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Galacade (Galaga Insipred Slim MAME Cabinet) - painting advice needed
Silas (son of Silas):
--- Quote from: Roo on June 22, 2010, 05:36:16 pm ---I've been working out a few ideas, and came up with this.
I can't get the side point into the design and keep with CP the way it is. I really like the CP, so I gave up on the point. Hey, life is full of compromises! So don't call it a Galaga cabinet, it just happens to share some design elements ;)
I did move the CP "inside" the cabinet and still keep accessible from the sides like a CP shelf design does.
Any and all feedback is welcome. Thanks guys!
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This latest revision looks way better. Really smart, I like it.
opt2not:
--- Quote from: Silas (son of Silas) on June 23, 2010, 05:02:37 am ---This latest revision looks way better. Really smart, I like it.
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Yeah, the design looks solid now. You can see the influence of a Galaga cabinet in it, it's subtle, but not completely obvious. Better than before for sure!
The contours are appealing, and flow well. :applaud:
Roo:
Thanks for the input! :cheers:
I actually did a little work today that wasn't using SketchUp... Here's a CP mockup i knocked out real quick.
I learned a few things here. I need to clamp some scrap wood to the back when drilling holes and I'm not very good at freehand routing. Time to make a jig!
OK, well I guess I already knew those two things, I just wanted a quick test of button placement and joystick mounting method so I ignored the "rules" ;D
The joystick is an Ultimarc Ultra Stick 360 and the buttons are Electric Ice v2 pushbuttons from Groovy Game Gear. I highly recommend both of these vendors. Andy at Ultimarc deserves special recognition for excellent customer service. One of the U360s had an issue and Andy shipped replacement parts immediately to fix it, no questions asked. He was a pleasure to work with.
Silas (son of Silas):
--- Quote from: Roo on June 23, 2010, 09:03:50 pm ---Andy at Ultimarc deserves special recognition for excellent customer service.
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I am really happy with the products I have bought from Ultimarc, but it's knowing Andy is on the other end of an email that keeps me loyal as a customer.
Roo:
The deal I made with the wife is that I have to sell the old cabinet before I finish the new one :angel:
So I guess this is technically part of my work log... I ripped out the old Hanaho keyboard encoder out of my Arcade PC and replaced it with a Ulitmarc MiniPAC. In my experience, the Hanaho encoder doesn't like to work well with newer motherboards. When you have two players going at it in a fighting game, you get a lot of beeps from the computer where it doesn't recognize all the simultaneous button presses.
I also added 2 buttons for pause and exit. The matching black buttons are on order, the white/chrome Ultimarc buttons you see are for the new cabinet ;D
I'm no woodworking god, but I'm hoping with enough patience and practice scraps I can do a heck of a lot better than Hanaho did. Don't get me wrong, from the outside it's a nice machine. But I'm not a fan of the butt joints and braces on the inside...
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