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Space Base - A homebrew ICB/ZP
SavannahLion:
I'd appreciate you stop stealing my ideas.... :whap
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on January 08, 2015, 11:43:41 pm ---I'd appreciate you stop stealing my ideas.... :whap
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Ha! Stealing would be waaaay easier than this, you should post those ideas and save me the time ;)
Le Chuck:
Have a four day weekend coming up. Did some prep work last weekend so I'll be able to assemble, paint, and who knows what else. Should be a lot of fun. Prototype construction on fullsize unit begins.
Biggest piece to get right up front is doing the joinery on the side panels. Once joined I'll be skinning them in 1/4" stock to bring them up to 3/4" deep and add some stability. I'm not too worried about it, if it doesn't pan I have a great routing template done ;)
eds1275:
looks pretty slick!
Le Chuck:
What a great day! I was off work, kids had school, darling wife went shopping and to get her hair did, leaving me to my devices. Glorious. Got a lot done and am very pleased with how the build is coming together. From here I still have so much to do it's not really worth listing but next few things I'd like to get accomplished this weekend are paint, glass, panel the sides with a single sheet of 1/4", and build the base (needs to sit 3.5" higher). Maybe I'll get to a few other things but I have some other projects needing some attention this weekend as well.
Went ahead and dropped in the coin door just to see how it looks. I'm pretty stoked with how it is looking.
Playfield and CP detail. Lots more to do in that area.
Detail of the front panel. Added in "Space Base" engraved with a v-bit to the kick plate area to add a bit of eye candy. Really happy with how that piece turned out. This panel actually got cut twice, the first one I used an end mill and blocked in the letters but wasn't pleased with the look so I ran off a new one last night. Much better IMO.
The view offers a very good detail of distortion that I'll need to sand out from doing the end joining. Used the batton recesses so I couldn't mess up the alignment and then stuck the whole mess together with pocket screws. All panels are pocket screwed and glued as well. I'll hit those bumps with a bit of sand paper and then when I overlay the 1/4" panel it'll be like they were never there.
View of the inside just because.
Top panel will be hinged so one can slide out the bezel and playfield as necessary. LED lighting will go between the bezel and PF to light up the top of the PF but I need to play with that quite a bit as I'm worried about glare and whatnot.
I love CNC machines. Everything can fit together so nicely if you tell it to ;)