April 25, 2024, 11:26:52 pm
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Good luck. Looking good so far! I have also jumped on the weecade bandwagon. Are you having fun getting everything to fit inside?!
I'm also contemplating artwork. The photo paper will work and look fine, but if its quite thick wont bend very well. A local sign makers will print it on to self adhesive vinyl, or I've just been looking on gameongrafix.com and they seem pretty good, even to get shipped to the U.K.
What power supply is that? It looks tiny?Is there a hole cut in the back door for the PSU vent / plugin? How are you going to connect the monitor power?
Another Weecade clone... Weecade is pure insiration...I love your artwork1!!!!By the way....whats that behind the monitors mount?Also you have much space using that small PSU. Very nice position for the Hard Drive.
very nice "GameOver" bartop. I am also working on a bartop based off the weecade and have a few questions for you:1. Did you use the same size MDF for your mouldings, it looks that way in the picture? did that work well? I bought some 1 in by 1 in dowlings to use (my bartop is .5inch mdf) and they cracked in half when i tried to put wood screws (size 6 or through them after the glue. Did you screw the mouldings or nail them, i can't tell in the pictures. Anyone have any recommendations on size and type of wood for mouldings in a bartop. The dowlings were the only wood my home depot had in 1 by 1.
2. Can you explain how you powered your monitor (or take a pic of it)? I understand the split of two IEC but the male on top of the PSU? is that standard? Don't PSU's only have IEC out to power it and not take any in? (note my name as I am a novice at almost every part of this) Does anyone have recommendations or links on how to power the monitor on a weecade clone or any smaller bartop where a smartstrip is not desired or won't work/fit?
I love you artwork - Kudos!
Looks great, but what's up with the shaft covers?
where did you buy the pause and exit buttons? are they illuminated? if so how?
What did you use for the marquee retainers? Did you print the artwork from one of the online vendors and have them send you retainers cut to size?
The project is very nicely done.... although I do find the name a little depressing.
Where did you get your marquee light? Are you happy with it? it looks very bright in the central part of your marquee (or is that just the pics?) I am debating to go with the light bulb style or the led's? Anyone have any thoughts for a bartop? happy with their marquee lights?
1.) Your artwork for the marquee and control panel are impressive. Did you design them yourself? Where did you get the control panel printed?Yes, I designed them myself. They were printed by a friend of mine at work who prints his own stuff. It is only paper (but good quality)2.) Which joystick/buttons/PC interface did you use?They are only basic cheap buttons, and I bought them about 2 years ago (that's how long I had been meaning to start doing it! ). I bought everything from Gremline Solutions, and they have a pack with everything in it. See here: http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/products/cabbuildno1.htm - so as you can see, I used the Mini-PAC interface.3.) Did you use 12mm MDF for the case?Yes I did.4.) What spec PC did you use?It was just an old PC that was lying around at work. It is a 3ghz Pentium D, 1gb RAM, 80gb HDD and just onboard sound and graphics. Seems to do the job pretty well.5.) Do you find the cabinet a little cramped when playing with two players? In my plans I would like each player to have 6 buttons and feel that a wider barcade unit may be required.Not really. You do have to sit pretty close, but it's not uncomfortable in any way. But I will be mostly playing it mostly with my girlfriend anyway, and she doesn't mind being close.. Apologies in advance for some of these noob questions!
Looks amazing! Did you use 1 molex connector to power both illuminated buttons? How exactly does that work with the led? Did you buy a molex adaptor? Did you hot glue your joystick's to the cp? Looks like some kind of cement in the pictures what did you use? Did you power your amp with your psu? Is it loud?
How do you get the monitor to automatically power on/off?
Did you find it easy to apply your adhesive cp artwork directly to the MDF? Many people have suggested priming and painting the mdf and then putting the artwork on? Did you have any issue with putting it directly onto the MDF? did you sand it, prep it at all?
Hi awesome builddo you have the .psd files for the control panel?thanks