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Gamesomnia - inspired by Knievel's Woody Cab
ragnar:
I went with a top mounted joystick so I can't. But if I could buy some vinyl locally, I could just cover it up and save some serious bucks. I want to outline that area anyways ....
Knivel finished his top with 1/8" oak I think so there are no holes near the joysticks. I've also seen people use smaller vinyl cut outs to highlight the joystick/button areas.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: ragnar on September 10, 2010, 02:32:38 pm ---I went with a top mounted joystick so I can't. But if I could buy some vinyl locally, I could just cover it up and save some serious bucks. I want to outline that area anyways ....
Knivel finished his top with 1/8" oak I think so there are no holes near the joysticks. I've also seen people use smaller vinyl cut outs to highlight the joystick/button areas.
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What joys are you using? I'm pretty sure mine were meant to be mounted from the top (or from below with hardware showing through). I improvised!
Also, any ideas how to make the vinyl cutouts perfect? I can trace the shape I want onto the vinyl but cutting it out is another story...
ragnar:
I just got back from a fabric store. I needed black fabric for my grill cover. While there I took a look at the vinyl and decided that the thickness might cause unwanted problems with the acrylic becoming wobbly on top of an uneven surface (due to the patches of vinyl that would be under it). Then a the last second it dawned on me. I needed a half yard of vinyl to cover the entire surface in black vinyl. That cost me $7. So, I bought it. I am going to cover the entire panel in black vinyl without any graphics and see how it looks. I figure it is worth a $7 experiment. If it looks good, I might need to get a different piece of acrylic that is thinner due to the thickness of the vinyl to cover it. But for $7, I am willing to try it out.
I am using u360s. I needed to make a 1/4" recess into the wood to flush mount them. 1/8" for the top plate and an extra 1/8" to compensate for the screws that will be used.
For cutting the vinyl into pieces, I was planning on taking some scrap luan and making a template. I'd sandwich the vinyl between the template and a second scrap piece of wood that is larger than the template. Clamp the assembly together. Then I'd use a razor blade to trace the template as I cut into the vinyl. Done slowly, it should work perfectly. You could even do interesting shapes.
ragnar:
Tommorrow, I think I will be able to get 90% of things put together. I expect everything except the monitor bezel and speak grill to be in place. Pics coming soon!
As for this update. Today I got my monitor supports screwed into the bezel. The sides are a bit tighter than I wanted. I hope changes in humidity don't cause the monitor to crack if the wood shrinks a bit. Maybe I'll redo the side supports tomorrow. Just sand 1/32" off of each. Should be all of 5 minutes to make that change.
Almost done!
Also, check out the marquee discussion here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=105737.0
MikeyMerse:
I think that control panel will be perfect for the style you chose for the cabinet. I love the curves on it all.
I can't wait until the day comes where I can finally put everything together into my cab.