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| greaser:
--- Quote from: rdowdy95 on August 01, 2006, 01:37:09 pm ---Very good topic here. Thanks AtomSmasher. I had some of the same questions as well. Hey Greaser does your TV auto turn on when you press power buttn on surge --- End quote --- I'll be damned if I know the exact model off hand. It's sitting at my girlfriend's parents house along with everything else mame related right now. It doesn't auto turn on as far as I know but then again I haven't tried it yet. All I know is that the picture is superb on s-video. One concern I AM having before construction is that the TV may start to push against the back of the cab once it is angled. I'm really hoping everything works out well. I'll keep everyone posted. Check my NEW post on a GunCon2 in the main section. |
| AtomSmasher:
--- Quote from: greaser on August 01, 2006, 09:31:20 pm ---One concern I AM having before construction is that the TV may start to push against the back of the cab once it is angled. --- End quote --- Its not that much of an angle so its not pushing on it very hard, but you can always add a few supports to keep it in place as I mentioned that I did. All I did was secure some wood against the bottom/back of the tv on the monitor shelf which should keep it from sliding back any further. I know I'll have to remove the TV if I ever need to move my cab to another location, but that doesn't happen very often so I'm fine with that. You may consider fully securing the tv which is detailed how to do that in the link I posted earlier. |
| greaser:
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on August 01, 2006, 09:42:44 pm --- --- Quote from: greaser on August 01, 2006, 09:31:20 pm ---One concern I AM having before construction is that the TV may start to push against the back of the cab once it is angled. --- End quote --- Its not that much of an angle so its not pushing on it very hard, but you can always add a few supports to keep it in place as I mentioned that I did. All I did was secure some wood against the bottom/back of the tv on the monitor shelf which should keep it from sliding back any further. I know I'll have to remove the TV if I ever need to move my cab to another location, but that doesn't happen very often so I'm fine with that. You may consider fully securing the tv which is detailed how to do that in the link I posted earlier. --- End quote --- I know I'm probaly just jumping the gun again since construction hasn't begun. Just sizing up the area where the TV will go looks smaaaaaall. I cut EVERY piece of wood according to the Project Arcade plans like I said. Just looks small to me. I think I'm just concerned about the TV height. But then again the plastic area surrounding the screen does seem pretty thin on all four sides so I'm probably just being paranoid...again lol. |
| greaser:
Asked AtomSmasher what thickness and his preference concerning Plexiglass/Lexan and this is how he replied: 1. 1/8'' is what I used, plenty strong. 2. I like Lexan a lot better then plexiglass because its a lot easier to work with. I actually first used a piece of plexiglass and shattered it when I tried to cut it with a jigsaw. Thats when I went back and got the flush-trim bit and a piece of lexan. Basically, if you hit plexiglass with a hammer, it will crack it. If you hit lexan with a hammer it will scratch it. 3. Yes, you can buy lexan and plexiglass from home depot, thats where I got mine. Its possible they'll cut it for you, but I have no idea what they would use to cut it. You'll have to ask them when you buy it. |
| camsauce:
--- Quote from: AtomSmasher on July 31, 2006, 11:11:16 pm ---Now, the way I painted the plexi was I secured the plexi to the cab with the tv already installed and marked on the plexi with tape the outline of the tv screen on all sides, you may want to mark it slightly larger (1/8'' to 1/4'') so that it won't block the vision when viewing it from one side or the other. After the plexi is marked, I took it out and then using newspaper and masking tape I covered the area on the inside of the plexi that I had outlined on the other side. Once it was covered I just used black spray paint and put a few coats of paint on it. Viola, you have a nice looking bezel. --- End quote --- Dude! I was about to make a bezel out of 1/4" hardboard, paint it black then put some Optix (acrylic plexiglass type stuff) over the top of it. Your method sounds waaaaaayyyyy easier! This kind of reminds me of painting R/C car bodies, where you paint the inside so it doesn't get scratched. I suppose if you wanted instruction cards or similar you could just stick them on before painting. I'm also wondering how black contact paper would work instead of paint?? |
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