Pong TV game - A Scratch build Scale project

[Etienne MacGyver]

Will keep the tv flat i think, and those are exactly the two reasons why i went this route for the wood 

[leonk]

Love your choice of materials. Wood is very expensive these days and you are recycling !

DAMN!!!!  How expensive is wood in Europe??  In Canada, I wouldn't be able to give away the pallets of wood!

[Etienne MacGyver]

compared to other places in the world i think wood is expensive, well at least in the DIY shops..

This is indeed bigger than what i have here, but its still € 22,- and then i am not recycling.

Recycling is the first reason that i use this, second is the price.
I mean, now its free, and otherwise this pallet would go to the dumpster.
Its not a so called "europallet" which are normally not going to the dumpster because they have deposit on them

[leonk]

Here's what my local home depot sells it (closest size I found was 1/2" thick 4'x8' sheet) at 17.45$CDN per sheet.   But a lot of times the store price is a lot less.

17.45$ CDN = 13.55 euro

Mind you that's going to be a STRONG cab!  Select spruce plywood means very little to no knots, high quality plywood.  If you went with MDF, the cost would be 50% of that (most late model cabs tend to use that).

And now you know why North American cabs are mostly made of wood -- because it's the cheapest material to build with! 

[Robinholland]

 
Picture is taken on the lijnbaan in rotterdam

[level42]

Waaah, cool ! There was a Space Invaders themed "cab" on the Lijnbaan the monday after Eurocade 2011 when we walked there with the Speleo_DE family....I took pictures, gotta find them...

[Etienne MacGyver]

After the cardboard model, i moved over to the wood..




Let's check the depth of the cabinet after i added 5 cm to it.




Cutted the sheet up into two pieces, which i sandwiched so i can cut it out in one go.
First i drilled out the curve with a holecutter...




After that it was time for the Jigsaw to do its job 




The front part was cutout roughly, because one of the sheets was a tiny bit bigger.. 
My friend the beltsander took care of that. 




After removing the clamps, i ended up with two identical sidepanels..




Lets put it a bit together to get a general idea of the end product.. 




It starts to look like a Pong cabinet ! 



Time to start with the other panels..

TBC..

[Muerto]

looking good Etienne! - will it take the Sacc place on this years EuroCade?

[Etienne MacGyver]

looking good Etienne! - will it take the Zacc's place on this years EuroCade?

Ofcourse !  

Thanks Muerto!
(i can almost work with you as a carpenter     )

[Belike]

You have very useful tools and you handle them very nice.

[level42]

A belt sander, now there's a tool I still need. I think CPOs will go off much quicker with one of those....

Ah....it's almost fathers day

[Superully]

wonderful job so far, etienne! i love the dedication you put into projects like this

[scr33n]

Good job Etienne !!! I love this kind of projects

[Etienne MacGyver]

Time to start creating the other panels..
Close your ears little helper 




Sawing with care and using a guide is the most easy way IYAM 




Lets try it out and get a general idea of how it fits.. 






I just need to create the angles at the edges, and then i can start with the bottom and the back part..




Next up, planning the hole in the bezel.. 

[level42]

Glad the little helper covers his ears.....he seems to be dangerously close to that saw....

Great progress !! Gonna love to play this !