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Author Topic: Blip - 100% complete - Updated the Control panel  (Read 116459 times)

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #120 on: July 23, 2014, 10:46:40 pm »
That LCD marquee is the perfect "ending" for a perfect cabinet.

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #121 on: July 23, 2014, 10:54:12 pm »
It looks awesome, congrats.

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #122 on: July 24, 2014, 02:13:22 pm »
Thanks for all the comments chaps. I've uploaded a very grainy vid to YouTube showing it cycling through some games.  Please don't watch it if you're one of those people that complains about videos being recorded vertically though! The plan is to put something better together at the weekend.


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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #123 on: July 24, 2014, 02:29:27 pm »
I just want to echo all the awe sprinkled liberally throughout this thread. Great work! I'm hopeful that someday, I'll get my wife's permission (yes, that would be the Wise Thing™ to do!) to start my own cab. Until then, I'll have to exult vicariously through other great projects like Blip!

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #124 on: July 26, 2014, 10:56:25 pm »
Thanks for all the comments chaps. I've uploaded a very grainy vid to YouTube showing it cycling through some games.  Please don't watch it if you're one of those people that complains about videos being recorded vertically though! The plan is to put something better together at the weekend.



That's insane and worth every penny. Now if we could only have large, custom cut LCDs for side panels... who's up for a Kickstarter

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Re: Blip - control panels done. Cab 99% complete
« Reply #125 on: July 26, 2014, 11:40:44 pm »
I did some Binging

I don't know if I'll ever be able to take you serious from now on...

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #126 on: July 27, 2014, 04:17:11 am »
Well done, no really well done this turned out just perfect.
On a different note I think this is the cab to show for anyone struggling to achieve spousal approval for a build.
 :applaud: :applaud: .

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #127 on: July 27, 2014, 04:37:07 am »
Well done, no really well done this turned out just perfect.
On a different note I think this is the cab to show for anyone struggling to achieve spousal approval for a build.
 :applaud: :applaud: .

It's really great, bud I never can spent 700+ dollars for a marguee lcd.
Not even if I got a permission from my wife.

Don't get me wrong. I LOVE this build, and comes out awesome, bud sadly it's not in my budget range  :dizzy:



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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #128 on: July 27, 2014, 07:07:04 am »
You make a valid point about the cost of that one component that is for sure.

I meant that the overall aesthetic maybe more acceptable to her indoors that something adorned in cartoon images :) .
Unless she likes cartoons that is.

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Re: Blip - control panels done. Cab 99% complete
« Reply #129 on: July 28, 2014, 07:39:44 am »
I did some Binging

Had to google what that meant  :laugh:


It's really great, bud I never can spent 700+ dollars for a marguee lcd.

TBH - I probably wouldn't have spent this much either but I got a surprise cheque for a PPI refund. As it wasn't earmarked for anything I thought I'd chuck it into this.

Because I had so many components from the last build the rest of the build probably cost way less than what the marquee cost so all in all I'm not that much over $1,200 total. If I'd have had to pay for all the controls etc then it would have been much more.

I was really into the marquee idea though. During planning this I did have a load of other marquee based ideas - mostly using normal widescreen monitors but blocking off parts of the display to get the same effect.  May as well post them here in case someone would like to try it.

The Blips that weren't to be...








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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #130 on: July 28, 2014, 07:43:32 am »
The Blips that weren't to be...

That last one looks ... verrrrrrry familiar...

:D

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #131 on: July 28, 2014, 07:56:34 am »
I can pretty much guarantee that it was 'influenced' from somewhere!  :cheers:

Have you made one? or seen one?  I only ask because I didn't specifically copy one that I'd seen but remember someone talking about it and thought it would be a good idea.

I ended up abandoning it because I wanted full size, and with CRT. Might still make it one day if the need takes me.

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #132 on: July 28, 2014, 09:50:23 am »
I can pretty much guarantee that it was 'influenced' from somewhere!  Have you made one? or seen one?  I only ask because I didn't specifically copy one that I'd seen but remember someone talking about it and thought it would be a good idea.

Looks a lot like the Haruman Kit. (Link) But, if I recall properly and I'm not mistaken, it also takes heavy cues from one of Ond's works.

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #133 on: July 28, 2014, 10:05:00 am »
Blip Jr. is my fav of these concept designs.  That one might have to get built at some point. 

