Author Topic: Mission Control Project: 5 years on, what to do with the leftovers? (Read 552961 times)

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #760 on:** December 28, 2005, 05:01:55 pm »

Actual translation: "I poke badgers with spoons."

Like you said Ed, too many words with multiple meanings.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #761 on:** December 28, 2005, 07:39:36 pm »

Quote from: markrvp on December 28, 2005, 08:48:09 am

Quote from: Mark70 on December 28, 2005, 07:52:48 am
Quote from: timoe on December 28, 2005, 07:29:24 am
I would like to buy the kit for this design/project. Are there any authorized dealers? I would hate to have to purchase the kit and instructions off of some Ebay'er. Pixel, which dealer did you buy your mission control cabinet from?

or DID YOU ORDER IT DIRECTLY FROM MAME?

You have 485 posts; is this question serious?

If so, then sure, just go down to your local MAME outlet. Every major city has one. They should even assemble it for you for a small fee. If your city doesn't have a local MAME outlet, just drive to then nearest state capital. They all have one. Don't check the phone book or anything first, don't worry, it will be there.

Mark70:

Timoe is poking fun at a question a newbie asked over in the Main Forum. The newbie asked if he should build his own cabinet or order it directly from MAME.

Please delete your post and I'll delete this one so as not to muck up Pixel's thread.

Too late. I've now quoted all the drivel associated with it so as to make Pixel's thread a miniature example of how everything BUT work on his cab has only made us want to add our own muck.

We are muckers, the mighty mighty muckers.

Quote from: Zakk on December 28, 2005, 04:58:44 pm

I oh-so-want to pour beer all over that control panel

I'll race you

RetroACTIVE · « **Reply #762 on:** December 29, 2005, 12:48:50 pm »

You win

javeryh · « **Reply #763 on:** January 06, 2006, 05:52:38 pm »

This is looking awesome.

arcadefever · « **Reply #764 on:** January 06, 2006, 06:17:21 pm »

this control panel is a beauty well done .....

spidermonkey · « **Reply #765 on:** January 08, 2006, 03:43:02 am »

Man Pix, that is beautiful. I'm really diggin the bullnosed and

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #766 on:** January 09, 2006, 09:39:10 am »

My 6 1/2 foot+ twins arrived this weekend as my dad was able to get away and haul them down my way on a road trip. We had to rent an Excursion since they wouldn't fit in his car.

Yesterday we trimmed the second side to it's finished shape. I couldn't resist propping the panels up to get a better idea of how it'll all look when done. This was probably not the smartest thing to do since I couldn't hold them very firmly in place, but luckily I was able to get a few pics without any catastrophes. So the images below show the sides placed within about a 1/2" of their final positions width wise. I'm not sure about the exact angle of their pitch vertically but it should be pretty close (the bottoms of the sides are set a few inches closer to each other than the tops in the final design.) While it looks as though the cab has been assembled in these pics, these are just balanced in place... nothing is holding them there, none of the interior structure has been made yet.

Spidermonkey- you've got me thinking about those dust washers now..... thanks for the kind words.

Arcade and Jav -

RetroACTIVE · « **Reply #767 on:** January 09, 2006, 09:47:37 am »

You must be so excited... that is just beautiful... totally exciting just to look at... not to mention how it will be when it will be up and running!

ChadTower · « **Reply #768 on:** January 09, 2006, 11:48:23 am »

That CP is spectacular... though, gotta say, us left handed spinner game fans are going to be a bit wonked.

I'm probably the only one, though. I'm like Tigger.

Ed_McCarron · « **Reply #769 on:** January 09, 2006, 01:22:22 pm »

"I'm like Tigger."

You bounce around and have a speech impediment?

PH, how much do the sides weigh (if you had to take a wild guess)

All of a sudden, my lame black cab doesn't look so cool.

ChadTower · « **Reply #770 on:** January 09, 2006, 01:31:11 pm »

Quote from: Ed_McCarron on January 09, 2006, 01:22:22 pm

"I'm like Tigger."

