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First cab.... ever...... Saw dust is flying
Gimpy_ak:
So after lurking around here for a bit and getting ideas I'm started my first build. I'm working off of LuSiD's plans and modifying them as needed.
Running 1st & 2nd player with 7 buttons and then 4 buttons for 3rd & 4th players. The display is going to be a 26" Vizio LCD TV that i have laying around. Heres a link to the TV I'm going to use.
After getting a late start last night, here's where I'm at so far.
Only issue so far is that on paper the 7th button felt good but now that I have a hole there I think peoples thumbs might be hitting it.
Got the fluch mounts and sticks mounted. I got 3 mounted before i realized that player #4's "up" wouldnt be up because i had the stick indexed incorectly.
By about 11:00 pm last night I was this point.
I'll start on the main part of the cab tonight.
UPDATE:
So after a long wait and a LOT of work in one night she's finished
The Cab and panel complete and ready for paint.
Off to paint... I didn't want a bunch of over-spray in my shop so I took it to a buddies that doesn't mind a little Black Satan over-spray on his floor.
Primer on the filler
Paint going on...
and the first game is played, of course its Joust.
Louis Tully:
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Gimpy_ak:
--- Quote from: Louis Tully on August 10, 2011, 08:31:40 pm ---Welcome to the sickness. :cheers:
Good start so far. What's the theme/color scheme?
If you're planning on using a plexiglass top for your cp, you can just omit the thumb button and you'll never know it's there.
-L
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Thanks Louis, I plan to test run the CP and find out if that button is going to be an issue. I never thought about putting Plexi on there to cover it up. The theme is going to be black, with a custom marquee saying "Shady MacCheyne." I'm building it for myself and a buddy. We both do competitive shooting and won the state championships in our divisions so i was going to put some of our stage layouts with a copy of our placards.
TopJimmyCooks:
If you're going LCD, that Lusid cab was shaped for a CRT and has a lot of depth that you don't need. I would consider making it shallower.
Gimpy_ak:
--- Quote from: TopJimmyCooks on August 11, 2011, 02:30:29 pm ---If you're going LCD, that Lusid cab was shaped for a CRT and has a lot of depth that you don't need. I would consider making it shallower.
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I didnt think about that, thanks. I'll probably shave like 2 or 3 inches off the depth. This will help because the CP is larger than the one in the plans.
ETA: Update in OP.
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