Author Topic: [Finished] - Another Pretendo build (Read 12380 times)

Peabo · « **on:** July 13, 2015, 09:24:03 am »

I've been working on this for a couple of weeks now and I'm just now getting around to posting a build thread. This is a kit from HaRuMaN, I had it done in Baltic birch. The kit is very well made and went together easily, hardest part was the 4 days it took to paint it.

I opted to use Rust-Oleum's Painter's Touch 2x spray paint, which isn't supposed to need primer. I started off by sanding the whole cabinet with 220. Laid down 2 coats on all the interior surfaces. Once that was dry, I glued the cabinet together using Tightbond 2. Then 2 light coats of paint on the cabinet and waited 24 for it to dry before sanding it again with 220. 2 more coats of paint where sprayed on, followed by sanding with 600 and 1000 grit. Another round of 1000 grit sanding followed by 1 final coat.

I haven't committed to any artwork yet, I'm leaning towards the Mario Bros theme though. I need to locate an artist to help me on that front.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #1 on:** July 13, 2015, 09:42:11 am »

That's Krylon spray paint?

Wow

Malenko · « **Reply #2 on:** July 13, 2015, 09:47:10 am »

I replied to your email, just got mega busy this weekend. Paint job looks great!

Peabo · « **Reply #3 on:** July 13, 2015, 09:56:13 am »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on July 13, 2015, 09:42:11 am

That's Krylon spray paint? Wow

Sorry, I call it all "Krylon", the specific paint I used is Rust-Oleum's Painter's touch 2x. http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rust-Oleum-Painter-s-Touch-2X-12-oz-Gloss-Real-Orange-General-Purpose-Spray-Paint-6-Pack-249095/202058684

FYI, I used 4.5 cans for this project.

Modified initial post to list the correct paint used

Peabo · « **Reply #4 on:** July 13, 2015, 10:07:21 am »

I cut a bezel, hinged the control panel, installed buttons and the speaker. I plan to use a piece of Lexan over the CP and thinking of adding a small button top left for "ESC" to exit NES, Gensis emulators. I'm powering this thing with a Raspberry PI 2 B. More on that later...

The hinges are surface mount Euro style. It turned out that they have enough spring force to keep the panel from moving when closed.

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #5 on:** July 13, 2015, 10:22:58 am »

Have a link on those hinges?

Peabo · « **Reply #6 on:** July 13, 2015, 10:31:08 am »

Quote from: HaRuMaN on July 13, 2015, 10:22:58 am

Have a link on those hinges?

I'm sure they're available elsewhere(probably cheaper too), but I got them at Home Depot:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Liberty-5-8-in-x-3-in-Non-Mortise-Concealed-Spring-Hinge-H01068C-UC-C5/100176398

I used #4 x 3/8" long wood screws to attach them

Peabo · « **Reply #7 on:** July 14, 2015, 02:23:07 pm »

This cabinet is being built to run 4-way MAME roms, NES and Sega Genisis. I'm powering it with a Raspberry Pi 2 B running the RetroPi frontend. I'm using the GPIO driver from Adafruit to allow the joystick and buttons to plug directly into the RPI. This driver does keyboard encoding, which I found much easier to work with than Joystick encoding.

I have a $3 power strip wired directly to the input plug on the cabinet. There's a 12v wall wart to power the amplifier and marquee led, a 5v wall wart to power the RPI and the monitor is plugged into 110v directly.

It's an HP 1825 18.1" monitor, which I think weighs more than the rest of the cabinet (14lbs monitor).

I'll take some interior pictures tonight, but there's not much to see, it's a huge empty space

Malenko · « **Reply #8 on:** July 14, 2015, 02:30:44 pm »

good news is, your art is done

Peabo · « **Reply #9 on:** July 14, 2015, 02:52:17 pm »

Yes, yes it is. Huge thanks for that!

Peabo · « **Reply #10 on:** July 14, 2015, 06:25:46 pm »

Interior shot of the amplifier and Raspberry Pi

The big empty interior

Malenko · « **Reply #11 on:** July 14, 2015, 08:02:44 pm »

wow, looks so empty! You have me wanting to try out a Pi build. I still cant get over how pro that paint job looks!

