Posted by Cupcakus on 10, 2000 at 1:21 PM:
When I started this, I never thought the wood work would be the toughest part... but so far it is. First I bought hard oak, designed for stairs, it was great material and it was very durable, but it broke 3 of my power tools it was so tough, and it was too thick, my joysticks didn't fit. So I bought 3/4" Oak Plywood, but every tool I use, tears the wood to bits, I used a spiral saw to cut it out and it tore up the edges really bad... I tried a jig saw, but its too hard to cut straight and it caused nearly the same amount of damage. On to the buttons... I used a boring bit, which is probably a bad Idea... should I use a hole saw instead? Plywood is so easy to damage... what tools should I be using? or should I stain and plyurithane it before drilling and cutting?