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| slbailey:
I'm using sketchup to design my new project and it's going to be a custom cabaret cabinet in the pac man/ms pac man/galaga style. To that end, I'm trying to find out if there's a place to get a custom cut metal control panel that's in the namco/midway style. I want a simple player one, player two, 4 way joystick and single fire button configuration... The challenge is the width of the control panel is going to be unique. Ideally I'd like to get a black powder coated metal panel that I can just apply an overlay graphic to. Does such a service exist? Steve |
| mgb:
One possible solution may be going to a local metal shop with the measurements and seeing if they can fabricate it. The Midway style metal control panel is a fairly simple design. |
| knave:
It's been a long time since I looked...but I remember their being a vendor selling pac-galaga CPs either drilled or undrilled... |
| eds1275:
What is the advantage to using metal as opposed to just machining something out of wood for this? In just about any town there is a metal fabricator, usually not cheap but not outrageous either. Just look up your local yellow pages once you have your plans down. |
| slbailey:
--- Quote from: eds1275 on February 20, 2014, 06:29:20 am ---What is the advantage to using metal as opposed to just machining something out of wood for this? --- End quote --- I could go wood but I'm trying to go authentic... Weight is the main reason... I'm trying to make it as light as possible. If metal doesn't pan out then I will go wood. |
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