Re: New project of mine -- Suggestions gladly welcomed.


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Posted by Michael Bobroski on November 12, 1999 at 01:30:39:

In Reply to: Re: New project of mine -- Suggestions gladly welcomed. posted by ChrisW on November 11, 1999 at 16:29:11:

Can't wait to see your cocktail cabinet... I love checking out
every project, but w/ the rarity of the cocktail
conversion, they are a bit alluring. One may be in
my future as well!

As far as the functional coffe table idea, I've forever thought
of installing the 'latest, greatest' console into a nice coffee
table. Disassemble it, build it into the table, joystick ports
conveniently placed in the front, CD lid replaced with wood lid,
flush with table top.. Drawers to store joysticks/games...

Unfortunately, my woodworking skills are my weak point, and the
end result would probably look pretty lousy.. But imagine a
professionally made piece like that.

-Mike

: I'm tinkering with the idea of converting a cocktail cab at the moment, and as a lot of people know space is at a premium in those things.

: What I'd thought of was to raise the legs on the cab and add a shallow drawer to the bottom of it, which will contain the PC. This would enable simple maintenance to be carried out - just slide the drawer out and everything is laid out right in front of you. If you used a socket 7 setup instead of slot 1 of socket 370 the drawer would probably only need to be about 2" high. The only thing I haven't considered is what to do about a power supply. Those things are pretty big.

: Your proposed project sounds like a great idea waiting to built into a coffee table. Extending that a bit further, how about a 'purpose built' coffee table. With a bit of lateral thinking, the sky is the limit!!




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