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Suggestions on my design
apfelanni:
its an interesting design , indeed . though i would focus the planning on a reasonable mainscreen and panelsetup . the cabinet base is huge and the monitor appears far 2 small . imho it makes more sense to construct ur cab around screen and controls and not the other way round . the goal is 2 bring creativity and functionality in balance. and plz skip the racing wheel and the pedals. its dam ugly and not of much use. if ur such a racing fan consider building or buying a sitdown machine .
TOK:
I think the flat front is going to cause problems... Your knees will constantly be bumping the coin door area, and more importantly, its going to make your lower back sore after an hour because of the way you will have to lean over it. If you look at them, nearly every arcade game ever made either has the panel come forward or recesses the cabinet below the controls for this reason.
It doesn't have to be much, just a couple of inches.
drventure:
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That's what was bugging me! I couldn't put my finger on it before....
Yes, I'd definitely setup some kind of CP overhang in the front, else your knees (and toes likely) will curse your name.
About the angle comment. Maybe I missed what you were getting at.
The way I read it, it sounds like you are going to have that panel at the back of the CP (with the speakers on it), rise up from being flat to being tilted at an angle? Is that right?
If that's right, I was thinking you might be better off just building that speaker panel at a fixed angle, and spend the time with the mechanics elsewhere. It just doesn't seem like that'd be much in the way of functional and you could apply that effort elsewhere for more functionality.
But hey, I'm the guy that made a computer case out of hardboard and upholstered it in red pin-tuck taffeta, so I know +nothing+ about being purely functional ;D
Joezero:
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The way I read it, it sounds like you are going to have that panel at the back of the CP (with the speakers on it), rise up from being flat to being tilted at an angle? Is that right?
If that's right, I was thinking you might be better off just building that speaker panel at a fixed angle, and spend the time with the mechanics elsewhere. It just doesn't seem like that'd be much in the way of functional and you could apply that effort elsewhere for more functionality.
But hey, I'm the guy that made a computer case out of hardboard and upholstered it in red pin-tuck taffeta, so I know +nothing+ about being purely functional ;D
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Ah, ok I see what you're talking about now. Yeah, it has no level of function whatsoever :P Initially I had the central support for the monitor and marquee kind of "curve" into the base. Once I started modeling it in 3d I saw how much space I had and decided to add that part to fill in some of that space. Then it occurred to me that I could have the panel move which would let the cab look a little cleaner/less cluttered when it was off. I was inspired by this design with whatever the device is in the back. This cab is going to sit opposite my 1960's Rock-Ola jukebox, so I'd like to carry a little of that style over. One of the things I love about the whole retrofuture thing is that while the abilities of technology were incredible, the interfaces were based off of tech at the time, so there's lots of mechanical buttons, etc.which I thought this reference image captured.
I'm working on a revision that incorporates a slightly different rear CP and addresses the flat front issue.
Thanks for all the input guys!
drventure:
I love that picture! You definitely need some old 50's chrome on that thing. There's an antique store near my house that has tons of old hubcaps, hood ornaments, mirrors, etc from that period. really cool stuff for the right cab. Wouldn't work on mine though, even brass plated :D