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DYNAGOD:
i think its great.
perhaps a smoked or darker clear material might have detracted less from the nice SS sticks,and also the layout issues aside ,
i think its different and fresh,and a welcome site.

BUT......and this is giamungous BUT..
 ultimately.
we ARE talking simply about a control panel...and no control panel is with that kind of money..NEVER
DougHillman:

--- Quote from: Wade on March 29, 2004, 04:49:21 pm ---

Well, clearly this is a matter of opinion, but think that the build of this CP is more advanced than just about anything else I've seen that wasn't commercially produced.  Making a top like this one is more difficult than just cutting a sheet of lexan.

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In what way?  Actually, with the right tools cutting this thickness of acrylic is easier than cutting the thin lexan and such that is typically used for CP overlays.  




--- Quote ---I think the proof is in the pudding.  How many hundreds of CP's have been built and displayed on this site, and how many have looked this good?  

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In my opinion?  Many.  In fact, the majority.


--- Quote ---I know a lot of people might not like the look, understandable, but I'm sure if it were "just as easy" to build as the standard stuff here, then it would have been done already.

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Actually, it has been done already.  I've seen at least a couple of CP's made out of clear acrylic sheet.


--- Quote ---I'm surprised no one else has mentioned the custom trackball case too.  It looks like they might have milled the top and bottom of the trackball case and replaced it with tinted lexan/plexi.

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As with the LCD screen, it's pretty neat but no marvelous feat of engineering or great leap forward in CP design.

This isn't some magical project that no-one else can hope to equal.  It looks to be a pretty well made standalone CP with neatly tied wires, a custom cover for a trackball, and an embedded LCD.   The latter two points and the fact that it's made out of a non-standard material make it a little interesting but not particularly any better than many others from an actual construction standpoint.
     
FractalWalk:

--- Quote from: DougHillman on March 29, 2004, 05:40:47 pm ---It looks to be a pretty well made standalone CP with neatly tied wires, a custom cover for a trackball, and an embedded LCD.  

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So, you're saying that other than the good construction, it wasn't constructed well.    ;)
Ghoward:

--- Quote from: Wade on March 29, 2004, 04:49:21 pm ---
--- Quote from: Ghoward on March 29, 2004, 02:19:28 pm ---
--- Quote from: Wade on March 29, 2004, 10:40:57 am ---It's clear (no pun intended) that there are a lot of custom machined parts on that panel.  This is on a totally different level than anything seen on this web site (no offense, simply stating that very few people have the resources to have a custom acrylic top custom machined... probably by CNC).  Where most of us measure with a ruler, make a mark, and drill a hole that is "about right", this panel is probably precise down to the thousandth of an inch.  Just getting those joystick holes drilled properly would be a challenge for most of us.

Wade

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This is not true
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Brax:
For 2000 bucks you'd think they could throw in a REAL Tron stick. Not to mention polish the edges of the plexi....

Not my taste but it looks ok, theres still a few rough edges though and for that kind of money there shouldn't be ANY.
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