You bounce around and have a speech impediment?

From memory:

The wonderful thing about Tiggers
Is Tiggers are wonderful things
Their tops are made out of rubber
Their bottoms are made out of springs
They're bouncy flouncy trouncy pouncy
fun fun fun fun fun

but maybe the most wonderful thing about Tiggers is I'm the only one
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'm the only one

dmsuchy · « **Reply #771 on:** January 09, 2006, 01:33:38 pm »

Those sides look gorgeous! How much do you have in this baby? My guess is the sides weigh 110 ponds each.

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #772 on:** January 09, 2006, 01:35:12 pm »

I was gonna say 150lbs... but then thats a wild guess.

nostrebor · « **Reply #773 on:** January 09, 2006, 01:50:06 pm »

I notice that you have your can of Kilz sitting there. Be sure to post some pictures of those sides once you get them primed

I will state once again that you owe your Dad a big hug for donating all that Cherry. It is simply fantastic. *When* your project is complete, you should submit it to a couple of the mainstream woodworking magazines. It is a shoe-in for publication in WOOD or FWW.

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #774 on:** January 09, 2006, 01:59:27 pm »

HAH!! You blew my cover nostrebor.

I have been pouring over the readers gallery in FineWoodworking for MANY issues now, trying to better my chances of getting this profiled. I am thrilled you think that may not have been hopeless dreaming!! I haven't said anything until now cause I didn't want anyone beating me to it.... or laughing at me.

I did mention it to my dad a while back but I didn't get the impression he thought it'd get in. Heh. Oh, well. Definitely worth a shot.

As for the Kilz... man I'm still laughing.

Taborious · « **Reply #775 on:** January 09, 2006, 02:01:12 pm »

WOW, wish I had a garage that clean, I can barely get around to do anything in mine.

How thick is the wood on the sides of your cab they look THICK...

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #776 on:** January 09, 2006, 02:05:41 pm »

Quote

.How thick is the wood on the sides of your cab they look THICK...

Thanks for noticing.

2" stock surfaced down to about 1 1/2"... so twice the norm.

nostrebor · « **Reply #777 on:** January 09, 2006, 03:24:42 pm »

The magazine editors might not go for it, but the woodworkers would (for the most part) really dig it.

I posted a few pics of my Pac project on a woodworking forum and was just blown away at the hype it created. There are a lot of those guys that are at our age (and geeky level) in the WW hobby. I think your project would put many a woodworker into full spasms or amazemant.

Nobody has ever done this before... the WW mags should pick up on that as well.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #778 on:** January 09, 2006, 08:00:33 pm »

Quote from: nostrebor on January 09, 2006, 01:50:06 pm

I notice that you have your can of Kilz sitting there. Be sure to post some pictures of those sides once you get them primed

* DrewKaree chokes from laughing so hard

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #779 on:** February 03, 2006, 05:33:50 am »

Any more updates on this? *drool*

Kremmit · « **Reply #780 on:** February 06, 2006, 12:47:18 am »

(hey guys, let's see if we can get him obsessing over a minor detail like dust washers..)

Regarding the dust washers and scratching the plexi, have you considered putting a thin layer of felt, suede, vinyl, nylon (the white plasticy nylon, as used in bushings and bearings- not pantyhose) or some such on the underside?

Or, did you see these? They're fricking gorgeous, his pics don't really do them justice. I ended up putting two of them on a standalone CP I made my brother for Christmas, wrapped around two of RandyT's translucent balltops, and they really give it that extra something something. It's also occured to me that there's no reason I couldn't take my remaining pair down to the engraving shop.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #781 on:** February 06, 2006, 02:47:20 pm »

OR, they make some material similar to UMHW (I can never remember the order of the letters, but you SHOULD know what I'm talking about, otherwise just paint your cab

) in black that would work perfectly.

