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Author Topic: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*  (Read 176582 times)

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #40 on: July 20, 2006, 03:49:10 pm »
Cool, I'm excited to see your take on a wood Cab. One of the first cabs that inspired me to start on my own was made of natural wood. Even though it's not the 'traditional' look, I still like the "homey" feel of some of the wood Cabs.

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #41 on: July 20, 2006, 03:56:43 pm »

Yeah me too, this one..http://netbox.home.mindspring.com/arcade/
I love how the black monitor area stands out from the oak cabinet, nice contrast.

So thanks for all the compliments on my wiring guys. Really it's nothing special though.
The secret is that solid wire, you can bend it to go where you want and it'll stay there..just don't fiddle with it later.

The CP is completely finished, will post pics tonight..

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #42 on: July 20, 2006, 11:05:47 pm »
It's tonight.  Where's the pics?  ;D

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #43 on: July 21, 2006, 12:44:14 am »

Yeah me too, this one..http://netbox.home.mindspring.com/arcade/
I love how the black monitor area stands out from the oak cabinet, nice contrast.

Haha, same one! Yeah, I admired that cabinet for many years before taking the plunge to build my own.  Hope yours turns out just as good. You have a great start with that stain already. :)

Does 'netbox' hang out here by chance?

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #44 on: July 21, 2006, 09:16:53 am »
That was one that would have won a MAMEY had they had them then. I remember when that one was announced.

Ok it is morning and no pix. Mark, will you have a little chat with Knievel and tell him to get on the ball. He's slackin a bit. ;D
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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #45 on: July 21, 2006, 02:12:37 pm »

Sorry guys, late running football game kept me away from the task at hand..GO BOMBERS!!

So here are some pics of the CP, finished except for adding Mike's button labels. Hope to get those on later today. I'm finding it really tough to get an accurate picture of this thing. The color of the wood looks different depending on the light. Anyway these are the best I took so far..
















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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #46 on: July 21, 2006, 02:17:50 pm »
Wow!

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #47 on: July 21, 2006, 02:18:48 pm »
That is absolutely gorgeous. How many coats of varnish are on that thing?
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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #48 on: July 21, 2006, 02:20:15 pm »
Ghaw, dat shur iz perdy.
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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #49 on: July 21, 2006, 02:36:29 pm »
That is one classy looking panel. This thing would look nice in any room of virtually any house, which is one of the things I like about the wood cabs. Sure they're not authentic, but not everyone has a "game room" that they can put some of the more authentic cabs in.

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #50 on: July 21, 2006, 02:54:40 pm »
What a shine... I can't believe it's not plexi  :notworthy:

Whoops, -1 for my reading comprehension. In the last picture where it looks almost satin-matte at the front I had convinced myself it was finished wood only.

Looks awesome!
« Last Edit: July 21, 2006, 03:35:21 pm by MikeDeuce »

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #51 on: July 21, 2006, 03:22:17 pm »
How did you do the black areas around the controls?

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #52 on: July 21, 2006, 03:23:32 pm »
Thanks guys, it is plexi on top actually. The final layer of the 'sandwich' I mentioned earlier. I put 4 coats of stain and 2 coats of poly on the on the CP and box to get that color though.

I forgot to mention the black 'halos' I put around the controls. I did a test fit and wasn't happy with the way things looked, just seemed to be missing something. So I lifted the plexi off and attached ovals I cut from some Happ Pica vinyl to the CP..to make the control areas a little more substantial.
Again it's hard to get an accurate picture but they look pretty cool, more subdued than in the pics.

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #53 on: July 21, 2006, 05:08:40 pm »
I like how dust free it looks under the plexi.  Any tips for stopping that dust magnetism (or static, whatever) of the lexan when you take off the protective layer?

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #54 on: July 21, 2006, 06:10:26 pm »
Very clean !

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #55 on: July 21, 2006, 06:56:21 pm »
Nice!

But, Knievel, your woody... it's so small...

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #56 on: July 21, 2006, 10:09:44 pm »

Well when your balls are as big as Knievel's everything else seems small.  :)

Tim I normally use a Swiffer-type cloth to wipe down the CP right before the plexi goes on. Also wipe the plexi itself off really good before you peel the protective film off. Any dust on there will find it's way onto the plexi as you peel it back.
And of course you want to do your assembly in a low-dust area...probably not the workshop.

I decided to work on the cabinet instead of the button labels tonight so I'll get those done tomorrow. Safe to say that this unit will be completed this weekend. ;)

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #57 on: July 22, 2006, 08:23:12 am »
How were you able to cut the vinyl ovals so cleanly?  I don't have much luck cutting curves.

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #58 on: July 22, 2006, 08:50:41 am »
Wow.

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #59 on: July 22, 2006, 10:59:42 am »
Mark I just cut them out with a sharp pair of scissors. That Happ vinyl cuts nicely.
To get the shapes I trimmed the halos out of my usual CP art using Photoshop and them printed them on some rigid photo paper. Them I taped them to the vinyl using packing tape and cut them out. Worked really well.

Put some of the button labels on this morning, it's actually a lot of fun and really easy. Thanks again Mike!





« Last Edit: July 22, 2006, 12:32:33 pm by Knievel »

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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #60 on: July 22, 2006, 04:17:40 pm »
Mmmmmmm, well I normaly am fanaticaly against making a cab look like a piece of furniture
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=55512.0) but if there is one man to do it the right way, it is Knievl.

If the cab ends up like the CP (and there's no doubt in my mind that it will), I say:  :notworthy:

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Indeed, great job on the wiring, I like my wiring tight too:
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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #61 on: July 23, 2006, 10:19:15 pm »
Like the rest of your projects this is amazing.. :applaud: :applaud:

You set the bar very high for the rest of us...

