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Felsir:


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--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on February 13, 2004, 12:21:30 am ---I've also been thinking about doing an entire cabinet out of Legos.

I always thought that would look really great, especially If you could work the sideart into the Legos themselves.

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Why didn't anyone say that while there was still a lego store in the mall? (you could buy legos by the liter as opposed to buying a bunch of buckets and ending up with a million spare parts in the end)

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You might want to contact Eric Harsbarger, he creates large scale Lego sculptures, like this working grandfather clock: http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/clock.html
http://www.ericharshbarger.org/lego/portfolio.html
(I'm not just a MAME fan, I collect Lego too  ;) )

Lilwolf:

I was going to say legos... was a little suprised it didn't come until 1/2 way down the thread...

but I dont' think Legos would do it..

You would need an erector set to handle the extra weight of the monitor.

It WOULD be ideal for hotswap control panels... As long as you didn't pull off too much...


paigeoliver:

Oh, I almost forgot, Midway made a few demo Ms. Pac-Man machines out of plexiglass back in 1981.

That would be AWESOME, but you would have to be as good as oscar at wiring (not picking on oscar, just remember seeing a picture of a control panel he wired, and it looked cleaner than most dedicated games).

abrannan:


--- Quote from: egomaniacal1 on February 12, 2004, 02:35:39 pm ---LOL

Ok....thanks for all the replies guys....i'm still leaning toward the Poplar but the Balsa with sheet metal sounds good too. I only want to get away from the MDF's weight becuz i'm thinking ahead to having to move the thing!! And my design for the cab(actually a half cab....bottom part kinda like the console of the 6-player X-men arcade) as i have it thought up now is going to be massive.

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If you're just building a large console/pedestal Control panel, why not look at a cheap desk from Wal-Mart or the like.  You can modify the construction slightly, but you get a lot of free hardware in those kits for a really cheap price.  

Stingray:

A lego cab would be nothing but cool! I can't imagine how much that many legos would cost, but man it would be cool!

-S

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