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Custom Cocktail (finished!)
D_Harris:
What made you go with the Birch veneer and red Mahogany stain?
Did you just prefer that look or were are you trying to give the cabinet a home aesthetic?
I'm assuming that a simple black cabinet would not have worked.
Darren
--- Quote from: popsicle on December 21, 2010, 10:09:23 am ---The stain is minwax red mahogany and I had to put it on rather thick and leave it for a good week to dry as opposed to wiping it off like the directions say. When I wiped it off the color was not nearly dark enough and made the grain look tiger striped. I then used a fine steel wool to get it smooth and added multiple coats of spray poly.
The viewing angle is good on that particular lcd, according to Blanka in many posts like this one
--- Quote from: Blanka on February 19, 2010, 04:03:10 am ----Do you want 4:3 or WS?
-Response time is pretty useless information
-Input lag and moving-image artefacts are much more important, and never told in specs.
19 inch non wide screen is not 4:3 either, it is 5:4
19 inch TN panels should not be mount vertical.
The best LCD for vertical classic use is the HP LP 2065 or the Dell 2007FP (non-W model).
These are true 4:3, IPS (wide viewing angle) screens with low input lag and good game response.
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The zippy sticks can switch to 4 or 2-way by removing 2 screws on the bottom and moving the green plate. The reason I bought them is they had multiple colored ball tops available and they mounted easily from the bottom of 3/4" wood panel. I ended up using bolts from the local hardware store and had to sand off the letters on the top and then spray paint them black.
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popsicle:
I wanted the cabinet to look more like living room furniture and less like it belonged in a pizza parlor. It's not that I don't like the look of the classic cabs, but this will double as a board game/card table too when I add the top (that's why the controls are sort of hidden between the wings of the sides).
Also, I painted/sanded black mdf for my upright, and vowed I wasn't going to paint ANYTHING this time around :)
popsicle:
Pretty much done :)
- Glass installed, painted backside
- Mala up and running with Ledblinky
- 3 port usb extender added to bottom of cab for easy keyboard/mouse when needed
Favorite spinner games so far: Warlords, Cameltry, Tempest, Kick, Firetruck, Tac/Scan, Sprint, APB, Buggy Boy
piecesof8:
Looks nice! How did you mount the glass?
popsicle:
The glass sort of sits on the monitor, but is also supported by the tops of both sides of the 'v' shape wood panels that face the players. I had to cut notches in these as the glass was cut a tiny bit too big. I had to put a felt tab on a corner bracket to support one side that was wobbly. :angry:
The t-molding overlaps the glass and helps to hold it down in place, and it's all pretty stable at this point.
I've had to take it off already once and had to redo a lot of the black paint that scraped off in the process. It's not the easiest thing to remove and replace...