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ssc arcade:

I did mine just like you have modeled, I can take some pictures tonight and post them.

From what I can remember I used my square to mark a line from the bottom where the plexi sits to the top to show where my plexi will sit.  then I put a piece of square wood there to hold it from falling in.

to remove it I just place my palms on the plexi and push up, it goes up into my marquee area until I can rotate it out.

Don't really have any problems with light leakage, again I will take some pics and how you it will be later tonight when I can post 9 to 10 central

I used tinted plexi and haven't had any problems, my machine isn't heavily used or abused by too many kids.

fjl:

Cool. Would love to see the pics. Although, I was pretty convinced that I should go with tempered glass instead of plexi. Thinking of it. I Just might do that.

ssc arcade:

here are a few pics that I had on my usb drive.  I modeled mine in 3d also (catia) but now that I am looking for the files I can't find them.  Might have them at home.  The pictures don't have the detail you are looking for but gives an idea.

I used black construction paper for the bezel around the monitor, worked good for me.  I have a 21" monitor, if I would paint the edges showing black it would help but not that big a deal to me.

I also used plastic corner protector for the marquee holder, works good also.

My control panel hinges up away from the monitor, hinge is by the person.

fjl:

That's cool. But I'm really interested in the part where the CP meets the plexiglass. You obviously did it differently than me. I'd like to see the 3D model that you did. Can you export it to DXf or something?

By the way, did you use laminate for the sides? And what about the keyboard? It looks like you made a drawer like part that pulls out for the keyboard but it seems like there is a part of the wood that stays sticking up getting in the way. this is how I made mines so it has a hinge plus the drawer pull out part...





ssc arcade:

Here are the pics they aren't very good I can take some more when you have a chance to look at these.  On the vertical ones to keep it from falling back into the monitor I put some foam tape on it to help snug it up to the front.

My drawer setup is very similar to yours, I did not do a drop down door I attached the bottom of the keyboard drawer to the front so you pull it open.

I will attach a picture of that also.

As far as the paint I used latex flat black, I should have followed up with a clear coat that would help with some of the scuffs.  But the picture makes them look 10 times worse than they really are.  I was very happy with painting I think it was much easier than trying to laminate.  I used a good latex primer and then the flat black latex paint.

I will look for my files for 3d and the 2d layouts that I did, I am a little worried that they may have been lost in some computer problems I had a while back.

again sorry the picks are not the best and for the mess in the background.

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