Project: Double Tap

[CREDO]

yeah I had the same thoughts when I did it, I didn't want a cab too deep and absolutely must have leg room under the CP, early mock up I was measuring the height on my knees sitting on a stool to make sure I had clearance.
Its got a large thick chunk of pine bracing at the rear and bottom of the CP in the cab, then a heap of bolts right through it ending in some of these


its very strong, you could sit on the CP (but I'm not testing that) and I can pull the cab around by the CP, (no wheels, rather heavy)

Next time I have it off ill try to remember to take a pic.

[CREDO]

here we go. 7 75mm long bolts. That isn't going anywhere. I just used the button cutting blade to bore all the way through for cables.


and a shot of my kinda tidy CP. that blue cable is rather thick and a pain in the ass to work with, but I was sick of having to re do connections in the old CP because I used crappy thin wire the first time, so now its a bit of overkill.

that all has to come apart for the new graphics and cosmetic stuff. 

[sabreerbasAlpha]

Love That wire. Were did you get it from ?. As far as the build. Some really interesting ideas, Overall a very nice build. I really like the bezel idea. Looks very slick. And the speaker setup looks great. Keep going mate. 

[Mr Wilson]

great attention to detail very nice cab my first was based on lusid's design as well

[mcseforsale]

As a total nerd, I would have painted the bottom of the CP....yer GONNA want to show that part off.  Also, I'd lose that gray USB cable...

And, I'm totally stealing your bezel idea on my next cab!

Nice job!

AJ

[CREDO]

Love That wire. Were did you get it from ?.

A local shop in Perth Australia called Jaycar. their awesome for all your switches, transistors, bread boards and all that geeky techy stuff.
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=WH3052

As a total nerd, I would have painted the bottom of the CP....yer GONNA want to show that part off.  Also, I'd lose that gray USB cable...

I did say it all has to come apart for cosmetic stuff
but not painted, upholstered.

great attention to detail very nice cab my first was based on lusid's design as well

Thanks, I modified lusid's design a bit but the overall classic standard two player cab look was what I remember playing as a kid, so it was only natural to end up with something like that.
the next one (yeah already planning a second) will be a bit "out there" and more dedicated to just verticals and 4way.

[Dance Commander]

First: That bezel is super classy looking. Probably going to look really good under glass.
Second: That Iron Maiden panel is amazing. I vote to keep it that way 

[CREDO]

As much as I love the Irons, this is more what I had in mind.




Its hard to get a good photo with ye old S2 camera. but im just stoked at how well the CP turned out, its still just a poster I had printed but the way it printed it just turned out that the blood reflects differently to the rest of it, so in the overhead lights it just looks sweet. I was jumping up and down to finally have something on this cab 100% finished.


Well, apart from the braces there, have to paint them. ok 99% done then.


The underside got its material treatment.
Dig that texture. the flash makes it come up grey, but its a nice black really.. honest.


And another "where im at" shot. I cant wait to get the sides on.. as  soon as I figure out what its going to be.

[Drnick]

Very nice covering.  As you have a zombie theme going on how about a mix up consisting of Left 4 Dead, Dead island, Dead Reckoning, and the Walking Dead & BlackOps Zombies,  I think that about covers it on the gaming zombie front. You could of course have a look at Marvel Zombies, there;s some good stuff that wouldn't look completely out of place with your CP.   

[CREDO]

Finding good generic zombies that I like the look of at a decent resolution has been an issue with this whole zombie idea, at the start I just assumed the walking dead comic would have heaps of comic style zombies I can pinch, but after hours of flicking through every page, its really limited for useable material.
I did manage to knock up a bezel.

its just a laminated print, so if I change my mind, its an easy swap.
I need to get new plex for the cab, mine is way too dark and you can hardly see through it. so for now its off.


I know the rules aren't correct, but I moved them around so the top 10 would be the ones you remember from the movie.




Bezel still needs a little tweaking. I left a little overhang just in case for now.


Marquee is on the way, and Yay im going to print the sides.. dropping nearly $300 on the printing was a sticking point for me but apparently office works here in aus will do what I need for about $60 a side, so bugger it that will do.

[Nacimroc]

 

Lovely work! Nice to see people take pride in the little details too. Great idea with the bezel too.

[CREDO]

Well its been busy around the new house lately and then i got distracted with this.


That then enabled me to do this


36kg Boxer inserted for scale :p

Its 2400mm (94in) long and 900mm (35in) deep and rock solid.  It can cut sheets up to 1500mm (59in) across which should be heaps.
I saw someone's project on-line somewhere and decided i should have one too.
I still have to build the guide arm assembly, aluminum skirting, sand, paint. But for the moment she works great and doubles as a wood storage unit. i do plan to do shelves and drawers later on underneath it.

Anyway, back to finishing the arcade :p

[SnaXen]

Very nice cab.
Liked what you have done with the bezel. And also great work with the CP wireing 

 

Would have loved to have a full size cab, but because of lack of space and low WAF on full size I had to settle for a BarTop my self