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #134 on: July 28, 2014, 10:28:05 am »
FYI - Litmax - SSD2313

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We have enough stock left (parts) to build about (15) more units. Please see pricing below and let me know what you would like to do.

SSD2313-ENB-B01 – 23.5 inch stretched monitor, 1366 x 382 resolution, VGA & DVI inputs - $789 FOB Taiwan, Pre-Paid. Lead time estimated 7 – 8 weeks

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This is from an email I received from them today, 07/28/2014.

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« Reply #135 on: July 28, 2014, 10:54:41 am »
I can pretty much guarantee that it was 'influenced' from somewhere!  Have you made one? or seen one?  I only ask because I didn't specifically copy one that I'd seen but remember someone talking about it and thought it would be a good idea.

Looks a lot like the Haruman Kit. (Link) But, if I recall properly and I'm not mistaken, it also takes heavy cues from one of Ond's works.

Wow that is similar.  I'll give Haruman full credit as I must have seen it before!  The only thing different about mine was that the screen was widescreen in vertical orientation so that the marquee would actually be part of the main screen but have an artificial divider placed to separate the display and marquee. This is easily done with layout files

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #136 on: July 28, 2014, 10:56:08 am »
Blip Jr. is my fav of these concept designs.  That one might have to get built at some point.

Cheers! My favourite too.  I built one similar without the marquee a while ago but didn't like it because the angles of the CP and display were wrong. This fixed that issue.  I'll probably build it one day.

Let me know if you're interested in plans and I'll upload them

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Re: Blip - LCD marquee added. Cab 99.99% complete
« Reply #137 on: July 28, 2014, 03:02:03 pm »
that is very slick looking!

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Re: Blip - 100% complete
« Reply #138 on: August 12, 2014, 02:38:29 am »
Hi guys,

Cabinet is now finished. (...)

This is simply incredible, what a great job you did on this.
Could you tell me what graphics adapter you are using and what is the max resolution your B&O can do in this setup?

/Nano
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Re: Blip - control panels done. Cab 99% complete
« Reply #139 on: August 12, 2014, 04:35:30 am »


The Blips that weren't to be...






Either I am mad :) , or I have seen the orange cab before?, maybe I just remember the Pinel&Pinel cabs IDK?.


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Re: Blip - 100% complete
« Reply #140 on: August 12, 2014, 07:21:21 am »
Really nice cab...looks very well thought out, even though some bits are deviations from the original plan nothing looks like it.

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« Reply #141 on: August 12, 2014, 07:52:55 am »
Could you tell me what graphics adapter you are using and what is the max resolution your B&O can do in this setup?
/Nano

I'm using an ASUS Radeon HD4350 (512MB) card. Picked it up off ebay for about a tenner and works great. I think the highest resolution the tv does is 640x480 interlaced but I haven't needed to push it above that.  I'll take a look tonight and see if does any higher.


Really nice cab...looks very well thought out, even though some bits are deviations from the original plan nothing looks like it.

Thanks - There's quite a few minor deviations but they they're mostly internal as I hadn't really thought through the locations of things very much. The coin door panel was the major change and I'm quite happy with how that turned out.

Either I am mad :) , or I have seen the orange cab before?, maybe I just remember the Pinel&Pinel cabs IDK?.

You're not mad (at least not about this!) - I completely stole the Pinel design for a previous cabinet I made - then realised that I really didn't like the angle of the screen and control panel so promptly sold it. It may look nice but using a control panel at 30 degrees is really uncomfortable after a while. The orange one is more curvy but is still very much based on that design.

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« Reply #142 on: August 12, 2014, 09:26:23 am »
madness still prevails as I am sure I`ve seen the orange and white design before also?.
Damn this crappy memory :banghead: .

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Re: Blip - 100% complete
« Reply #143 on: August 12, 2014, 10:15:47 am »
Awesome, Love that LCD Marquee  :applaud:

But 100% finished? Lol, I always find something else to work on  8)

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« Reply #144 on: August 14, 2014, 12:27:07 am »
Nothing else to say but  :applaud:

great job

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« Reply #145 on: August 14, 2014, 09:05:42 am »
There are some cool concepts here but you chose wisely.  Even without the LCD marquee this is one of my all-time favorite builds.   :applaud:


The Blips that weren't to be...






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« Reply #146 on: August 14, 2014, 06:17:35 pm »
 :applaud: I'm loving this cab, very nice work.

