Basic Guide to Building a Cabinet

So you want to build yourself a cabinet? Here is a basicguide to get you on the road.

Things to consider first

You can't rush out buy yourself a piece of Wood_products#MDF MDF and fireup your power tools in your workshop. First things first:

• What kind of cabinet do you want?

Cabinets come in all shapes and sizes. There are sample plans available, see here on the BYOAC site. There are also Vendors whom sell full cabinet kits. If you want to design your own cabinet, take a look here. Things to keep in mind when figuring out your dimensions are:

1. How tall are you. You don't want to end up with a control panel you can't reach conmortably or look at a screen that is too low for your comfort.
2. The size of the monitor. If you want to put in a 36" screen, make sure it fits.
3. The size of your control panel. If you want to have a gazillion controls on it, but you made it only 10" wide you are probably going to run out of space.