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"The Varsity Club" Dual Monitor Arcade *Reconstruction has begun* 12/29/09
mccoy178:
Well...........the more I've thought about it, I may return the leaf switches until I order the holder and nut at the same time, but I'm really interested in the metal top. I think that would be a great way to do it. Thanks for the heads up. I will keep the buttons that I ordered and hopefully get this figured out. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.
EDIT: Looks as though I will need to find a Greenlee punch for my holes. Now I just need to find a four foot piece of metal. Also, time to bust out the trial version of Adobe Illustrator to get my CP laid out. I probably won't change much from my previous designs of four player layouts, but you never know. I do have some changes in mind that are fairly key to the whole thing. Wow, I didn't plan on starting this early.
mccoy178:
I cancelled my leaf switch button order all together. I did order the lighting, ledwiz, and the controller interfaces, so outside of the buttons, I have all I need to start the cp. I did research making the cp out of metal and I definitely think that is the way I'm going to go. Now I need to get my artwork done and go from there. I think I am going to make a metal block "O" on the side with rounded sides so I can hide neon red lighting behind it. We'll just have to find out how good my metal bending skills are. I want to do as much on my own as I can, so I will just have to see how it goes!
mccoy178:
Okay, it's picture time! Thanks Whammo! You are the first official supplier of "new" parts for the cabinet!
Tahnok:
That button comparison isn't completely fare you know. You didn't acknowledge the fact that the electric ice buttons are quite different than normal translucents. Yes, they're more expensive than what you bought, but what you bought doesn't do the same thing.
Anyway, looks like you're really going all out with this project; I can't wait to see how it turns out.
mccoy178:
I fairly said that by going with the leaf switch option, I was sacrificing the rgb's. The ultimate reason was that the leaf switch add on for microswitches probably don't work with the rgb boards. The other negative(or positive depending upon how you look at it), is that I would've had to add two more LEDWiz's to have enough outputs for all the rgb's. I would have preferred the rgb's, but with all the bells and whistles, I have to pick and choose carefully.
BTW, thank you very much for the compliments. I hope the documentation from start to finish will help others down the road.