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Loki's cab design.
Loki:
Allright... I've been doing some designing in SketchUp for a cab I want to build (when I win the lottery :angry: )
It will be mainly used for fight and NeoGeo games, but I want to have the option to swap panels for other games.
The gray slot in front will be used to put in a box with an Ipac (like this)
The gray panel on the back will be used to plug in cables. I don't want a hole with cables sticking out of it.
Ah... I just noticed I should have put the CP at an angle a bit :-\
Anyway, tell me what you think. :)
(It's not designed on scale)
Loki:
The marquee I want to install like on this pic... I don't like those marquee brackets :P
The top can open and the wood is supported by some L-brackets from the inside or something similar so it won't rest on the marquee itself. :)
MaMeNnO:
I've learned not to put to much time into the design. You must have a some plan, but don't design go into every little detail. I did some designing in a CAD package and I regret putting so much time into it.
Just make a cardboard or scrapwood mokup if you're not sure about something. I have seen the phrase "measure twice, cut once" many times on several threads... ;)
Well, the design looks great and promissing. ;D
Loki:
Thanks :D
Well... I'm as broke as I can be, so building it won't happen for a while, so I have the time.
Right now I'm just trying to get ideas, and when I'm designing like this it will all come to me.
Other then that, I need more practice with SketchUp, and this is a pretty nice way to do that :P
Nice program really :)
fixedpigs:
yeah...don't listen to mamenno...-=)
when i first decided to build my cabinet...i became sick for a couple of weeks...this gave me lots of time to research and design...
i found the design stage to be very fun...i probably spent about thirty hours or so on my computer laying everything out...it was quite enjoyable...!
i can easily see someone wanting to skip over that stage if they don't like designing and want to just start building...it'd be like any step in the process really...more time would be spent on what you enjoy...less on that you don't enjoy...