The black around the buttons is a nice touch and I have to agree makes them more substantial to look at...
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Re: Knievel's Woody
« Reply #62 on: July 23, 2006, 11:05:57 pm »

Thanks, I probably should have took a pic without those black ovals just to show the comparison. Without them the contols looked kinda like they were just floating around.

So I got it all finished today, except the marquee which is just temporary. It really came together nice. You never really know how something you design from scratch is going to look until you've built it. I think everything looks well proportioned and I have to say the LCD is beautiful.
Had some family over tonight and everyone said it was easily the nicest cabinet I've built.  :)
















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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #63 on: July 23, 2006, 11:14:32 pm »
Damn.  I've never seen a woodgrain cab I liked before, I always figured I never wood. 

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #64 on: July 23, 2006, 11:33:44 pm »
 :applaud:  Simply beautiful - and you put this thing together so fast!

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #65 on: July 24, 2006, 12:01:57 am »
Great work, Knievel.  It looks fantastic.

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #66 on: July 24, 2006, 12:16:51 am »
 :cheers:

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #67 on: July 24, 2006, 01:42:00 am »
Damn.  I've never seen a woodgrain cab I liked before, I always figured I never wood. 

 :applaud:


I'm with you, Kremmit.  I'm not a fan of the woodgrain cabs in general, but this is a complete thing of beauty.   
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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #68 on: July 24, 2006, 07:30:46 am »
Once again, a thing of beauty ... and fast in the building.  :notworthy:

How did the stability end up ? I guess if it were a problem, you could add one of those furniture tethers to the back since you made everything easy to acess from the front.

Simply beautiful.

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #69 on: July 24, 2006, 10:04:28 am »
No doubt about it, this is a benchmark to which others will be compared. I definitely wouldn't mind having one of those in my house!
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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #70 on: July 24, 2006, 10:38:27 am »
Hey thanks guys, she's a beauty alright. Going to be a tough one to part with.

Jeff it seems very stable, a bit of movement if you're really yanking on it. It's on the carpet here, the fellow I built it for has hardwood floors so it should be fine.

Gotta say I like the mahogany color now that it's done. Of course our house is all light maple so I may have to stick with that for mine. Also considering a ebony stain, although I'd probably have to go with something grainier like oak to get that to work.

Here's a few pics I took as I finished the assembly.

A shot from the back before the t-mold went on..



The mount for the monitor. Four screws go through the MDF support I built into the factory holes on the back of the LCD monitor..nice and secure. I finished it with a sheet of black posterboard with the screen area cut out, and a piece of 1/4" glass..



The marquee area. 18" under-counter light with the switch relocated to the top of the cabinet. Foil tape applied to help reflect the light onto the marquee art..



T-mold on, keyboard drawer, marquee light and admin panel installed..



« Last Edit: July 24, 2006, 10:44:23 am by Knievel »

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #71 on: July 24, 2006, 12:07:25 pm »
Offtopic here but have you built any furniture for around the house, Knievel?

I paid a pretty good bit of money for some cherry end tables and a coffee table and they dont look any better than this cabinet.

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #72 on: July 24, 2006, 02:03:05 pm »
Seriously gorgeous... your shop/techniques/skills must be ridiculously fine tuned to be able to put something like this together so quickly.

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #73 on: July 24, 2006, 02:12:55 pm »
Excellent work.  Lots of people build arcade cabinets - you just build them better.  :applaud:

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #74 on: July 24, 2006, 03:24:52 pm »
Well, I tend to not agree with your family, because I do like your other cabs better, but that's because I like to see a real  / full-size cab. (I keep thinking you shoved that woody one through the wall  :laugh2:).
Just a personal taste.

But in this concept, I don't think you could have done any better than this, indeed, very very stylish, well done !!!

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One question: what buttons do you use when using the trackball in Windows ?
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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #75 on: July 24, 2006, 04:04:41 pm »
Can you feel the love in here today? thanks for the compliments. :)

Dweebs I don't really build furniture persay, mostly built-in units like this..



LVL42 I'm not sure what you're asking for picture-wise..plenty of CP Top pictures here, no?

Sorry I missed your second question earlier. The black button to the right of the P1 start button and the one to the left of the P2 start button are the mouse buttons.

Think I'll get some of the mouse labels from Mike for those as well.

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #76 on: July 24, 2006, 04:19:24 pm »
Wow.

Good stuff there.

Next project, BYO coffee table.

Wait, do the coffee table after my replacement Dynamo control panel.  ;)

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #77 on: July 24, 2006, 04:27:53 pm »

Yup, your my priority. After a good shop cleaning that is.

It's been over 90 degrees here every day of this project..and much hotter in the garage. I kind of let things pile up so I could avoid heatstroke.

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #78 on: July 24, 2006, 04:30:22 pm »
90 degrees??

The wintery goodness of the great white north must be seriously overrated.

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Re: Knievel's Woody *COMPLETED*
« Reply #79 on: July 24, 2006, 04:47:54 pm »
Knievel,
Amazing job...  It makes me feel so inadequate.  I wonder if its too late for me to take shop again.

Quick question on your button layout.  I know from your other cabs, that you favor this 6 button layout.  How do you find it during use?  I have seen the overlap approach before, but it seems that most people overlap it the "other" way where the bottom row is closer to the joystick.

Your button design defintely adds a bit of artistic flair (versus 3 lined up on top of 3).... I am wondering how it plays with fighters (where top is light punch, bottom hard punch, etc).

Thanks for your insight.