Thanks user669 for the cab dimensions.

phaze2 · Post by **phaze2** » Sat 11/28/09 12:48 am

thanks for posting the dimensions on the head cab. I just finsished building one. although it took me a little longer since I did it all by hand except for the piping channed a freind of mine did it on his lathe. it came out perfect.

rmroza · Post by **rmroza** » Thu 04/08/10 11:43 am

WOW! Man that looks nice! Excellent job!

Robb

phaze2 · Post by **phaze2** » Thu 04/08/10 11:13 pm

Thanks

Pressed_Rat · Post by **Pressed_Rat** » Fri 04/09/10 3:54 am

Very nice, yes it's perfect.

Just curious, how did your friend route piping channels with a lathe?

phaze2 · Post by **phaze2** » Fri 04/09/10 11:44 pm

my mistake he has a lathe, but he used the milling machine.

zappacat · Post by **zappacat** » Tue 04/13/10 12:07 am

phaze2 wrote:my mistake he has a lathe, but he used the milling machine.

What do you mean by milling machine?

Looks great. What did you use for corner joints?

GREEN_CANOE · Post by **GREEN_CANOE** » Tue 04/13/10 8:02 am

This is a typical milling machine:

It's typically used to remove metal in a very precise manner but it will work well on wood too. It's not a tool you get just to make a cabinet or two.

I've made corner joints by butting the pieces together and using a glue and screw cleat on the inside of the corner. This is the least expensive and easiest way.

I've also made corner joints using a dovetail jig and a router to cut a dovetail corner. It's a bit more work and the tools are more expensive but it looks great on exposed wood corners.

phaze2 · Post by **phaze2** » Tue 04/13/10 6:30 pm

exactly what green_canoe said.
MY buddy is a machinist and offered to cut the channels out for me.
I filed the corner by hand and also the sides.

Here are the plans I used that user669 posted on this site

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Thanks user669 for the cab dimensions.

Thanks user669 for the cab dimensions.