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| Ond:
--- Quote from: Laythe on February 05, 2019, 04:15:36 am ---Wow, that is going to be a nice tight assembly. CRT couldn't be any bigger, cabinet couldn't be any smaller, and you're taking neat advantage of the taper of the tube. Looking good! --- End quote --- Thanks Laythe, this cabinet is all about enjoying the CRT gaming experience, something that is lacking in my other cabinet designs. I have some joinery details to work out but that will be best done during actual construction. --- Quote from: javeryh on February 06, 2019, 08:23:43 pm ---So I know this is a bit off-topic but where do you learn how to do all of this stuff? I have no idea how to use a computer and it feels like it is too late to learn. Would be nice to know how to model stuff or use photoshop or something but every time I watch a tutorial my eyes gloss over and I'm lost within 5 minutes! --- End quote --- I know what you mean about getting bored trying to watch tutorials. I find that having a specific goal in mind which you want to get to via technology helps with the learning of that technology. For example, I wanted to use Arduino technology in a project to do something very specific. I had to research and learn how to achieve that. I didn't bother with trying to learn everything about Arduinos, just about the function I needed. Does that make sense? You can apply that to any other learning including computers. It has to be interesting and also useful. You can build on that knowledge a bit at a time....much like this hobby. I'm using these Child Seat harness mounts for another purpose: These will enable me to lower the CRT (or raise it again) into the cabinet (using a pulley). I'll soon be flipping the CRT over and hoisting it up using these anchor points. You can see I've re-taped the degaussing coil/cable into place now that the mounting frame is attached to the CRT. |
| Mike A:
It is refreshing to see a CRT project with an original yet classic design. I ---smurfette--- about how much space cocktails take up, but I like them. I eat lunch on my Asteroids Deluxe. I enjoy your threads. They inspire me to do better. |
| jennifer:
Speaking of need to know research, Jenn was working on a project and totally thought of you and this build when I saw this, Must watch when you get a miniute there Mr OND. ;) ... |
| Ond:
--- Quote from: Mike A on February 07, 2019, 09:08:51 am ---It is refreshing to see a CRT project with an original yet classic design. I ---smurfette--- about how much space cocktails take up, but I like them. I eat lunch on my Asteroids Deluxe. I enjoy your threads. They inspire me to do better. --- End quote --- Thanks Mike, guys like you with game rooms and a good collection of arcade machines really inspire me. I aim to one day find a property with outbuildings or a big shed which I can convert to a dedicated game room\bar\entertainment area. The projects I'm working on now will go in there with at least one genuine restored machine and a pinball or two. Maybe Yots will let us check out his game room if I bring him something ;D --- Quote from: jennifer on February 07, 2019, 08:14:53 pm ---Speaking of need to know research, Jenn was working on a project and totally thought of you and this build when I saw this, Must watch when you get a miniute there Mr OND. ;) ... --- End quote --- Thanks Jenn, that guy has some lovely machines! Actually I intend to use some of the aspects of his approach in bending the shapes for this cabinet. The end panels of this cabinet will be quite thin. They will be decorative only supporting no weight at all. Also they need to be removable for maintenance access. My bending method will seem really primitive compared to the guy in the video BUT I've used it before and it’s very effective. I'll be bending thin MDF using steam over a curved metal form and then later veneering that with quality timber veneer (again bending the veneer with steam). It's totally cheating but should look very nice if all goes well. I'll post up that process when I get to it. Today I hoisted up the CRT on my 1000Kg hoist pulley. Ackkkk! I had to balance that heavy bastard in my lap while I hooked it up, one slip and goodbye CRT! Luckily that didn't happen. I can now adjust the height of it to match the plan and check ergonomics with my workshop stool: I'll need to cut 20mm deep channels into the thick sides of the cabinet to allow those mount points some clearance. Good thing I have 32mm to work with. The MDF sheet cuts have been ordered and should be ready next Wednesday. In the mean time I'll work on the cutting templates. Here you can see my ratty old stool (yes sometimes I paint stuff on it) next to the suspended CRT: Tomorrow I need to work on RoToron for most of the day. |
| opt2not:
--- Quote from: javeryh on February 06, 2019, 08:23:43 pm ---So I know this is a bit off-topic but where do you learn how to do all of this stuff? I have no idea how to use a computer and it feels like it is too late to learn. Would be nice to know how to model stuff or use photoshop or something but every time I watch a tutorial my eyes gloss over and I'm lost within 5 minutes! --- End quote --- As Ond said, take each task one by one, and try to figure out how to achieve them as they come up in your project. Trying to just aimlessly watch tutorials is too vague and unspecific, and quite frankly not a great way to learn. There is so many different ways of achieving things, say in Photoshop, that a lot of the time it's trial and error, practice and exploration. If anything, watch tutorials on the basic interfacing of the software. How to navigate it, the core processes i,.e. learning about layers, clipping masks, smart objects, etc... but for the most part your best way to learn is by applying it to a goal you want to achieve. And don't get discouraged if you're not a master at it after a while. Artists spend years learning the software, and even then you don't everything about the software. For example I've used PS for over 20 years, and I still learn new things to this day. |
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