Ok, here is the final product. While the execution was way off target and several lessons learned, the athestics are much closer to what I envisioned.
The biggest take away is the enclosure is the aspect of the build that consumes the most linear time. Depending on materials used, there can be two to three days between steps. It can easily take five to seven days to finish the enclosure.
Anyway, I hope someone finds value or inspiration from this.