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Author Topic: Pole Position driver bartop - Finished!  (Read 47965 times)

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Re: Pole Position driver bartop - Finished!
« Reply #200 on: January 18, 2016, 04:54:38 pm »
Hi, I have a quick question for the designer as well as anyone who has followed the plans and built this bartop: Do you experience finger cramping on your right hand from extended play sessions?

I'm thinking about following these plans for my first ever bartop build. I have everything needed to do it, but just need to put it together. From some of the videos, it looks like your fingers and/or wrist would begin to cramp with extended play. Is this the case?

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Pole Position driver bartop - Finished!
« Reply #201 on: January 18, 2016, 05:22:35 pm »
Hi, I have a quick question for the designer as well as anyone who has followed the plans and built this bartop: Do you experience finger cramping on your right hand from extended play sessions?
Actually: Yes! You may add an additional foot pedal (button) for the gas. Because the finger cramping is caused by constantly pushing one button over some time.


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Re: Pole Position driver bartop - Finished!
« Reply #202 on: January 19, 2016, 02:35:22 am »
Hi, I have a quick question for the designer as well as anyone who has followed the plans and built this bartop: Do you experience finger cramping on your right hand from extended play sessions?
Actually: Yes! You may add an additional foot pedal (button) for the gas. Because the finger cramping is caused by constantly pushing one button over some time.

Edit: That being said, my driver bartops is by far the arcades I play the most!

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Re: Pole Position driver bartop - Finished!
« Reply #203 on: March 20, 2016, 01:31:07 pm »
Hi. I downloaded the plans (but it seems the server is broken or something for your other plans?), and was just wondering on the side_panel_cut_template what one grid block equaled in terms of measurement? 1cm?

Also, what is the best way of printing this out?

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Re: Pole Position driver bartop - Finished!
« Reply #204 on: March 20, 2016, 04:01:00 pm »
johnrt has left the forum and taken his pictures (and, apparently, his plans) with him. So you probably will have to figure these things out by yourself. As for the printing, I would tell the graphics program to print in tiles, so that you get a bunch of A4 sheets that you can tape together. If it turns out to be the correct size, you can take the file to a printshop and have them print it on one sheet of paper.
                  

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Re: Pole Position driver bartop - Finished!
« Reply #205 on: March 20, 2016, 06:20:50 pm »
    Not sure of what size your looking at there or what your budget constraints are... But A 52inch plot cut is what I use and its been wonderful, It will cut vector templates like a dream ensuring correct size right from a pdf. And will pre score your sticker just like some high end sticker set, All from your kitchen table.