Perhaps you should do some tests, mebbe build a jig, and run some materials across a scrap piece of plexi several times to see which scratches less, if at all. Naturally, these tests will end up showing you the thing which scratches the least will not come in the color you need it, but let us know so we can help figure out some exotic way to color it.

Kremmit, did you notice that he's going with the STANDARD nuts for his buttons? Can you believe he's going through all this trouble and has THOSE?

Some people just have no idea how to solve the little problems, hey?

Flinkly · « **Reply #782 on:** February 06, 2006, 03:13:15 pm »

dang you guys, i keep checking out this thread in hopes that pixel has actually done something, only to find a couple of windbags...no offense. i was suprised by the dust washer issue though.

Santoro · « **Reply #783 on:** February 06, 2006, 03:14:25 pm »

No you are right, they are windbags.

DrewKaree · « **Reply #784 on:** February 06, 2006, 03:25:24 pm »

Quote from: Santoro on February 06, 2006, 03:14:25 pm

No you are right, they are windbags.

Said the guy adding a reply to the thread and causing people to look

Witchboard · « **Reply #785 on:** February 06, 2006, 03:27:14 pm »

Am I the only person who feels dust washers should go UNDER the plexi? Why work on all that beautiful artwork then cover it up with a dustwasher?

Santoro · « **Reply #786 on:** February 06, 2006, 03:29:42 pm »

It would be cool, but I think stainless washers would negate the fact that they are visible.

Flinkly · « **Reply #787 on:** February 06, 2006, 11:08:57 pm »

so, this is hypothetical, what if some guy made a control panel that only had an overlay, like from mamemarquees. how would he hide his dustwashers under the artwork? this is completely hypothetical.

Santoro · « **Reply #788 on:** February 06, 2006, 11:10:51 pm »

By routing out shallow circles around the Joystick and recessing them under the under the cp underlay.

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #789 on:** February 06, 2006, 11:18:10 pm »

Those stainless washers are gorgeous. Can you feel them hit the shaft or do they fit tightly enough to move with it?

As far as updates go, I made - or rather stumbled across - another personal breakthrough for me. I've been wondering how to go about "inlaying" the plexi for the nav panel and minimarquee. Turns out my dad used a special inlay router bit to inlay a piece of wood into a mistake he made on a tabletop. Worked perfectly, so he's sending the bits down for me to use. This'll let me set the plexi flush with the wood. After bullnosing both edges where they join it'll have a "pillow embossed" inlaid look. I'm very excited about it!!! Hopefully these panels will be completed this weekend, and of course I'll flood the thread with pics.

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #790 on:** February 06, 2006, 11:34:33 pm »

On an unrelated note, I thought I'd post these images- if only to show that when I can't be at home trying to build my cab, I'm busy dreaming about it at work.

These are the result of now cancelled plans to take the show and tell aspect of the project to even more ridiculous levels. Since I enjoyed making the mock ads so much I thought I'd mock up an actual magazine for the project. It was gonna be one of those absurd single issue commemorative magazines you find briefly on newstands after questionably significant events like royal weddings. After finding a magazine printer who could actually produce a bunch of them for a couple hundred bucks I decided I had to do it.

Until my wife refused to tell me what she thought of the idea. That meant it had nothing to do with money... she was in "protect my feelings" mode. Further badgering got her to admit that she thought it was ridiculous to the point of embarassing. I dimissed it laughing that I already knew that. But her look made me suddenly realize how right she was. It wasn't that she thought it was riduculous. It was that she thought it was pathetic. I started to feel like I was obsessing over the project like some teenage kid with a lowered honda and a two foot tall scoop on the trunk.... so no magazine.

Cover idea #1

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #791 on:** February 06, 2006, 11:36:02 pm »

Cover idea #2 and the intro page.

Witchboard · « **Reply #792 on:** February 06, 2006, 11:36:24 pm »

Quote from: Flinkly on February 06, 2006, 11:08:57 pm

so, this is hypothetical, what if some guy made a control panel that only had an overlay, like from mamemarquees. how would he hide his dustwashers under the artwork? this is completely hypothetical.

