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My first conversion and real build
TeamTEOR:
I am sure it will, Scott said that he has it in a RAW format, so it has got to have a ton of detail information with in the file. If it doesn't look right I am sure he would not ship it.
I found some diamond plate finally about 6in wide. I just need to measure out the ammount needed and place my order. I am only going to use it on the front, besides, if I used it on the sides of the cab I would need to grind down the whole area under the metal to keep it all flush, otherwise I would need to resize my office door.
TeamTEOR:
Side art is paid for and should be in the mail very soon!
MaMeNnO:
Wow, nice side art! :applaud:
Bit intimidating, but nice.
TeamTEOR:
Yup, that is the way I like it. I really want it to come out and grab you! Just Awesome, that is all I can say about it.
I am guessing that the side art will be here in the next day or so. I'll drop a line to Scott.
TeamTEOR:
Wow, Scott really does some great work! The side art is here, but the project is on hold for a little bit. Things got a bit crazy here at home, and I need to get some house work done, and dealing with issues here is not allowing me to put my focus on the arcade machine.
DirecTV was installing a second line into my kids room for his new DVR (so that he would leave ours alone!!) and while they were in the attic they broke a pipe for my fire sprinkler system. It took us 8 mins to shut that water off since I had to find something to turn off the water main! The pipe was 1.5" wide and the water was coming out at better than 200psi. This all happened the first week of December. So now contractors have been on vacation, or acting as if they are sick or overbooked. I spent a week with 2 industrial dehumidifiers drying up the place, and 15-20 commercial grade fans blow drying the walls. A company cam in and tore down a lot of sheetrock, and holes were drilled everywhere to air out the walls! So now on top of my kid not having access to his room, there is no access to his closet and bathroom since there is no ceiling in his closet, bathroom, and part his bedroom. To complicate things there is insulation blowing around this house from the attic every time the wind blows. It has made this winter very hard for all of us. At least DirecTV is paying for all of the repairs. I'll estimate they caused about $30,000 in damage. This is not counting if there is any mold damage. I need to call someone in next to do some air sampling.
In any case, the side art, marquee, and one of the overlays for the control panel are all here waiting to be installed. The garage is also a pinch to cold right now to be applying things, and I do not have the monitor installed just yet, so I do not know if I need to add a shelf in or not. I am going to try to see if I can get the original 25" (or it was possibly a 27") monitor for the cabinet to make it easy. If not then I will need at least a 24" CRT SVGA monitor. The SVGA monitor has one advantage, it will work with my Act Labs light guns. If I get the original monitor guys, is there a way to interface a set of light guns? Maybe I need to buy a different set of light guns or a special module?
Another item on my list is that I need to get some new T-molding as well. The stuff I have would be fine, however I would need to fill in the original track and then route it out again with a thinner blade. That is too much work as far as I am concerned. I believe that T-molding comes with two different tongue widths, 1.5mm and 2.0mm, (I could be wrong on this) and if this is the case then I have the 1.5mm stuff.
I hope you guys can help me out here with some more information, it will help make my mood for sure and cheer me up some to continue with this project.
BTW, I hope everyone had a great Holiday Season, and I also wish you all a very Happy and Healthy New Year.
Tom