Pay someone to laser cut it.
I’d have been nicer but this made me want to kill you.
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Fair point, sorry about that.
I blame auto correct on my phone
Hatred of cutting IEC sockets has enlightened me to Powercon.
I charge £25 per panel to cnc stuff like this.
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More metal work.
Fucked up the ICE socket (standard) with a, too big for the job file, fortunately it will not be seen. Then spent a while adding a half decent brushed finish. Have applied three coats of clear lacquer to prevent finger prints.
Tomorrow is wood work, much more enjoyable.
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I’ve buggered up - an error has been hiding in plain sight from the very beginning which has only come to light this afternoon.
Major change in direction required - I’ll get away with it thankfully.
Metal side cheeks ordered and plywood scrapped.
Will make a small internal wooden frame from some 10mm thick Ash I have. Will bolt and glue it together, should still look ok. (In short I can’t be arsed to remake the top with correct dimensions)
Going for a more industrial look…
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I get around this kind of disappointment by planning for it to look really shit and botched from the start!
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The plans for this are largely in my head and not on a peice of paper - a basic and fatel error, always.
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Indeed!
I’m planning a new plinth for a 401 and thought I would just wing it and see how I went.
Came to my senses last night and started sketching some design ideas 
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Well done for resisting temptation - its hard to when a project is “easy”
The bigger stuff I’ve built (speakers, TT’s and stuff in the house) has always been to plans and cutting lists - quite why I still occasionally wing it is beyond me.
I actually think this will end up looking rather good - so no harm done.
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Your point was proved. I had the design in my head and it was very straightforward. After making several freehand sketches, I realised there were issues I hadn’t envisaged that would have resulted in a lot of precious hardwood ending up in the fuel store.
You should see the pile of scrap I’ve made today.
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You know it’s bad when the Japanese pull saws are out to shave off a 1mm thick slither of wood.
Total waste of time.
At least it is achievable with those saws.
Can you imagine doing it with a traditional western saw? 
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1mm?
I thought that is what you had planes for? 
Have you ever planed a 11mm square peice of end grain plywood?
I still haven’t.
Fair enough
I don’t really think that through!
Sander?
Isn’t all plywood in any direction 50% (ish) end grain?
With a japanese pull saw you will get a better finish than sanding IME
A sander is a blunt instrument and difficult to hold level on small peices, I usually end up with a curved edge rather than something flat. I could have used a chizzel I guess.
In this case I was trying to rescue something that had already died - Cutting a step into a peice of wood which i’d already buggered up.
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