Day 14 - First Order

The tricky bits of wood surrounding the control panel need to be cut now (angles and stuff) and they will be dowelled in to allow access to the control panel.

Rather than have a hinge opening the control panel, you remove the drawer and the bits of wood above it upto the control panel all remove via dowels for loads of access space. The CP will be in place with some sort of simple wooden mechanism allowing it to be removed if necessary.

So I've cut the first piece (above the drawer) and it fits ok, after a bit of planing :)

Today I ordered the T-Molding and the slotted bit to cut the groove from GroovyGameGear.com. It needs a larger bit (0.08 inch - 2mm) rather than the normal 1/16th inch (1.5mm), and it's high-gloss black with chrome in-fill. Hope it doesn't look too bad. I suspect it was meant for going sideways round things not vertically.

The parts came to about $34 and the postage almost the same at $21. This is the most expensive T-Molding they sell (and it's not in the UK), but add the price of this router bit to the cheapest T-Molding you can buy in the UK and without postage it comes to more than what I paid in total. Isn't GB brilliant on over-charging for everything.