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ghetto cab - completed
ghettodish:
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How's that? I have a Ryobi table saw and am interested in this.
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It was a kit: http://www.duckworksmagazine.com/03/r/columns/cupp/02/index.htm
ghettodish:
Balltop after painting. In person it's an exact match. My camera is pretty crappy....
Both are now the darker "Happ blue". I didn't paint the button.
LeedsFan:
Nice job on painting the ball top... though how durable that will be only time will tell. It's gonna have to be pretty strong paint to not rub through or flake off. Problem is the ball top is a standard Sanwa part which will ofc be totally different colour to Happ parts. Seimitsu also do those ball tops and you could try and see if they have a colour that more closely matches. The screw thread is identical so that won't be a problem. Of course you really need to see a ball top in person to know it will match.
I'm a stickler for perfection with stuff like this myself so I know what it's like. I just bought three cans of car paint before finding the correct shade of red just to paint the dust washers on my latest project. :P
EDIT: In retrospect maybe it would have been better to use Sanwa buttons instead of Happs to ensure a perfect colour match? Depends how set you are on the Happs buttons.
ghettodish:
The paint should be quite durable. It will take a week for it to fully cure...I have enough primer and paint left over to paint it another 200 times if I need to.
I started putting the cp together today. Trackball looks awesome when it's lit...it should match the LED speakers I'm gonna use.
ghettodish:
Primed, installed the coin door and marquee light, and cut/drilled the control panel Lexan