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Edgedamage:
I have been planing a metal desktop controller. The studio where I work is moving soon I should be able to get my hands on plate steel. Awesome work on that panel Oscar.
crashwg:
Oscar, is welding an expensive thing to do?  I understand there's an initial investment of the welder, which you can most likely get down to the $150-200 range (if I'm not mistaken).  But I don't know what else has to go into these things to keep them welding.  Do they need some kind of bottled gasses, they obviously need some kind of metal rod thing to make the weld too, how much is that stuff?

Also, what are the differences between the types of welders; MIG, TIG, etc. (if there is more).
Stingray:

--- Quote from: crashwg on February 19, 2004, 11:57:12 pm --- they obviously need some kind of metal rod thing to make the weld too
--- End quote ---

Mig welders use a spool of wire rather than rods. Oscar is completely correct, once you use one you'll wonder how you ever did without it.

-S
Minwah:
Lovely job Oscar :)
Brax:
Looks wonderful.

Did the original centipede really have the button way up there? The middle of the far left mushroom seems like the intuitive place to put it. Is that the original location or was that becuase of your leaf switch?

Update: I just checked out klov.... That's really odd. The mushroom even looks like it was meant to house the button. I wonder if theres a story there? Maybe an Atari big-wig hated the position? Wierd.
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