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Cafe au Cade - Coffee table arcade conversion - Finished with loads of pics!
Evetsllub:
Thanks guys.
Kingchimp - thats a good idea. is there any risk that the glue will damage anything?
IG-88 - Just measured it, L/W 60cm, Height 35cm. I think the photos tend to make it look taller than it is.
Leedsfan - Lol, its about time that book as well as the Jane Austin all 7 novels came in handy for something.
Jimmy2x2x - i'll try to get you some action shots...
ark_ader - Its just regular glass, no tinting or smoking. Bezel painted with black spraypaint. I wanted to get something anti glare but the glass shop said it doesn't come in 6mm glass. I was worried that smoked glass would dull the screen too much. Yeah there is a bit of light bleed, that screen always had it at the bottom. I don't think it is as bad in real life as it looks in the pictures. Not enough to really bother me.
kingchimp:
Digging back to 2004 (well, Google did all the hard work ;) ).
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=21244.0
--- Quote from: RandyT ---If you have good solder joints, the wires won't break loose unless you move them around enough to actually break the wires. This is where the hot-melt comes in. Hold your wires to the board close to the solder joint, but not on the solder joint.
It will offer the same benefits, plus allow you to fix a problem if one occurs.
--- End quote ---
ChurchOfSolipsism:
Absolutely fantastic work, although, to be honest, I think the red buttons and balltops stick out too much and detract a little from the luxurious vibe; black would have worked a lot better for me. Anyways, I've always wanted to build something along those lines, but now the urge has become really strong...
Evetsllub:
Thanks Churchofsolipsism. I know what you mean about the Red. I agonised over red vs black controls for a while. In the end i decided i wanted it to stand out a bit, and i love red stuff so this was making a bit of a statement. The red actually matches the new tabletop stain pretty well which has a bit of a reddy tinge to it. I am happy with the decision to go with the red controls. I can see how people would prefer black though as a piece of furniture that would better blend in.
PS. I've got a bit of an idea for player 2 stool (assuming player 1 has the couch) which will incorporate the red! stay tuned.
LeedsFan:
Regarding the "anti-glare" glass. I have a local glass trader that I've used before and I went to enquire about this stuff. It's basically useless for what we want to use it for. Anything behind the anti-glare glass at some distance (such a a high street shop display) will look fine. But anything close or right up to the glass looks awful. The glass has a microscopic film on the surface to stop glare that you can barely see with the naked eye. But it affects the look of stuff close up to it.
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