NBA Jam Cabinet Build
7 December 2017 / Build Logs / Leave a comment
Construction of the cabinet. I use baltic birtch plywood for the sides and red oak for all the cross-members and internal supports.
I assemble and finish every part of the cabinet before I move on to paint. Once everything is perfect, I disassemble the entire thing to prep it for paint and graphics. Any holes and gaps are filled with bondo wood filler. I then sand and apply a final coat of regular bondo to all surfaces. I scrap almost all of this layer off, it’s mostly to fill the pours on the wood surfaces. This is a lot more work, but the final product is a perfectly smooth surface with no wood grain showing. This also saves on paint.
The paint was easy on this one. All surfaces needed to be black. Once dry I began final assembly. The monitor got a black vinyl wrap that I fitted on it’s bezel. An additional black bezel and 1/4″ acrylic sheet go over that. I applied the side art vinyl and red 1/2″ t-molding. Then I could apply the CPO and install the controls, then install the control panel.
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