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Twin Cabinet Build
BadMouth:
Dunno what it is, but the step of adding t-molding is some kind of threshold between screwed together wood and real arcade machine for me. Looks awesome.
Fursphere:
Over the past week I installed the speakers, amps, bass shakers, dashboards, VR buttons (wired to I-Pacs, no illumination solution yet), and built the LED light bracket for the topper. The bass shakers aren't cranked way up - but they add just enough to really improve the overall experience. These two Arua transducers are actually left over from my original driving cabinet. Knew I'd use them some day.
The LEDs are RGB with a remote (that works through the topper). I used aluminum 1/16" x 1" strips and built the frame. The LEDs themselves are just some cheap $15 kit off ebay. Being able to DIM them down so they're not blinding is really nice. They also remember the last state they were in when the power is lost, so they go on/off with the left cabinet/PC.
buttersoft:
great stuff. I really like the idea of RGB LED's for the marquee. Will let you adjust the colour temp until it's right, and also setup some cool effects in MAMEhooker if you want.
I've also 100% got to look into some bass shakers at some point :)
Fursphere:
Got one of the shifter braces installed. Need to finish the other one still. Its kinda ugly (needs a little more shaping), and the welds suck because the gas regulator on my MIG blew up, so I was welding without shielding gas (argon/co2 if you're curious). Always something. I'll pull it off and paint it when I finish the other one. But it completely eliminates the little bit of flex the shifter had. I was also able to lower the shifter about 1/2", which made it feel a lot more like the stock Daytona shifter location. So far I'm happy with it.
I'm also experimenting with the Mini Stream Deck. I had them (two of them, one on each cab) on my standup arcade cabinets, and came to the conclusion that they didn't really add any value there. So I moved them over to the twin cabinet to see if I can find use for them. :dunno At least I got them cheap on eBay if nothing else. :)
buttersoft:
With my cabs i used to find that people, not even just kids, would push buttons randomly, and the easier the buttons were to reach/see the more they got pushed. Moving commands like exit-game and test-menu buttons off the wheel was a must. I went to a pair of G25 wheels, which have a dozen buttons on the shifter, making them much more likely to be ignored. So i think that pad is a good idea :)
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