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Weekend project: Gigantor RPTV Showcase
MikeDeuce:
Project summary: Budget build weekend project using a giant, old, destined-to-be-donated rear-projection TV.
Timeline to playable prototype: 2 days
Step 1: Make the set eye-level
Step 2: (not pictured, create sawdust!)
Step 3: No time for clamps, glue and brad the smurf out of the cabinet (ode to Norm)
Step 4: Assemble and throw more 1-1/4" 18ga brads at it (just "until the glue sets"™).
Step 5: Create a quick control panel and template, then create much more sawdust while routing
Step 6: Admire underside of freshly-routed control panel
Step 7: Add sanwa sticks and seimitsu buttons (my first time playing with these, takes some getting used to but not bad!)
Step 8: Add quick and dirty (but temporary) low-budget underside lighting (fluorescent) and spend the rest of the weekend configuring hyperspin and game lists
Rick:
That is one sexy looking project, man. I'm a Member of Freecycle.org, and in the past six months, about 10 of these rear-projection TV's have been given away in my local area. I'm tempted to build something like this myself, but when I asked my Wife, I got a big, fat 'no'. (Not unexpected, really, since we don't have a basement, and the kids' toyroom will really only support a regular-sized cab.) Still, that's one hell of a beast, that is. I love it. Can't wait to see more pics.
MikeDeuce:
Thank you sir! It's the noblest use of an aging RPTV I could think of :), but you are correct in calling it a beast. Though it glides like nothing on those 4" casters, it's ginormous... Same with the control panel, too (44" width). I think I went a bit excessive.
The biggest downside to such a massive standard def set is with configuration. Outside of Hyperspin and MAME, it's impossible to read text on it. I've ended up just using remote desktop or dragging out a monitor for that task.
Up next is to decide how to finish it (Stain/varnish/laminate?), and to see if the control layout is what I want to stick with.
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:applaud:
Games look good on that screen? What resolution are you running?
Rick:
--- Quote from: MikeDeuce on August 09, 2010, 01:28:58 pm ---Though it glides like nothing on those 4" casters, it's ginormous... Same with the control panel, too (44" width). I think I went a bit excessive.
--- End quote ---
I LOVE the control panel. I'm sure you could have gone with a complete 4-man setup, but even so, it looks like you'll have a lot of space for swinging elbows when playing!
--- Quote from: MikeDeuce on August 09, 2010, 01:28:58 pm ---Up next is to decide how to finish it (Stain/varnish/laminate?), and to see if the control layout is what I want to stick with.
--- End quote ---
I'd personally go with laminate, but then, it all goes with where you're planning on putting it. If it's going to be a showpiece as much as it is a gaming system, a nice stain/varathane mix would set it off amazingly. If it were me (and I'm nuts) I'd love to see it painted a shade of grabber green to make it stand out even more...
Not everybody's style, mind you. ;)
Damn, I can't stop looking at it.
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