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Game Gauntlet - DONE!... well mostly.
Brax:
I've never gone with www.t-molding.com, I always assumed shipping and duty would be too much into Canada. I got all my t-molding from Starburst. Some t-molding that isn't quite as popular, they have to order in, but even then it only takes a few days.
Your button spacing in your renders look a little off. The distance between your x axis looks different than your y axis. I've heard other people who have done it that way complain about different button distances after the fact. Personally, I use 1-1/2" centres all the way around. Just a heads up.
Edit: Ignore my last comment. Looking again at the pics of your drilled control panel the button spacing looks fine.
It's nice to see another CAD professional making use of full 3D mockups. Call it overkill but I just had to be sure everything would fit too. If I ever get my 1up arcade replica cab built I'm REALLY going to need the 3D layout. ;)
Mark70:
--- Quote from: Brax on January 22, 2006, 02:17:52 am ---I've never gone with www.t-molding.com, I always assumed shipping and duty would be too much into Canada. I got all my t-molding from Starburst. Some t-molding that isn't quite as popular, they have to order in, but even then it only takes a few days.
Your button spacing in your renders look a little off. The distance between your x axis looks different than your y axis. I've heard other people who have done it that way complain about different button distances after the fact. Personally, I use 1-1/2" centres all the way around. Just a heads up.
Edit: Ignore my last comment. Looking again at the pics of your drilled control panel the button spacing looks fine.
It's nice to see another CAD professional making use of full 3D mockups. Call it overkill but I just had to be sure everything would fit too. If I ever get my 1up arcade replica cab built I'm REALLY going to need the 3D layout. ;)
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When I did the 3d model I just plopped the button models into the drawing. All of the panels were 100 accurate, and I took a lot of care in placing the trackball, but I just eyeballed the button and joystick placement to get a sense of where to position them. If you consider the joystick and six buttons as a unit, the CP isn't symmetrical, so I thought of the button joystick set as occupying a rectangle and spaced those rectangles evenly on each side of the trackball. So the 3d model let me eyeball the setup; I then went 2d in AutoCAD and made the CP patter accurate and made all of the numbers nicely equal and exact. I never went back and applied it to the 3d. When I mocked up the CP in 3d to see that everything would fit underneath and I'd have room to wire the buttons, I gave generous space to the buttons, knowing I could cut them pretty tight to the sides without any problems.
Mark70:
Brax,
Can I ask what you paid for your t-moulding from Starburst? and how many feet you bought?
Mark70:
Those of you who contact me for plans, be aware that there were some things that I changed during the building phase to make it work. The plans aren't perfect. There are some issues with the way that the drawer fits with the inside panels of the lower cabinet, and if I could do it again I would put the lower cabinet door on top of the sides instead of between the sides. Use the plans at your own risk. They're not perfect, but should be a really good guide. You still need to measure every piece to fit as you build it, if you do it the way I did. Things never end up perfectly in square and plumb. I leave the method up to you, but you can get a reasonable idea of how I did it from the "shareproject" link in this thread... way up there somewhere.
Brax:
--- Quote from: Mark70 on January 22, 2006, 08:36:49 am ---Brax,
Can I ask what you paid for your t-moulding from Starburst? and how many feet you bought?
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Geez, it was over a year ago. I really can't remember. It depends what you get too. The chromed stuff is more than colours.. etc. It was definitely competitive and there's no shipping. If I remember correctly it was around the same as t-molding at the time or just slightly more per linear foot. It worked out to a better deal since there's no shipping involved. I was very happy with their prices.
As for how much I bought... again I can't remember but I have an odd-ball side by side cocktail cabinet so I'm not sure it would help. (maybe 15' or so)