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Nacimroc:

I will finish it quite quickly once I start. I couldn't leave a project unfinished. It would eat at me.

The idea of a box was 2 actuators to bring a screen from the top of a box (2 feet) to about 5 feet tall where a normal screen is. Or using a scissor lift for bikes etc.  I don't think it would be all that difficult with the right design. It would need locking into place once at full height and maybe some solenoids to release the locks for lowering it. Maybe using pneumatics as it would sound amazing. Some smoke/sound and light affects to top it all off?  ;D ;D

OR If you look at the upright example. Now imagine the screen folded down onto the CP and both then lowered down 2 feet and folded into a box.

My dodgy back rules out the rocking chair unfortunately, but a great idea. I love the big screen and simplicity of the upright and angles on that cocktail look fantastic.



RyoriNoTetsujin:


--- Quote from: jimmer on May 05, 2013, 10:47:10 am ---I'm not too sure about a full size cab-in-a-box, but a bar top that folds up into a box seems like a practical idea. (Probably been done already?)

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Indeed it has. Search for Bender's "Benderama."


--- Quote from: Unstupid on May 05, 2013, 07:09:40 am ---Don't do it!  These "Way out there" designs never seem to get finished.  ... ...  If you have access to some 3d cad software use it to design "everything" down to the screw holes.  It's easier to make/fix design mistakes when you can visualize it in 3d.   

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I don't necessarily agree with the "Don't do it!" part of this, but Unstupid is right; with something like this you really must have a clear cut understanding of what you're trying to achieve. I built an entire project from start to finish (Occam's Racer) that, in the end, had just enough wrong with it that I ended up scrapping it and starting over from scratch.  Determined not to make that same mistake twice, I spent a month or so in Sketchup just refining the design for Final Stage, once I had the basic idea and structure. (Seriously, everyone on this forum should be using Sketchup; it's free, it is incredibly easy and just as affective.)

Not to "call you out," mo1e (because I totally get that you're experimenting) but that rocking chair design is a perfect example of this... it simply would NOT work if you tried to build it as it is currently designed.  Play with it a bit, work on the ergonomics/scale, and you could probably find a way to make it work. 

Would it be "worth it" to build it, ultimately? That's up to the player!  :cheers:

sandheaver:

A SOLID design (I'm not talking about construction, though that should be solid, too), some conviction that you're going to complete the project, sufficient funds & resources (time, tools, energy), and a great deal of forethought into the assembly are required to complete any cabinet project.

The most common, well, most of the best cabinets I've seen so far, have all been reproductions.  These are often chosen for a few reasons, a known-good design is often one of them.

You must think of more than just the shape and the lines.  How will the wiring be done?  Should you wire directly or use disconnects/connectors?  How many players?  Are you sure?  Which games are you going to support?  Will the monitor need to rotate?  How are you going to implement that?  Standing or sitting?  All that kind of thing. 

You have to make all of those decisions, and more, before you even commit a single line of pencil on paper or a single shape in Sketchup, or little additions will creep in as you physically build it and ruin it all.  You'll suddenly decide that a trackball or spinner would be nice, and then you have to rethink your wiring layout, or your control panel will need to be resized, or you'll need to move from an x-in-1 JAMMA board to a PC and dammit I need this to be 1/4" taller to fit a PC.  Etc. 

Decide, first, exactly what you're building and stick to it.  Think it through.  You should have built the cabinet in your mind a dozen times before you even pick up the first piece of wood you're going to cut.

If you can do that, you can complete any cabinet of any design.

Ond:

Bah!  Take pencil to paper and get some ideas flowing.  Scan and post it here, lets go from there.  I dare ya.

Unstupid:


--- Quote from: Ond on May 06, 2013, 06:20:36 pm ---Bah!  Take pencil to paper and get some ideas flowing.  Scan and post it here, lets go from there.  I dare ya.

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