Prong (Wall mounted, slimline, vertical screen for square bezel, first build!)

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Laythe:
Nicely done I like your design and choices along the way. This is looking great.

The oversize vertical display is great for making horizontal and vertical games both look right, and you did a good job hiding the masked off areas.

I dig it. :applaud:

Arroyo:
This is being executed well, nice design, and nice work.

tomton:
This looks really good! Finishes you chose are working well together. Cant wait to see it with display mounted.

zestyphresh:

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;D If it makes you feel any better i'd quite like independence from our current government....

Made a bit more progress, although spent a fair bit of time on the software and curating the games list.

After oiling one side, i've sanded them lightly and they just need another coat once the weather improves. I love the colour, exactly as I had hoped;

Ipac & servostik mounting;

Speaker grilles ready for fabric covering;

I'm going to hang the machine from a french cleat. originally this was just going to be a single piece of MDF but having got a better idea of th final weight i'm going to double up;

Did a few other bits to the control panel;

1) Tweaked the control panel so the trackball almost sits flush (I epoxied in the nuts, thankfully a couple of mm below the surface but one protrudes so it is at a very slight angle.
2) Routed out a button hole slightly so that it lines up properly
3) Wired most of the panel, just waiting for a few crimp connectors to finish it off

There are still a couple of annoyances, the player start buttons are slightly out of alignment (no idea how) which I can solve by shifting them both across slightly. I might just leave this mind, it's only noticeable if you compare them to the trackball.

I applied all of the T-molding but on one side panel it doesn't quite cover the veneer. I routed the channel at the same time but the two sides were cut from a different sheet. In hindsight this probably wasn't the best idea and I should have checked.It's very minor, and on the inside edge so a fair bit of it is hidden. I might just try a sharpie to see if that hides it enough, if not i'll remove the moulding and widen the gap slightly (it's less then .5mm out). The t-moulding went onto the laminated panels fine (although very close in places!).

I'm starting to get a bit nervous about the final construction, lining everything up is going to be difficult enough but I have some concerns about the overall strength without the visible yellow panels in place. It may well end up that it can't be serviced (other than removing the large bottom panel) without taking it off the wall. If so, then so be it, not the end of the world.

javeryh:
That color you got on the side panel is beautiful. This is going to look very nice hanging on the wall.

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