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vertexguy:
Looks like you're off to a good start on this. I'm kinda surprised you don't have a drawing or visual plan to go off of! I wouldn't be brave enough to just start with building. As far as your thought on wanting to keep a section easily removable, consider threaded inserts. I'm using them all over the place in my build and they work quite well.

lomoverde:

--- Quote from: vertexguy on January 26, 2021, 06:03:33 pm ---Looks like you're off to a good start on this. I'm kinda surprised you don't have a drawing or visual plan to go off of! I wouldn't be brave enough to just start with building. As far as your thought on wanting to keep a section easily removable, consider threaded inserts. I'm using them all over the place in my build and they work quite well.

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I dont think up until now plans have really been important.Its such a basic design its genius.I think the threaded inserts will indeed be the way to go :cheers:

Its the tv and how to mount it thats slowed my progress to a crawl now.
If anyone could give me there opinion on a couple of things i would appreciate it.

First off ive made a template of my tv screen and am wanting to know if its going to look to small? All i can see at the moment is that bare space to the left and right.

Second,as i stand at the cab,and place my hands where the controls will be,the top panel just overlaps my view of the top of the monitor.
The front of the CP will be lowered by 15mm(you can just see the marks on the front panel).This will create a slightly steeper angle to the CP,and lower my hands while playing so the monitor in its current position will be perfectly unobstructed.
So i have 19cm front of CP to bottom edge of screen.Should i maybe reduce this and slide the monitor forward a little?

javeryh:
What kind of controls are you thinking about? The screen size is probably fine. I also think bigger is better (up to 25") but a lot of these cabarets back in the day had 13" monitors. Once you are playing you will be fixated on the screen so it won't be as big of a deal. Especially if the entire area is covered with glass and a black bezel of some kind (no bezel art).

The one I'm building has a similar issue when playing vertical games. I have a 17" CRT but it's installed 4:3 so 3:4 games have bars plus I have about 2.5" on each side from the side panel to the edge of the monitor. So that plus the black bars is probably 4" or so. It seems good to play so I think you will be fine. Test it though if you have the monitor laying around.

As for the viewing angle, can you move the monitor forward at all? I like the angle of the CP and anything else might be too steep. You need about 6" in height for the CP for a joystick and a couple of buttons. If you are trying to squeeze a trackball in there you might need more room.

lomoverde:

--- Quote from: javeryh on January 27, 2021, 09:22:27 am ---What kind of controls are you thinking about? The screen size is probably fine. I also think bigger is better (up to 25") but a lot of these cabarets back in the day had 13" monitors. Once you are playing you will be fixated on the screen so it won't be as big of a deal. Especially if the entire area is covered with glass and a black bezel of some kind (no bezel art).

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Im probably going to go joystick,3 action buttons,player 1 player 2 and an exit.
So if i give myself 6" for the CP i´ll try the screen dead centre.

I actually also have a 17"pc crt i won for 1 euro on ebay.I dont know if its this model in particular,but it seems to lack brightness running mame.Also the scanlines i tried were a bit naff.

And do you not like bezel art ?

javeryh:
I do not like bezel art unless it is the real deal. I'm not a huge fan of the digital stuff - seems distracting - but I'm sure I'd get used to it.

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