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[stuckpixel]

Dude - I think it's just fine. The ability to disassemble it with a screwdriver IMO trumps the incredibly minor asthetic 'improvement' you'd get from having those puttied.

Kickass work so far, interested to see the final product - getting really close!!

[griffindodd]

Lol I love the heated debates over my controll panel.

CUPHOLDERS!!!    DUSTWASHERS!!!      POCKET SCREWS!!!   

Funny, anyway who's to say I wont be lining this box with angel wing encrusted led-laced kryptonite lattice and that the red is merely an undercoat?

[mcseforsale]

I hadn't thought of that.  You're right though...it sticks much better to red.

AJ

[jmike]

Cupholders, dust washers, pocket screws dont really matter.
Just have it ready for me by x-mas. 

 

[rablack97]

Funny, anyway whose to say I wont be lining this box with angel wing encrusted led laced kryptonite lattice and that the red it mearly an undercoat?

That' more like it...stay on track with the plan

[rablack97]

Look at it like this...you've been doing great at keeping this thread XXX, should you decide to go to X or the soft porn.  I will be forced to change the channel sir....

[griffindodd]

Look at it like this...you've been doing great at keeping this thread XXX, should you decide to go to X or the soft porn.  I will be forced to change the channel sir....

Lol you're such a freak. Instead of messing yourself constantly, do something useful like finding me a complete set of Williams Blaster PCBs

[rablack97]

Here's a little tool porn for ya while I'm waiting on materials. I always seemed to use crappy soldering irons and they never worked well or just broke, so I decided to just bite the bullet and get something that will last and help me do a better job.

One thing this build experience has taught me that investing in your tools is money well spent

Uh huh, i'm the only freak huh.....

There you go, you and LeChuck going on and on about the "messing" comment...

Look at it like this...you've been doing great at keeping this thread XXX, should you decide to go to X or the soft porn.  I will be forced to change the channel sir....

Lol you're such a freak. Instead of messing yourself constantly, do something useful like finding me a complete set of Williams Blaster PCBs

Yo, send me a link of what the hell those are, and I'll give it a go...I'm pretty good at finding stuff....

[griffindodd]

Man, I love pocket screws.  What tool did you use for that?  I'd love to get one if it's cheap enough.
AJ

Kregg Pocket screws and Jig, cheap enough at Lowes

[griffindodd]

Yo, send me a link of what the hell those are, and I'll give it a go...I'm pretty good at finding stuff....

They are the Orignal boards from a William's 'Blaster' stand-up cabinet.

5 Boards in all
Sound - already  got this one
Interface Board
CPU/Video Board
ROM Board
Power Board

[rablack97]

Gotcha....i'll keep my eye out...

[DNA Dan]

Ditto on the mini pocket jig. I also bought the grip clamp with the flat faces on it. Makes for moving the jig around much easier. I also used one of these for my build. I laminated over my holes though. If your screws are tight and you glued the cab, no reason to ever take it apart. For me I saw the screws as simply holding the cab in place until the glue dries. You know Griff you could always just lay a piece of that carbon fiber vinyl on the bottom and not stick it there. This would cover the holes and still be removable. You could also just lay down a piece of felt or something to keep your electronics cozy.

[griffindodd]

Yeah all good ideas for the bottom, I do have something in mind, I'm just talking to someone about getting it done.

The whole thing with pocket screws is that they are never supposed to need glue because of the way they are engineered. Although using glue certainly cannot hurt for sure.

[mcseforsale]

Pretty cool.  But, there's only one problem with that.....Harbor Freight is on the way to Lowes....and they have this:

http://www.harborfreight.com/portable-pocket-hole-jig-kit-96264.html

AJ

Man, I love pocket screws.  What tool did you use for that?  I'd love to get one if it's cheap enough.
AJ

Kregg Pocket screws and Jig, cheap enough at Lowes

[griffindodd]

Well Google new announcements of the Nexus 4, 7 and 10 were certainly excellent news for geeky consumers with epic specs for amazing prices but nothing I am going to use here.

RaBlack you got my boards yet? I'm on a schedule you know.

[griffindodd]

Had to drop this in from our weekend party, we're keepin' it real in the season...

[rablack97]

wow you really went all out....

dude, that sh*t is hard to find....all I see is RARE this and RARE that.....

all i found for you was the manual that has a parts chapter, might give you insight on part #'s....

While i'm at it, i'll find you the boards for that Football game that had only x's and O's with the big black ball you had to use to move around....

