Scratch - Marvel v Capcom: Revolution - Complete with tour video

[griffindodd]

It's a PLC-XE40

[griffindodd]

The glass came today, I don't think I have ever been so excited to see a few pieces of smoked glass. I just laid them in place to get an idea for the tint. It's a very light 'smoke' which is just perfect, it's not so much that it's going to kill the artwork but it's enough to really move all that masking and bezelling away from the eye's attention. Tried to take a few photos but it was super hard to capture, it looks way better in person than these pics...

[jmike]

 
                                         




Nuff said

[griffindodd]

A little down n dirty blackout work for any potential exposed edges. I used Krylon zero-prep Fusion matt black, gives a nice flat finish, I'll have to pick up a couple more tins just to get all the areas that meet a facing panel or glass edge.

[rablack97]

Looking good man

[griffindodd]

I love it when a plan comes together, check out what I have Hyperspin doing...

[rablack97]

cool, what's that clicking noise...

[griffindodd]

cool, what's that clicking noise...

Me mashing the keyboard

[Seith]

Seriously good looking build so far!  I'm wondering if, by the time you're done with the features, it will end up being as heavy as a regular CRT cab? 

Keep up the good work!

[rablack97]

so how are you gonna have it do that automatically?

[griffindodd]

so how are you gonna have it do that automatically?

I just include it in the script I use to rotate the monitor which get's fired when I launch a Mame Game that requires the monitor to change orientation.

[Le Chuck]

Pretty sweet, care to share the script? 

Nevermind, saw your other thread. 

[Drnick]

I'm guessing your video card drivers allow you to do a ctrl/alt and arrow key to change rotation then

[griffindodd]

I'm guessing your video card drivers allow you to do a ctrl/alt and arrow key to change rotation then

I use a free application called irotate, google it and give it a try.

A little work on the rear panels tonight

[Drnick]

I shall give Irotate a try, The inbuilt Intel chip I had did rotation of everything with no problems but the ATI stuff liked to crash when I rotated.  Shumps just aren't the same in horizontal mode.  Once again this is a seriously nice build, original, well thought out and superbly executed.

[griffindodd]

I shall give Irotate a try, The inbuilt Intel chip I had did rotation of everything with no problems but the ATI stuff liked to crash when I rotated.  Shumps just aren't the same in horizontal mode.  Once again this is a seriously nice build, original, well thought out and superbly executed.

Thanks for the compliment  .

On the software, yeah give it a try and let us know if it works out for you.

First coats of textured matte Rustoleum on the rear panels. I plan to laminate them if I have enough left over after doing the side panels, otherwise this paint gives a nice enough 'sandy' textured finish for panels that will never really be on show. More edge masking on the front.

[griffindodd]

Game time decision.

Decided to rip out the controller shelf as it felt a little too high and I wanted to give myself plenty of depth to play with in the controller itself.


That's better, an extra 2 inches


Waiting for filler to dry, might as well started building the system


The FedEx man brought a gift, hopefully this will make me a routing genius

[Jp19]

love this build. well done. cant wait see the finished cab 

i did a marvel vs capcom theme on mine, check it out.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,120269.msg1275172.html#msg1275172

[TopJimmyCooks]

Those router edge guides are ok if you're 3-4 inches from the edge.  any further and you'll want a fence over where you're doing the work.  Too easy to hang on the edge, swing in and ruin your cut.  On the circle jig- 10" minimum is a serious limitation and you'll find yourself making your own out of plywood for smaller holes or curves.  The offset router base is awesome to use and probably worth what you paid for the set.  I love using an offset base for bearing guided cuts, it just makes it easier and instills confidence. 

[griffindodd]

love this build. well done. cant wait see the finished cab 

i did a marvel vs capcom theme on mine, check it out.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,120269.msg1275172.html#msg1275172

That's cool, was that an existing cab or did you make it yourself?

TJC - Yeah looking forward to learning more about routing and getting down to some creative techniques, one day I hope to build an 8x4 CNC 3D router in my workshop so I can really do some great stuff for my home, kiddie, wife and hobbies

[griffindodd]

Out with the old junk, in with the new respectable enough gear


Added heavy duty long arm switches for the stop limits on the monitor, also extra thin HDMI and power cables to reduce binding issues

[TheShaner]

What's with the ghost load?  Already got a build worked out for this or is that just the base OS?

[griffindodd]

What's with the ghost load?  Already got a build worked out for this or is that just the base OS?

These days I'm a network admin, I do everything from VM images and thumb drives, optical is dead baby (plus I have no dvd drive on my rig)

Ok so today was my first serious router day and it was a little frustrating but only because I am both new and a perfectionist. I decided that I wanted to make my speaker panel only using my router to do all the cuts, channeling etc.

First of all cutting the aluminum sheet to make my grills


Measuring out how I want my inlay for the grills and the speakers


Setting up my fences, this sucked and is without a doubt the hardest and most frustrating part, I need a lot of practice at this


The final result, does the job pretty well, not the cleanest work, but I think it's not a bad start, the speakers do fit nicely into the channels and sit snug


The underside, I had some trouble with some of the corners, hopefully a little bondo before paint can cover my sins


So, yeah I acheived what I wanted to do, I'm not really thrilled with it as I was trying for a perfect finish, but time and practice with setting up fences will hopefully bring better results in the future.

