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Yet another Donkey Kong **Finished, for now**
spacies:
Hi John,
I glued, nailed and screwed a 1x1 down each side of the cabinet.
I also put a piece at the bottom to stop the MDF monitor shelf sliding down until I screwed it in place.
Use loads of glue and screws and you will be sweeeet!.
You could probably put another piece under there as well if you wanted to?
I have just fitted a 26" tube into my Kong. I also applied window tint film to the inside and now its all black inside. The picture is amazing!
johnm160:
would you have any measurements as to where the supports are located on the sides? Or is it just a trial and error thing?
Thanks again
John
spacies:
I came down 1 1/2" from the bottom of the control panel support 1x1 to the bottom of the monitor support 1x1 and then up at a 45 degree angle to the rear.
So from the bottom of the CP 1x1 to the top of the monitor support 1x1 the gap is only 1/2 inch.
I am glad I ran it at a 45 degree angle as I think the screen would have been too far down when playing the machine seated.
johnm160:
Excellent!
You are the man!
That helps alot. I have been working on a couple of templates and was stuck.
melarky:
Well, I finally finished mine, and I did the marquee and bezel in a very similar way to my lamp I made (I did it in one piece and just bent the plexi). I have pics of the finished project posted:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=60545.0
Thanks for your help along the way.
--- Quote from: stew_bidasso on October 06, 2006, 12:45:36 pm ---Maybe I'm not understanding how the marquee and bezel are supposed to be setup. Is the bezel really that far back from the marquee area? I always figued it was set up kind of like metal t-molding (the marquee glass and bezel glass just snug up agains the front t part, but the pic you have of your homemade piece looks way different).
I guess I'm kind of going off of the lamp I made:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=55628.0
I just printed the artwork for the marquee and bezel as one piece and just attached it at the top and bottom. I am a little worried about bending the plexi, my brother-in-law said his dad had a plexi bender, but he's about 2 hours away. Can you get and pics of the bracket you made installed and painted on your cabinet (which looks great by the way).
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--- 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.
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--- 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.
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