Behind Closed Doors

Making progress once again. Two main things today - the first is that I attached a handle/lock of sorts, to keep the keyboard door closed. This mechanism turned out to be a lot more expensive than I thought it would be, but I think it looks quite nice. Here's a closeup of it:


If you look carefully, you can see that everything apart from the turny knob is retracted slightly into the wood. I plan to fill this in with some wood putty or something similar, and then paint over it, so that you can only see the handle. Should look quite nice I think. Here's another pic of the whole thing with the door shut:


The second main thing I got done today was attaching the keyboard drawer. It now slides in and out quite nicely. I had to make a few minor adjustments as the drawer slides I bought seem to be a little thinnner than the ones in the plans, so the piece of wood that acts as the keyboard drawer was actually not wide enough. So, I left a slight gap between the drawer slides and the actual drawer, and it seems to have worked out ok. Some more pics for you:






I also bought a fluro light today, but I accidently bought one that is designed to fit into the ceiling - that is, it has no bloody power cord. But this might actually be a good thing, depending on how I end up hooking everything up. What I would ultimately like to do is press the blue button on the front, on the coin door, and have everything turn on - fluro lights, computer, TV and speakers. We'll see about that though. Oh and by the way, for those who dont know what the fluros are for, they are for lighting up the marquee/banner up the top. Stayed tuned if you've got no idea what I'm talking about :)