Peabo · « **Reply #12 on:** July 14, 2015, 09:25:14 pm »

Thanks! It's all about prep. The Pi build has been pretty easy, the controls where the only hurdle and it was a pretty small hurdle at that. The RetroPi front end is pretty good, but it's no HyperSpin

Peabo · « **Reply #13 on:** July 16, 2015, 02:12:32 pm »

Artwork is done and on order thanks to Malenko!

Preview:

Peabo · « **Reply #14 on:** July 20, 2015, 09:57:33 pm »

Received the artwork today, got the first side installed

Peabo · « **Reply #15 on:** July 21, 2015, 09:06:34 am »

Getting there...

I still need to install the marquee lighting and finish the control panel. Once it's done I'll break out the real camera and take some good photos. These iPhone shots don't do the colors justice.

Malenko · « **Reply #16 on:** July 21, 2015, 09:15:02 am »

looks really good!

Might I suggest "blacking out" the sides of the cab behind the bezel?

Peabo · « **Reply #17 on:** July 21, 2015, 09:18:40 am »

That's a good suggestion. I may move the monitor back a bit too. I haven't play tested it yet with the bezel installed, but I think the monitor might be too close to the bezel

HaRuMaN · « **Reply #18 on:** July 21, 2015, 09:37:35 am »

Looking good! I'm really liking this project!

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jmike · « **Reply #19 on:** July 21, 2015, 11:41:26 am »

Quote from: Malenko on July 14, 2015, 08:02:44 pm

wow, looks so empty! You have me wanting to try out a Pi build. I still cant get over how pro that paint job looks!

Great job on the artwork Malenko.
(I'm sure I have an extra Pi)
I'll hit you up when I get back from vacation.

Keep up the great work Peabo.

Peabo · « **Reply #20 on:** July 23, 2015, 08:54:00 am »

Another update on this one, close to finished now.

Control Panel overlay applied and buttons installed. The hinges for the cpo are in the top of the picture.

I took a piece of foam board and kerf cut 1" sections to curve it a bit for the marquee light housing. I'm using a small strip of 12v leds for the light source. The leds are 3528's and are plenty bright. I'll post a picture of the marquee lit up once I get it all back together

Peabo · « **Reply #21 on:** July 23, 2015, 09:26:39 pm »

Alright, it's Finished! I ended up moving the monitor 4" deeper into the cabinet

Just needs to be cleaned, waxed and played a bunch now

Malenko · « **Reply #22 on:** July 23, 2015, 10:08:16 pm »

glad I could help and play a tiny part in this epic build

I'll be sure to bug you if/when I make a pi-cade

Nephasth · « **Reply #23 on:** July 23, 2015, 11:19:30 pm »

I hate that CP art for personal reasons. That aside, nice build!

ChanceKJ · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2015, 11:45:05 pm »

I love it!

Only thing I'd give you feedback on is painting the inside of the speaker grill. It looks a little strange with the inside of the side panels the same colour as the outside (in a perfect world they'd be a gloss black). But I'm extremely picky.

It's awesome man! I can't wait to do an RPi project. So clean inside.

yotsuya · « **Reply #25 on:** July 23, 2015, 11:50:44 pm »

Quote from: Nephasth on July 23, 2015, 11:19:30 pm

I hate that CP art for personal reasons. That aside, nice build!

You've been Puetz'ed!!!!

Nephasth · « **Reply #26 on:** July 23, 2015, 11:52:19 pm »

Quote from: yotsuya on July 23, 2015, 11:50:44 pm

Quote from: Nephasth on July 23, 2015, 11:19:30 pm
I hate that CP art for personal reasons. That aside, nice build!
You've been Puetz'ed!!!!

Still no karma/point system around here... a damn shame.

Peabo · « **Reply #27 on:** July 24, 2015, 08:00:14 am »

Thanks all!

DaOld Man · « **Reply #28 on:** July 24, 2015, 12:23:56 pm »

Good job!

mvolke1 · « **Reply #29 on:** August 14, 2015, 05:51:20 pm »

Nice build! Gotta love the Haruman kits!

mike boss · « **Reply #30 on:** August 17, 2015, 04:24:01 pm »

AWESOME!
Love Nintendo projects.
Supercool !
I cant wait to resume my Punch-Out bartop.

Peabo · « **Reply #31 on:** August 19, 2015, 10:02:33 am »

Thanks!


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