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Comp1demon:
Im not defending anybody or anything.. Just keeping up on the thread.
I pointed out weeks ago that the glass was going to cost me $225+ Tax
I agreed to it.
I went to threee glass places (over a 30 mile radius). If the glass was square and Tempered it would only be $50.00 Pretty much at all 3 places. I was not messing with the layout for the Bezel and tring to countersink it back more so I could use a regular piece of glass. I tried and the wood that the bezel sits on just didn;t line up right. SO the only way to make it fit correctly was to notch the glass. One place would not notch it, the second place never got back to me after contacting them multiple times and the last place wanted $225.00.
To make the project as complete as possible I was not going to use Plexi - too ugly.
I had no choice but to go with place 3.
I figured since I was there I would get Real glas for my marquee....
Thats what the screwed up the Marquee glass (only $20.00), but hey it is going to get fixed tomorrow for nothing.
I was a bit surprised when the dude pulled out 2 more monitor glass covers and only wanted $50 more for both. I could have just said no thanks, but hey ... why not just take them... I now have 2 replacements or I can sell them - with a bezel sticker they will fit any UAII machine perfectly, the notches can be covered or be used as handles or even just do the same layout I did with the speakers - I might even just build another UAII - (not now - still have to finish this one).
I just hate all the mistakes people make.. It's like a never ending thing.
I guess I made the Biggest mistake - Starting this project... If i just played mame on a PC and a Monitor and didn't want teh cabinet nostalga then I probibly could have put a down payment on a motorcycle.
I'll admit, it's super frustrating - but it's almost done.. Just a few more small things to do and it will be 100% finished.
Thanks for the support advice and sarcasm.
C1D
mccoy178:
Looking at your site, why didn't you mount the speakers on the inside like they are supposed to? I'm asking because you thought plexi looked terrible, but you put car speakers on the front of your cabinet which you had notches especially made so it would all fit? I don't get it? I still think it looks good, but from my point of view it's like you said, "I wanted a rad sports car, that's why I didn't paint it pink. What do you all think of the four doors I had custom installed?"
Comp1demon:
The Speakers I wanted to use the Sony X-plodes don't mont on the inside.
Second, the Wood Grill cuts that Mameroom has in the speaker pannel looks really ugly so I was going to put grilles over them anyways, but the way these speakers mount the grille on the ouside holds the speaker in sort of on the inside. I didn't plan on mounting the speakers then notching the glass, I only noticed that the speakers impead the glass bezel from sitting correctly after the speakers are installed. I'll be honest, it really is a flaw in the design of the UAII, I was working on my speakers from what Retroblast had installed. I then noticed that the Panel that Retroblast installed their speakers into is alot bigger and is a SLIKSTIK CABINET. The 5 1/4 speaker is too big to installed on the speaker pannel then install the Bezel holder and the marquee retainer. I only Changed my plans based on the speakers since they were installed already, I wasn't going to attempt to make another speaker panel and mount smaller speakers, especially since I mounted 4 speakers of them not just 2 on the top... all would have to match. _ and ohmage is important too. If you read the Original Speaker Blog on the SPeaker Tutorial page you will see I originally wanted to use ALL LOGITECH SPEAKRS
, but they blew up on me - i think that was a ohm issue too since i tried to mix with the X-plodes.
If I didn't have to notch the glass I wouldn't have, It's all about "Build and learn". I though I had it all planned out correctly, Plus I am doing this alone and for the first time. If I had to do it again, it would take 1/2 the time 1/2 the money and have no mistakes. I don;t want a cabinet full of mistakes So every mistake I make I have retrofit it so it looks 100% correct in my eyes.
C1D
mccoy178:
Cool. It looks good. I like the four doors.
MovingTarget:
I'll stop busting your chops because I've got some serious questions.
Why did you go with the brown vs. grey tinted glass?
Now that you have the glass in place, do your knuckles hit the glass when you're using your flight joystick?
What are you going to use to hold the marquee glass in place? I'm not sure a HAPP marquee retainer would hold that much weight. It would totally suck ass if the marquee glass came crashing down on your expensive control panel.
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