Hush young fawn, give me some time...

[griffindodd]

Decided to sell the M2900 monitor, I don't see where I will use it any time soon so I'll let it go to someone who can use it in their build for what I paid...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,123641.0.html

[thecornishhen]

Yeah not sure if I want to put myself through that much pain, I'll chew on it.

Ordered my diamond plate for the foot rest area.

Ordered 55' of bright red 3/4 T-Molding today, got tired of waiting for the 11/16 sample and I really don't want to pay $60+shipping for 250' of molding when I barely need 1/5 of it.

Put in an order at Gamemolding.com as t-molding.com was having some weird issue where they couldn't do any shipping until after the 27th of the month. So I get through placing my order at Gamemolding.com and then they tell me AFTER the order is completed that their shipping is delayed until the 22nd of the month  WTF is that all about? Some worldwide T-molding shortage, or do all T-molding traders go on vacation at the same time? Did they all go to the T-Molding World Expo?

I (owner of gamemolding.com) just ran across this post and wanted to apologize for any confusion my site may have caused during the period of Sept 15-22.  I had to attend a developer conference in San Francisco that week(unrelated to t-molding).  Before departing for my trip, I had left a large red notice on the front page of my website stating: "Please Note:   Orders placed after September 15, 2012 will not ship until September 22, 2012.  We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your business."

Again sorry for any confusion,
Preston
 

[griffindodd]

No problems buddy, the molding was great, in fact I'm waiting for some more to arrive from you.

[mcseforsale]

Yep, I'll be ordering, too!  Just need to measure, then I'll be ordering a bunch of 3/4 leather black.  And, you're local!! 

I like that a lot of vendors are actually part of the hobby.

AJ

[griffindodd]

T-Molding arrived as did my acrylic for the top of the CP, so hopefully now I can think about moving forward and making some progress. I'm still drawing a blank for my admin panel, I have half an idea of what to do with it, but it hasn't fully formed in my mind yet, so I'll just carry on with the CP and treat the admin as a seperate item.

[griffindodd]

Wow look what just magically appeared in my garage!!! (Tried this line on my wife, didn't work  )

[TopJimmyCooks]

Yeah, sometimes stout balding dudes in socks show up in my garage wanting to play games too.  They usually want beer as well.  It's a problem.

[griffindodd]

Yeah I meant the Moon Patrol, don't know where that guy came from, I think he's been living in their lately 

[DNA Dan]

Yeah, sometimes stout balding dudes in socks show up in my garage wanting to play games too.  They usually want beer as well.  It's a problem.

 

[griffindodd]

Just a little update.

Took the original control panel mockup that I made wayyyyyy back in week one and dropped it on top of the control box just to get a feel for how the cab is going to look. It's still got the old design on it, but I feel pretty good that after all this time it still fits perfectly on the base, feels good to know that my original designs and dimensions have stood the test of time.



I am hoping to get most of the control panel finished this weekend, I have all my equipment, acrylic and art ready so it's a matter of finding time and getting this final piece done. Trouble is I have a wedding to go to which will involve a lot of tequila on Saturday, so we'll see how good I feel about wielding power tools on Sunday 

[mcseforsale]

Screw that, dude.  Marraige is only temporary.  Cabs are forever.  Get to work.

AJ

Just a little update.

Took the original control panel mockup that I made wayyyyyy back in week one and dropped it on top of the control box just to get a feel for how the cab is going to look. It's still got the old design on it, but I feel pretty good that after all this time it still fits perfectly on the base, feels good to know that my original designs and dimensions have stood the test of time.



I am hoping to get most of the control panel finished this weekend, I have all my equipment, acrylic and art ready so it's a matter of finding time and getting this final piece done. Trouble is I have a wedding to go to which will involve a lot of tequila on Saturday, so we'll see how good I feel about wielding power tools on Sunday 

[DNA Dan]

Now that I see the whole completed cab bottom, that right kick panel is really screaming for a small pedal to installed in there.

[griffindodd]

Yeah pedals would fit down there well, but I hate stand up driving games, maybe one day I'll build a dedicated driving cab.

Made some good progress today.

Made a template for the trackball and joystick holes in the acrylic to make up for the mistake of cutting the housing slots for them for top mounting before I cut the acrylic top.


After routing out those holes I used the lip on the trackball housing as my guide to align everything else on the main control panel.


Holes all routed.


