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Yet another Donkey Kong **Finished, for now**
Stingray:
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Ok, now before you say, HOLY :censored: how did he build it so fast...
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Even after your explanation, I'm still impressed. Thank you for restoring my faith in the project announcements board! I look forward to following your progress!
-S
spacies:
--- Quote from: Lutus on October 04, 2006, 10:26:11 am ---Do you have the recessed wheels in the back of the cabinet for moving. Helps out ALOT! :cheers:
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Yip, you just can't see them in the pics. :cheers:
--- Quote from: stew_bidasso on October 05, 2006, 12:06:26 pm ---I am also building a donkey kong cabinet (but a small version, about 2/3 size). I should really get some pics taken, I have it all assembled and it's just finishing painting (seems to be taking forever for me), so I missed all of the construction pics. It's been fun to build, and I got my side art from CAG last week, and I can't wait to put it on (I'm giving the blue paint on the sides a week to cure before I put the side art on). I am basically done painting, I just have to touch up a few small areas with black (all of the blue parts are done).
I think I'm going to do the marquee and bezel area with one continuous sheet of plexi (I'll just use a heat gun to give it that bend). I'll have the marquee retainer at the top, and then I'll just screw the plexi into the bottom bezel piece. Not sure how that will turn out, but hopefully it will work (I'll just print the marquee and bezel on one large sheet as well, and then I'll just add a black bar where the marquee bottom board is...).
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Good luck with your project, how about posting up some pics?
I found an easy way to make the bracket that holds both the marquee and plexi in place.
I used 2 pieces of angle ali and I held the bezel and marquess in place. I then placed the 2 pieces of ali in place and scribed a line to determine the distance they needed to be spread apart. Which was a bit smaller than in photo. I then drilled the mounting screw holes on the under side through both pieces. Once painted black you cant even tell they are 2 bits. ;)
Heating and bending the plexi sounds like a recipe for disaster. Make some brackets like I did.
PS, I used glass and the artwork is mounted on the inside. I always use glass. Looks very nice when clean and doesn't scratch like palstics.
--- Quote from: Stingray on October 05, 2006, 04:29:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: spacies on October 03, 2006, 02:47:43 am ---
Ok, now before you say, HOLY :censored: how did he build it so fast...
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Even after your explanation, I'm still impressed. Thank you for restoring my faith in the project announcements board! I look forward to following your progress!
-S
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You are welcome and thanks for taking a look.
spacies:
Ok,
Im calling this one done.
My new tube/chassis won't be here for 2 weeks.
I went to visit my friend and we printed the artwork.
Below is the Marquee and Bezel.
Both are glass and art is on the inside.
Below is the side art.
It was printed on a product called 'Comply'. This is a high quality product with VERY VERY small cuts in it which means NO bubbles inderneath. It is more expensive than normal vinyl used for digital printing but well worth it! Also we tweaked his machine to apply more ink. The colours are amamzing in the flesh.
WOOOHOOOOO. Even my puppy likes it!
Control panel covered with 3mm acrylic.
Thanks again for the comments. I will post some more pics when 100% finished.
In the mean time I can just stare at it.
Oh, it looks soooo pretty. :-* :-* :-*
spacies:
Some higher res pics here:
http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL757/2715941/13066627/193352372.jpg
http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL757/2715941/13066627/193352379.jpg
http://pic4.picturetrail.com/VOL757/2715941/13066627/193352389.jpg
:cheers:
MaMeNnO:
That's four days for the whole cabinet??? Incredible job! Amazing really.
Take the next flight to the Netherlands... ;D I'll make sure there's lots of coffee! :cheers:
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