So it’s been a while since I’ve done an update - mainly because there was nothing to post as I was kinda stuck working out how to redo the coin door panel. Anyway, after a few false starts I eventually found a nice way to rebuild the front which would be stable - so on with the update…
Coin door panel v2I ended up having to rebuild the base of the cabinet to have an extra protrusion in the bottom so the new coin door could be secured to it as only using the sides wasn't going to be strong enough.
That done I recut the pillar which contained the coin door and admin panel and secured that centrally to the base and an equal distance to the sides.
Once that was done I then recut the angled sides (one with the gun hole) and secured those to the central pillar and sides as well.
Happy with how it was looking I then laminated all the pieces and did the final mounting the rest of the cabinet
Even though this was loads of work I’m much happier with the base now as it looks more like a real cab - as a side effect it’s also more stable too - although it was pretty stable before I don't know how well it would have handled a two year old wannabe mountaineer hanging off the control panel…!
Back panelsA fairly easy one this after all the shenanigans of the front panel. The back panel is in 3 parts, the bottom houses the intake fans and the power inlet, the middle panel is the door which is hinged from the bottom and the top panel simply fills the gap at the top. I don’t need to provide too much access to the top from the back as the monitor slides out the front.
PowerAnother simple update - I wired up the IEC socket to go directly to a single plug socket - in this socket is an Intelliplug which basically turns on all the other sockets when it detects power going into the master socket. The plug only comes with 2 extra sockets and I needed 3 (marquee light, TV and AimTrak recoil power supply) so I wired up a 4 way extension.
MarqueeWhilst on a roll I then did the marquee - I did this by cutting a notch in the speaker panel and top panel which will be used to hold the perspex. The perspex will be held in place with t-molding.
I’m currently using a spare MDF cut-off in place of perspex as I wanted to triple check the size before ordering the perspex for this marquee and bezel.
So - getting very close to the end now. Here’s the major jobs left to do:
- Order and fit perspex
- Finish graphics for CPOs and marquee and send to be printed
- Mount the PC in the cab and run the cabling around for lights and fans etc
- Wire up the control panels
- Finish the MALA layout
Sooooo close...! Cheers for all the comments guys