these were all taken with a camera phone. i didn't start taking them early on in the process, which i'm bummed about, but meh:
this is before we put the doors on. as i said before, i went with two inside shelves because it makes the thing more functional, and you can barely tell the door is there when its closed. i also decided not to have the top door open like an nes's cartridge slot because then it would just be obnoxious:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/weaponjae/07-14-08_1352.jpgclose up of the controller ports:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/weaponjae/07-21-08_1524.jpgthis is a front/top/side view, before i cut the grooves for the top vents, but the doors are now on. it was a bastard trying to figure out how to get them to work like i wanted them. the top door actually turns on two nails we almost magically drove into the thing, and is held up with a small metal foot on a hinge that we built. the bottom just opens and uses normal hinges:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/weaponjae/07-21-08_1523.jpghere is after i cut the grooves where the vents would be. i thought about making them functional vents, but i figured that would just be a way to suck in dust and really screw things up:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/weaponjae/07-21-08_1653.jpghere is a view after the thing was halfway painted:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/weaponjae/07-27-08_1609.jpghere is a front view (with a fat jack russell terrier) of the entertainment center. i used a simple reflector for the power led instead of a functional light. not as fancy, but i was tired of cutting holes and ghetto rigging things to work on this thing. oh, and sorry its sideways:
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n229/weaponjae/08-01-08_1554.jpgnow all thats left is to put the lettering on it. im right now fixing them (as in paint shop pro is open and i'm doing it as i type) and going to print them on bumper sticker paper and hope that works. its sitting in my living room and once i get the letters on im taking some more pictures to show the thing in action.