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Nannuu:
--- Quote from: RayB on July 28, 2004, 11:46:30 pm ---Hey Man! You're gonna need some bendable arcade marquee brackets! And there's a guy on ebay by the name "wwvideogames" who has 2! Check his ebay store.
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=13718&item=3245622098&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V
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Those don't look long enough for his marquee?
Hit Home Depot and get some the the wall brackets used for drop ceilings. It is PERFECT for marquees. It is also only $2.27 for 12 feet! Then all you have to do is tin snip your own bites out of it for your marquee.
Krawdaddy,
Too bad you didn't oversize and route a marquee goove in the bottom panel of the marquee box. That way you could have just laid the lexan in there and made your own top bracket.
The way you have it looks like you are going to have to add a securing bracket to the bottom as well?
Or maybe I can't see it well.....
Looks great so far!
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: Nannuu on July 31, 2004, 01:53:04 pm ---Too bad you didn't oversize and route a marquee goove in the bottom panel of the marquee box. That way you could have just layed the lexan in there and made your own top bracket.
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Now, I couldn't see it in there, but I think having a top bracket (just a different idea, nannuu, bear with me, I'm not kicking your idea down) isn't necessary, looking at your design.
KrawDaddy, since you have a router, what about this for your marquee:
Get a 1/4" channel (or box or whatever they name it by you) bit, and use a hardboard template and bearing guide to make a groove on both the top and bottom panels of your marquee box. Using 2 pieces of 1/8" plexi to sandwich your marquee between, it should easily bend to fit the curve of your marquee, keeping the original shape, rather than a curved front with a "boxy" and set back marquee.
I really can't craft a picture to show you, but I have a feeling you have already been thinking of this when you went with this marquee design.
whammoed:
DrewKaree, i think you mean 1/8" plexi?
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: whammoed on July 31, 2004, 04:23:09 pm ---DrewKaree, i think you mean 1/8" plexi?
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you know what's so retarded? I even previewed that and re-read it to make sure it made sense ::) You are indeed correct, and I've gone back and fixed it. Thanks
RayB:
What I want to know is if this cab will fit through a door-way!
I think his pics showed it's being built in a garage or warehouse, right? So what happens when it's finished and must be moved into his home??