Paint it black

Due to a number of mitigating reasons, I ended up not getting to do a whole lot of work on the case last night.  There were other matters that I felt required my attention far more than this.

However, I was able to get *some* stuff accomplished; chiefly, I applied a coat of paint to the caster boards.

Kinda hard to see (it was already dark out), but they are painted

As you can see in the picture (or rather, NOT see terribly easily), most of the paint dried pretty quickly on the boards even though it was night and the temperature was dropping steadily.  In this photo, the long straight sides haven't been painted yet, but I hit those with a couple blasts after this shot was taken.  When I looked at them under the light in the garage (spray painted these outside on the driveway for ventilation purposes), it didn't seem like I would need to use a second coat.  I'll have a better idea in daylight when I get home from work.

While those were drying, I stood and contemplated the box itself, wondering if I should begin disassembling it and prepping the panels for laminating.  As it was already dark out, and there was a slight breeze, I decided to hold off on getting everything sprayed down with adhesive, and instead measured out and began cutting the tongue and groove extrusion rails for the lid of the case.

Making a mitre cut on the tongue/groove rail

I managed to get one piece cut when I decided to swap out the hacksaw blade, as it felt like it was getting dull.  The second piece was sliced much quicker, and they both mated together perfectly.

A match made in a workshop

That was more or less quitting time at that point.  After gathering up all the tools and shelving them, I took the new tupperware containers I bought at Target and dumped the rivets and washers into them.  Previously they were just sitting in the bags they came in, and I wanted to have them secured in sealed containers to avoid losing anything while I'm working.

There are a bunch of clouds in the sky, and the forecast is predicting rain, so there may not be a whole lot that I'll be able to do tonight.  While I was hoping to begin laminating some of the panels one night this week after work, it looks like now I'm going to have to wait until at least Friday evening, or even Saturday before I can begin tackling that.  Before I can, I need to cut the side panels for the lid.  I might be able to get away with doing that in the garage should it be raining out (turns out there is a patch of floor that is just level enough for one table to stand on without having a sickly lean), but failing that, I'll work on cutting up the remaining pieces of tongue and groove extrusions for the lid.

If the caster boards don't need a further coat of paint, I will probably bolt the casters onto them to mark them as finished.

For no good reason, a picture of a caster!

The big debate I'm having right now is whether or not I want to paint the inside of the case black, or leave it bare wood.  I decided that I'm gonna leave it up to my readers to help me decide (even though I have no idea how many unique visitors I actually have).  The bottom of the case will either have carpet, or a piece of foam inserted later.  As for the rest of the inside, that's up to YOU!  Answer the following poll below, and help me out!

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