It is making me scared of starting my own though, as it won't hold up to this  :notworthy:

Can I ask you, as a fellow UK builder, where you got t-molding and router bit for cutting the t-molding slots?  Did you buy here or overseas?

Thanks.

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« Reply #147 on: August 14, 2014, 06:20:12 pm »
Great job, well done!  :applaud:

Love the spare control panel idea. I've got four panels for one of my cabinets and the three not in use are a bit of a pain to store.

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« Reply #148 on: August 17, 2014, 03:08:20 pm »
Classy cab you got there  :applaud: That marquee looks so sweet is action! I'm betting we have not seen the last of your 'where the hell do you store a spare control panel' solution  ;D

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« Reply #149 on: August 17, 2014, 03:39:28 pm »
:applaud: I'm loving this cab, very nice work.

It is making me scared of starting my own though, as it won't hold up to this  :notworthy:

Can I ask you, as a fellow UK builder, where you got t-molding and router bit for cutting the t-molding slots?  Did you buy here or overseas?

Thanks.

You can source the T-Molding from here (formerly Gremlin Solutions):

http://www.arcadeworlduk.com/

I've ordered from there on a number of occasions.

For the router bit / slot cutter, I sourced mine from amazon.com



As for Blip, there are very few cabinets which get things just right. For me, this one sits pretty much at the top of the pile. 
Click a pic for a video tour 

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« Reply #150 on: August 18, 2014, 06:57:03 am »
Thanks SpaceHedgehog!  I'll check those out.

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« Reply #151 on: August 18, 2014, 01:51:33 pm »
Can I ask you, as a fellow UK builder, where you got t-molding and router bit for cutting the t-molding slots?  Did you buy here or overseas?

Thanks.

Router etc i can recommend : http://www.wealdentool.com/

very helpful and very quick delivery.

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« Reply #152 on: August 19, 2014, 08:38:20 am »
Can I ask you, as a fellow UK builder, where you got t-molding and router bit for cutting the t-molding slots?  Did you buy here or overseas?

Hi Rob - I got mine from tmolding.com which despite being in america ending up costing cheaper because I ordered 60ft of it. Was $50 inc shipping which worked out about £30 and gave me loads left over for another cab. The slot cutter I've had for years and can't remember where I got it from I'm afraid

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But 100% finished? Lol, I always find something else to work on  8)

Well... the build is finished but the software is still giving me grief.  Everything is displaying on screens as it should but getting laggy controls with groovymame affecting some games. Grrr... I reckon I'll get the software sorted soon though.

Thanks for all the feedback chaps!

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« Reply #153 on: August 19, 2014, 12:41:13 pm »
Can I ask you, as a fellow UK builder, where you got t-molding and router bit for cutting the t-molding slots?  Did you buy here or overseas?

I used t-molding from Arcadeworld UK.

Slot cutter specifics:

https://sites.google.com/site/alienarcade74/the-team#TOC-DIY-Parts:

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« Reply #154 on: August 20, 2014, 06:50:04 am »
Thanks for your replies everyone!  :applaud:

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« Reply #155 on: August 20, 2014, 11:21:00 am »
Hi Rob - I got mine from tmolding.com which despite being in america ending up costing cheaper because I ordered 60ft of it. Was $50 inc shipping which worked out about £30 and gave me loads left over for another cab. The slot cutter I've had for years and can't remember where I got it from I'm afraid

I've bought from both Arcade World and tmolding.com. If you need a lot then I agree, it works out much cheaper getting from tmolding.com.

I bought a slot cutter from tooledup.com. I had a 1.5mm one originally, but now use a 2mm one as the 1.5mm one seemed too tight.

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« Reply #156 on: August 22, 2014, 11:03:28 am »
Wow! This makes me wanna do a new MAME build  ;D

By thew way, were do you get those hires marquee pictures?
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« Reply #157 on: August 22, 2014, 09:29:38 pm »
Wow! This makes me wanna do a new MAME build  ;D

By thew way, were do you get those hires marquee pictures?
Check out the marquees at MAMELayPlus.


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« Reply #158 on: August 25, 2014, 04:45:50 am »
Excellent, thanks!
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« Reply #159 on: August 25, 2014, 07:07:15 pm »
+1 for mamelayplus. Got loads of marquees from there.

Before i found that site i also used http://artwork.joymonkey.com as well. It's a pay site (£10 i think) which gives you access to the hires stuff.