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Spongebob Imagination Station *** TOO Long - DONE!!! (Sorta)
Dervacumen:
So now that I've robbed my other CP of black buttons I tried four different choices. The coin door is black with a purple frame.
Which one looks the best? I think you guys were right, purple plungers with black frames looks great, but I wonder if going with the black plunger and purple frame to match the door would tie it together better. Or maybe it doesn't matter.
Whacha think?
Dervacumen:
And check it out. In a rare moment of lucidity I figured I was going to forget to route out space for the dust washers and they would end up on top of the CP artwork instead of under it. So when I designed the CP artwork around the joystick holes I took that in to account. And now that I put the dust washer on there I distinctly remember planning it this way just in case. I guess it pays to know one's weaknesses.
thatitalian:
Hehehe, nice!
I like it when people make cabs like this, makes you remember that you can really incorporate any idea into a cab. I love SBSP and it looks really cool on the cab!
Well done!
Dervacumen:
Thanks for the Kudos! It's been in progress forever now and I think I'm about two weeks away from completion. I hope so anyway.
I love wiring control panels for some reason. I bought this used wire from a supply house in San Jose and wanted green for the ground but they didn't have any. Anyway, I thought it would be interesting and fun to run the wires up above the control panel and not have them attached to the underside, just for kicks. The wire I picked was 20G stranded, but very firm to hold shape. Once I got everything wire-tied together, it turned out to be a very robust harness. I don't have the final pic available yet but here are pics of the initial wiring and layout.
I suppose it's possible that while un-clamping the control panel I might rip up the harness, but I'm not overly concerned because I don't imagine I'll be getting in there very often since I'm not using tokens. I'm using buttons for the P1 and P2 coin-up's instead. And as luck would have it I cleaned out my computer room yesterday and found the wiring diagram I made about a year ago complete with a diagram of the buttons I wanted on my control panel. And noticed I forgot to drill holes for the machine for the coin buttons. Oops. Good thing I found out now. I'll drill them in to the front of the panel above the access door. It shouldn't be too big a deal. Actually, the whole CP as I designed it when I built the cabinet is completely different from what I ended up with, and for good reason. I spent WAY too long planning everything and realized if I just started building I would not only get it done, but it would be the ONLY way I got it done.
Man. Talk about engineering on the fly. My plans have changed sometimes hourly during the build process but it's still turning out okay.
There are so many things to go over I haven't the time right now but I have lots of pics of the template I made to center and mount the joysticks (since I don't have time to get one from Bob Roberts) and I also realized that I have one Happ Super and one Competition, and the joysticks are perfectly mounted - exactly 3 mm off center. What the heck, it's for a 7 year old and I have only two weeks to complete...Or if I miss the deadline I guess I can give it to her for Christmas.
I also got the second coat of primer on. Now on Thursday and Friday I plan to have the first coats of pink paint on. Then I can bring it inside and finish up the wiring and installation of the computer components.
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: HarumaN on November 22, 2010, 02:37:59 pm ---Use black handles, and mix and match your buttons so they have a black housing with purple plunger. :)
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So this was a great idea. They really pop out at you. Based on some of the builds you've done I'm not surprised you have an eye for this sort of thing.
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