.We are now selling cabinet kits for all EU countries for all interested parties.At the moment, 2 different kits are be available:- unassembled, unpainted (460e)- assembled, painted (black) (520e)The customer has to manage shipping themselves, we are located in Finland.The cabinet kit is being manufactured by http://www.puujaloste.com/valokuvat.htmlWe are located in Turku, Finland. http://stable.toolserver.org/geohack/geoha...ity%28175689%29Lots of pics at:http://huoltovalikko.keskustelupalstat.com...4407&page=3There is a prototype in the first pictures, the final design has control panel etc improvements, can be seen at the later pictures and at the attached pictures). A popular finnish online publication ran a story of the project with a few pics etc:http://plaza.fi/edome/artikkelit/yleiset/r...cadekabinetillaThey used some of the prototype pics too, otherwise its a great story Any feedback appreciated, thanks.
celly Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 Wow that is intense! Is that your personal design that the machine is cutting out?
Raitsa Posted June 28, 2009 Author Posted June 28, 2009 Thanks guys for the positive feedback.celly: the design is a mix of good things found from all over the Mame/cabinet sites, it took quite a few revisions in Autocad to come out with a design that had all the right elements suiting our taste.We think it turned out really nice & proportional.And the end result we are quite proud of; we could not make it any better qualitywise.
bkenobi Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 CNC rules! I wonder what one-off CNC would cost locally...hmmm.Oh, quick question. Why didn't you opt for melanin coated MDF rather than the raw MDF? seems like if you don't have any fasteners on the outside with your design, you could save a step during assembly and just apply some side art (if desired).Ok, one more question. Do you route for T-molding? It looks like you are rounding the corners, so I assume that's not an option? The reason for T-molding isn't for looks so much as it is to avoid damage during moves. You have come up with a REALLY nice package. Cool stuff!
Raitsa Posted June 28, 2009 Author Posted June 28, 2009 Hey bkenobi, thanks for the good questions!1. We can use any wood based (MDF) material in the CNC machining station, but we opted for the hiquality, sturdy 19mm MDF because most of the customers would like to have their cabinet painted with their own choice of colour.2. We opted for not to use T-molding at this stage. The edges are now rounded, yes.We are slighly anti T-molding here... Please dont shoot me for that decision Making a groove for t-molding would not be that big a job for us though: naturally then the edges would be left unrounded.But, at this stage, the t-molding groove is not available.
bkenobi Posted June 28, 2009 Posted June 28, 2009 Well, I'm not a huge fan of the look of T-molding, but I'm definitely not a fan of nicks in edges and corners either. I think both look fine personally. I guess it just comes down to making sure you are a bit more careful moving a non-T-molded cabinet. Same for paint/melanin. I don't really like melanin since it tends to look a bit cheap compared to other choices, however it does make a fairly durable/maintainable finish compared to painted finishes. Either way, it looks really nice and any buyers will surely be pleased!
bkenobi Posted October 28, 2009 Posted October 28, 2009 Looks great! I was just thinking about the screen opening dimensions... I haven't seen a 4:3 display in a local store in some time now. You can't even buy a CRT if you wanted to. Perhaps you might consider making another version that's designed for wide screen LCD's (down the road anyway).
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