Quote from: Santoro on February 06, 2006, 11:10:51 pm

By routing out shallow circles around the Joystick and recessing them under the under the cp underlay.

Exactly. Here's an image reference for you courtesy of Oscar. It's from his multi-williams.

Witchboard · « **Reply #793 on:** February 06, 2006, 11:40:19 pm »

Quote from: Pixelhugger on February 06, 2006, 11:18:10 pm

Those stainless washers are gorgeous. Can you feel them hit the shaft or do they fit tightly enough to move with it?

As far as updates go, I made - or rather stumbled across - another personal breakthrough for me. I've been wondering how to go about "inlaying" the plexi for the nav panel and minimarquee. Turns out my dad used a special inlay router bit to inlay a piece of wood into a mistake he made on a tabletop. Worked perfectly, so he's sending the bits down for me to use. This'll let me set the plexi flush with the wood. After bullnosing both edges where they join it'll have a "pillow embossed" inlaid look. I'm very excited about it!!! Hopefully these panels will be completed this weekend, and of course I'll flood the thread with pics.

Well, at least some progress is being made, even if it is behind the scenes.

I pretty much check the thread once a month now, figuring I'll hit the big changes. I'm just waiting for the "FINISHED" on the thread title so I can come look. Slow and steady. Tried and true.

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #794 on:** February 06, 2006, 11:53:01 pm »

For anyone interested in how the inlay bits work you can read about them here:

http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/graphics2/19inlay.pdf

spriggy · « **Reply #795 on:** February 07, 2006, 07:20:31 am »

Damn!! Gorgeous CP Pixel!!

Santoro · « **Reply #796 on:** February 07, 2006, 07:46:12 am »

I definitey think you are obsessed, but you are a graphic artist, of course you are going to want to go off on tangents like this. I get similar feedback from my wife now and then about my Arcade, Ham Radio, and Computer hobbies. But this is coming from a person who has no hobby passion at all. I feel sad for her sometimes. How boring it must be.

Enjoy your hobby, as long as you aren't blowing off the family to do it. Let het roll her eyes, she knew what she was in for marrying an artist, right?

Quote from: Pixelhugger on February 06, 2006, 11:34:33 pm

....she thought it was ridiculous to the point of embarassing. I dimissed it laughing that I already knew that. But her look made me suddenly realize how right she was. It wasn't that she thought it was riduculous. It was that she thought it was pathetic.

Flinkly · « **Reply #797 on:** February 07, 2006, 11:34:37 am »

what he said. of course your like a teenager with a lowered honda, is that a bad thing?

right now, i'm in the middle of getting my cab comp going and everything wired up and working and i've taken three rooms of the house to do it (the dining room for painting and assembly, the living room for comp setup, and my bedroom for soldering and crimping and testing). then, my lady wanted to play nintendo on the tv while i was messing around, but it doesn't work anymore, so i've got two nintendo's on my desk in my room taken completly apart (and i think it's a bad transformer...).

I told her this morning how crazy it is to be working on two different projects while i'm supposed to be studying for two midterms and she was like, at least your back to normal. aka, she expects me to have like eight projects going all the time, cause that's what i do. yeah, she thinks it's crazy that i've spent 2000 on an arcade cabinet that doesn't work yet and that i have three nintendo's in my closet, but she understands that this is who i am. she's probably just happy i'm not out living the wild life with ladies in my arms or something.

anyway, do what you want, since your wife doesn't seem to care. yeah, she thinks it's crazy and obsessive, but we'd all hope that this isn't news to her.

Flinkly · « **Reply #798 on:** February 07, 2006, 11:36:10 am »

oh, and if you've got spare time, there's always other lucrative things you could be doing with it (commissions).

nullb0y · « **Reply #799 on:** February 07, 2006, 12:32:15 pm »

nice designs


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