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| javeryh:
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on August 07, 2024, 11:44:32 am --- --- Quote ---Great start. --- End quote --- Thanks! :cheers: I made sure to be at least 75% done before posting anything. Too many "false-starts" with projects in the past. This one WILL be completed. --- End quote --- Heh. I've been there... and hope to not be there with the one I just started... |
| firedance:
Great work so far 8) |
| DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: firedance on August 08, 2024, 12:21:49 pm ---Great work so far 8) --- End quote --- Thanks! I fussed over the poly way too long, setting me back a day. At any rate, I started wiring up the base. That took way longer than it should have. And I am already beginning to feel the "messy wire anxiety" I get before I am able to clean things up. I also got the sound amplifier installed. And thankfully, I managed to leave the knobs in an easy to reach location. And with a simple Y splitter, all the bartop's lights are all handled with a single plug. Also, a lesson I learned here putting it back together: Put the T-molding on after you reassemble, because reference measurements I made will be thrown by the added thickness. Oh well, I worked it out in the end. |
| Lingwendil:
Very nice work, I'm getting ready to do similar for a tabletop build for my kids. What monitor are you going with? I have a 15-17" 4:3 LCD I'm considering using, or a 19" wide-screen. Leaning towards the 4:3 for a more correct aspect ratio, but the wide-screen may be nice for newer options as well running an Intel NUC as the PC with Batocera. |
| DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: Lingwendil on August 09, 2024, 10:34:02 am ---Very nice work, I'm getting ready to do similar for a tabletop build for my kids. What monitor are you going with? I have a 15-17" 4:3 LCD I'm considering using, or a 19" wide-screen. Leaning towards the 4:3 for a more correct aspect ratio, but the wide-screen may be nice for newer options as well running an Intel NUC as the PC with Batocera. --- End quote --- Thanks! :cheers: I have a 23" 16:9 monitor I am using, installing it this weekend. I definitely prefer it if I had a 4:3, but I wanted to use as much as I already had to keep costs down. That said, Batocera does have some nice bezel options (as long as you change the default "arcade" design from "The Bezel Project". Too cartoonish for my taste. But for a kid's project, it might be more fitting.) So I don't mind the 16:9 as much as I used to. |
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