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| bobbyb13:
Well, I got irritated that I'm waiting on parts to finish the cabinet I am building for Sgt. Kam (in trade for the 6 termite farm cabinets I got from him- should I have posted that build first?!) and the girls decided they would watch another Criminal Minds episode when I was trying to not electrocute myself with dialing in the Mocktail cabinet (thank you Andrew for proper moniker and Scott and Gil for CRT motivation!) so I went up to the workshop. Instead of just going upstairs and PLAYING something I figured I should do something productive. My sick mind decided that it was less time/frustration to build a whole new cabinet than sort out details on the various other open projects I have going on. I would like to blame it on the Appleton's. It is extra yummy when you add it to a mango milkshake (everybody's trees here are in hyperdrive- dry winter I hypothesize.) A jamma fpga cabinet is ridiculously easy to build and not only have I had a Jrok Mylstar board here for a bit (and a BitKit2 now for that matter) but I had an epiphany about scratch builds here. I don't have room for the 30 cabinets I would like to have (not to mention at least ONE real freakin pinball machine before I die) so why don't I make all my builds henceforth at 28" wide interior dims (apart from Rampage and Spy Hunter) and pin the harnesses the same so that I can indiscriminately swap control panels across machines? If you are building seperate vertical, horizontal, vector, multisync/whatever cabinets (and you have had too much rum) doesn't this make sense?! And so Q*bert! Didn't take long to find a proper profile to work from on the interwebs and I found original dims and sorted out a ratio to make a repro. After looking at the thing it occured to me that this is a tiny cabinet and for somebody 6' ish with a sore neck it would need some adjustment to be comfy fo rme to play- originality be damned! Nobody else here will care or notice. A bit of adjustment on screen angle and shortening marquee height a bit for sightline for me and here we are. Had to wait until morning to cut it out (rrrrrrr.....) If you aren't shooting for a CNC cut pure repro then a circular saw, jig saw, sander and router are all you need to pull this off really. It took me a few (six is it?!) cabinets to arrive at an easy solid base but this is it and will be repeated forever hereafter- 3/4" ply (cut to fit inside the side panels, kick panel, and power inlet panel below the door) with 2" solid nylon casters (locking swivel ones for the front) and 2x2 perimeter pieces to screw through for the vertical panels- and done. The cabinet doesn't wobble during play and is still easy to move and if you glue these things together before they are screwed and nailed together they are NOT coming apart on you- or your great-grandchildren for that matter. So I got a little into it with my cut list (if anyone wants the list just send me a message) table saw, glue and brad nailer and got to this point before I took another pic. Added bonus is Nikki is happy about it (even though it is s distraction from what I am SUPPOSED to be doing around here!) because she loved Q*bert BITD. But didn't all the ladies love Q*bert (and Centipede?) >:D |
| Semper Why:
Who doesn't love Q*Bert? It's amazing how fast this is coming together. The result of experience, I suppose. |
| pbj:
Easy with the booze and power tools. My school principal lost 3 of his fingers making cabinets while drunk. |
| bobbyb13:
A sobering thought of course. If I'm running the saws, router, etc. I drink little if any at all. I have a healthy respect for blood-letting tools. The big issue seems to be a lot of rum in the planning stages (although still nobody here even sees me tipsy at any point) hence another build thread! If I can get through a few other tasks today I will get the kick and door panel cut later and then get to priming this evening when the wind has calmed down. It would be fun to be playing this one by the weekend. THAT will certainly involve a few drinks. |
| javeryh:
Yo bobby - chill out with these insanely fast builds - you are making the rest of us look bad! Awesome job so far - Q*bert is great. Definitely can't wait to see this one come together... |
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