Recently I realized I have reached the point where all of the adjustments have been made, all of the videos have been taken (some, admittedly, somewhat crude and/or hurried), and there's little left to do except install the mechanism into the cabinet! However, the cabinet is in the Family Room, the mechanism is on the test stand in the basement, and my wife isn't comfortable with the idea of helping me carry it up the stairs. So we reached out to her brother Dan, who, as it turns out, was more than happy to help.
Sunday (yesterday) morning I prepped the mechanism for moving (unplugged everything, etc), and tore-down the top part of the cabinet:
When Dan arrived I was just tidying-up some loose wiring:
And a few minutes later we tested the weight and balance:
A quick lift (it didn't weight all that much), and we headed for the stairs:
We had to tip the mechanism a little in order to get it up and over the top of the front panel:
And of course when we got it in place we had to do the Old Man Fist Bump!
Dan lifted each side of the mechanism while I installed the isolation springs:
Then we re-installed the Dome Assembly:
And since my curiosity was killing me I just had to throw-on the front door and plug-in the light:
After dinner I re-installed the side glass panes, the back panel (backsplash), and installed a new pricing sticker on the front glass. Here's how it sits right now, in all its fingerprint-smudged glory:
It's getting mighty close to coming alive!
(Thanks for all of your help, Dan!)
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