Shape flush and perfect to the control panel contour.


Had to offset the slot to accommodate for the width of the acrylic


Close enough for me


Laminated the underside and flush trimmed it for a nice tight finish.


OH NOES!!!!! My white button trims are slightly off on the artwork, the worst ones being the player 1 and 2 buttons at the top of the panel. Also the player one joystick arrows were about 4mm off so I'm going to have to get the art reprinted. I'll dump the white circles, you won't even see them with the button collars. Thankfully the print only costs $11 as I get it done at Staples on their indoor banner printer, so not a biggy to run it off again.


So even though my botched artwork stopped any more progress today I still had to trim it up and put it in place with the T-Mold and everything just to see how it all looks. Pretty happy with the outcome.

[mcseforsale]

Two words:



Ok, one.

AJ

[ace_1989]

hi guys! I am new on this stuff.. I was gonna ask .. what is the type of papers/decor used on your arcade cabs? are those stickers?

Sorry for being naive

[PL1]

hi guys! I am new on this stuff.. I was gonna ask .. what is the type of papers/decor used on your arcade cabs? are those stickers?

Welcome aboard, Ace_1989.

Most people use adhesive vinyl like Rikitiki demonstrates in his Side Art Install 101 thread w. videos.
There are different vendors with various levels of quality and price to choose from.
Some have finished art to choose from and some print your custom creations.
Numerous links for art sources/suppliers here.

If you plan on using a plexi overlay for your control panel, you could also choose to use photo paper or do what Griffindodd mentioned in his last post.

Thankfully the print only costs $11 as I get it done at Staples on their indoor banner printer

If you REALLY want it to look old-school MAME, you could use marble contact paper.      I keed, I keed.


Scott

[griffindodd]

Welcome Ace 1989!

I get any graphics that won't be backlit and will be protected under glass or plexi done at Staples on their large format banner printer. The quality of the print is excellent, as good as any photo printer and it's quite economical, my control panel art was only $11.

For my marquees and side art I go to Game On Grafix, they are expensive but the quality of the materials they use and the standard of printing is flawless in my experience. I figure that my cabs are going to be on display in my house for a long time so it's worth investing in a high quality finish.

Did a little work before I left for the office this morning. Installing the hinges.

[mcseforsale]

Mmmm.  Inset pocket hinges.  Gives me wood.  Or, MDF....whatever.  What?

AJ

[griffindodd]

Lol what? WHo? Nothing

I'm a little concerned about the vibration from the joysticks being slammed around on top of the panel wearing away the hole threads around the brackets in the box, I wonder if they are going to dissolve over time and come loose? Anyone had this problem with their hinges in MDF or am I just being over cautious?

[mcseforsale]

Check my build thread.  I used a simple technique with some hardwood dowels and it's SOLID.  And, you're at a stage where you can implement it.  ONce the art and plexi go on, you can't.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,117977.msg1265003.html#msg1265003

This will create a very simple and EXTREMELY sturdy 4-point attachment.  And, it's less than a buck.

AJ

Lol what? WHo? Nothing

I'm a little concerned about the vibration from the joysticks being slammed around on top of the panel wearing away the hole threads around the brackets in the box, I wonder if they are going to dissolve over time and come loose? Anyone had this problem with their hinges in MDF or am I just being over cautious?

[wcndave]

I'm a little concerned about the vibration from the joysticks being slammed around on top of the panel wearing away the hole threads around the brackets in the box, I wonder if they are going to dissolve over time and come loose? Anyone had this problem with their hinges in MDF or am I just being over cautious?

It should be fine, remember those hinges are meant to hold a perpindicular weight hanging, which is being opened thousands of times...

The dowel locating idea is still good though for both stopping any very strong mad people causing that issue on the top, and also for locating the CP on to the main body, so you could still use that tactic.  I have been considering it, although mine will have multiple CPs so I am still mulling...

[griffindodd]

Yep I think I'll go ahead and put some extra support like the dowels or cupboard catches on the top of the control panel to stop any aggressive movement causing damage to the joints.

[mcseforsale]

One other thing I've thought about is over-opening of the CP and that board breaking.  I know a certain few kids who are capable of tearing up an anvil with their bare hands, so I think I'm going to get a cable stop or something to limit travel.  I love how the angle of the inset hinge "sits" on the CP box when it's open, too.  I think stuff like that is cool, but then again I'm a nerd. 

Hell, I like to build bike wheels. 

AJ