8/1/2023 0 Comments Visual pinball cabinet tables![]() I'm building mine using MDF (or particle board as our friends across the Atlantic know it). Plywood is cheaper and stronger, and will not be subject to warping, cracking, shrinking or stretching unless you place it in the most extreme environments. a pine cab finished in an antique oil or french polished would look fabulous! Is it strong enough ? Almost certainly, but it is still a soft wood and much easier to damage during construction or when moving the cab around for example. If you use any old pine, it will almost certainly warp and crack after construction on something that big. We would have to go to a specialist timber merchant, but things may be different where you are. You'd need to build it from kiln-dried wood and that's not something you'd get from a normal DIY place here. It would certainly be possible to build a full-sized cabinet out of pine but, certainly in the UK, it would be very expensive. Are there any advantages in using plywood? Do you think these would be robust/thick enough for a full-size cabinet with a 42" television. They are about 64cm wide and 2.5m long, and 15mm thick. I haven't found any plywood sheets as yet but lots of pine sheets in the DIY shops. Where I moved to recently to in the Geneva area of Switzerland/France I am really having trouble sourcing materials. I noticed you said you used pine sheets for your mini. I second that - thanks Blitz those blank cab plans - they are dead handy for me too. ![]() ![]() I bought a used cab for my Mame machine last year and found out about this whole new world recently so I now have a new project. Also what kind of angle (approx) is that on the play field cut? Looks about 5-6 degrees. You used this to build a mini? Would you mind posting your cut dimensions and the size monitors you used. I posted this to help others get a visual idea of the different board cuts they will need. Ultimately the dimensions you use will drive how many cuts you can get out of a full sheet though. I used this to build a mini pin cab using pine boards, not larger sheets of plywood.
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