Hrmph!!!

[TheShaner]

I used to do the same sort of stuff, that is why I asked.

[TopJimmyCooks]

Those are not bad routing results for first time.  From the pics it looks like you could route 1/8" off all four sides of each speaker opening and still have enough shelf to hold the grille, taking out the few over routed areas.  Use larger material for your fences, because the spinning router generates a lot of force, possibly enough to bend the small pieces and defeat the spring clamp pressure.  Good work, I've gone back plenty of times with bondo or filler to touch up router work. 

[mcseforsale]

A big +1 on this.  I like to use hardwood nailer 1x2's.  Not furring strips, the ones in the finish wood section. http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1vZ1z0ywxz/R-203450502/h_d2/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10053&langId=-1&storeId=10051#.UDI-XqNuKnA

I use those for fences, etc, unless I'm doing LONG cuts.  that's when I switch to 1x4.

AJ

Those are not bad routing results for first time.  From the pics it looks like you could route 1/8" off all four sides of each speaker opening and still have enough shelf to hold the grille, taking out the few over routed areas.  Use larger material for your fences, because the spinning router generates a lot of force, possibly enough to bend the small pieces and defeat the spring clamp pressure.  Good work, I've gone back plenty of times with bondo or filler to touch up router work.

[griffindodd]

Woke up at 5:45am this morning chanting

"Hell no to Bondo!!!!"

I drilled out the damaged corner radius on the crap corners and then retrimmed the edges with my jigsaw, a little sanding and now I'm feeling much better about the result.



I'd like you all to now join me in the rally cry

"Hell no to Bondo!!!!"
"Hell no to Bondo!!!!"
"Hell no to Bondo!!!!"

[mcseforsale]

Hell no to bondo!!
































*maybe a little wood putty, though. 

AJ

[Jp19]

love this build. well done. cant wait see the finished cab 

i did a marvel vs capcom theme on mine, check it out.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,120269.msg1275172.html#msg1275172

That's cool, was that an existing cab or did you make it yourself?

made it myself, complete scratch build. unfortunately didn't take any build pictures.

[griffindodd]

Speaker panel test fit.

Originally I had it measured for 1/4" but I upped it to 1/2" for extra strength and to avoid bowing. Channelled out the edges for a cleaner fit and to keep the profile low.

Grill depth and speaker openings look good, still needs plenty of prep and paint though

[griffindodd]

Real cabinet makers have dusty dogs 


Working out the profile of the marquee channel, I inverted the glass channel I am using on other parts of the cab to minimize the amount of light being blocked, I think I'm going to need to modify this


Channeling in place to see the fit, I like how this looks


Starting to look like the designs, but I'm sick to the back teeth of sawdust 

[griffindodd]

Started cutting and angling the legs that will support the computer inside the cab. Because so much of this design is based on angles, I wanted the computer to look interesting and dressed in a way that suits the rest of the design so I decided to have it angled up from within a recessed shelf presenting toward the CPU access door on the back of the cab.



Working out the distance between the feet to get the mated angle and height of the board was trickier than I thought but it worked.

I'll make a jig for the feet so I can align the angled joints perfectly and then use acrylic cement to bond them to the underside of the computer support panel

[TheShaner]

Make sure you put an LED or two up inside where the motherboard and all of that cool plexi is, it will glow really cool.  I put some strips inside of my cab controlled by a flip switch so that when I open the back to show it off to everyone I can flip on the green lights inside and it is really kick ass.  Yours will look even more killer with all of that acrylic everywhere!

[griffindodd]

Yeah the plan is to run some of that RGB strip along the bottom edge of the acrylic computer base to have it shine out of the edges, then that strip will be plugged into the main LED controller so the computer lighting will match whatever the cab lighting is doing at the time.

[griffindodd]

Tonight I built the computer platform and lighting...

Sanded the underside of the plexi platform the computer sits on


A foamboard baseplate/jig to get the legs glued in the right position


Wiring up the LED strip, ethernet cable makes great donor cable for these lights


Hot glue gun attaching the LED strip to the edges of the plexi


and the result....

[SNAAKE]

nice doggie

[TheShaner]

That looks pretty slick.

[mcseforsale]

Awesome.  Will that be visible while you're playing?

AJ

[rablack97]

Turned out awesome...

For some reason i thought your were going to have the plexi edgelit.......Where you fire an led into the polished side of the plexi, so it would have that subtle halo type glow around the edges only.....

Something like the attached....maybe taken your dremel and some stencils and sanded out the word REVOLUTION at the bottom below the PC.....Kept the rest clear.........You could take one strip of your RGB's and hot glue it between each led to the back of the plexi , leds facing the plexi side....I would think you would get the same multiple color effect.  You technically hide your leds, and it doesnt have that broadway light show look, would look more techy i guess.....

Just an idea......there are tut's on how to polich the sides of plexi on you tube....I modified the cupholders in my media room chairs and put round plexi circles with one led firing through the side....Turned out pretty nice....Followed this TUT. http://www.avsforum.com/t/1339793/diy-lighted-cupholders

Check out what this guy did with his plexi......

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,120404.0.html

[mcseforsale]

My CP plexi is edge lit...





Of course, it was purely accidental, since I routed about 1/64" too low for the t-molding and I didn't polish my router cuts.  Looks cool though and at night, the CP looks like a playfield.   

AJ