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Seattle Seahawks themed cabinet - DONE! 6-13-07
btp2k2:
Got paint today....ended up with "Sea Blue"....the darker of the two blues on the Seahawks jerseys
btp2k2:
Got a lot of work done today.
decased monitor
completed all router work on the CP and drilled button holes on CP (trackball is mounted directly in wood CP, no mounting plate.)
competed rear access door
began building mounting brackets for monitor
Tomorrow I am going to the Seahawks pro shop to try and find some window clings and various stickers or something that will look cool for the bezel.
also started work on the dreamcast cab. The guy across the street does contractor work and said he had a better method for cab building that would be lighter and stronger. He agreed to pay for new materials if it didn't work out so I agreed to try this one his way. We used polyurethane glue and a nail gun with the little finishing nails in it....the holes are so small! If this works, I might have to go out and get a compressor and a gun...There will be next to no prep work for painting, the holes are so small I had trouble even finding them to spackle
btp2k2:
I installed the monitor today and nearly crapped my pants when it didn't do anything upon power up.
This is the first one I decased. Got it mounted OK...plugged it in and only the LED power light came on and turned amber....nothing else, tube didn't make noise as it normally does, nothing.....
After sweating bullets, I noticed one of the metal brackets in the corner of the screen was seperated from the bracket on the frame. I pushed the two together and all the sudden, the monitor jumped to life. There was a little brass ground tab that wasn't connecting. Once that connected by pushing them together, it turned on the tube!
YEAH!
Also, I was at the Seahawks Pro Shop the other day and found some great vinyl stickers. They are perfect for the sideart and ended up costing me 5 bucks a side!
Pics coming soon.
bfauska:
Sounds like good progress. Great deal on side art. I saw a commercial for some life sized vinyl football players that people are supposed to decorate their houses with :dunno seemed like a silly idea to me, but for a cab they seemed perfect, I thought of your project but I think the price was either ridiculous or they didn't show it so I didn't bother mentioning it to you, I hate ads without prices.
Edit:
In case anybody was curious I found the product that I saw the ad for it is Fathead, they have other cool stuff though and the prices are high.
btp2k2:
Here is the pic I promised........
The T-molding in the pic is just a mock up....it is left over from another cab. The actual t-molding for this project is much a much darker blue. The plexiglass that is in place will be sprayed from the back to create the bezel. The glass lays almost completely flat against the monitor currently, maybe 1/8 of an inch between them, so besides spray painting I won't have to do any adjustments to it. I got the die cut sticker from the Pro Shop, that will be applied to the inside of the bezel just before painting.
I still need to find a way to mount the lightgun when not in use. I wish I could do something about the cord hanging out all over the place. Maybe I will leave it just inside the coin door and open the door and pull it out when I want to play Area 51 or something.
Yeah...fathead....they are very expensive. Like 200 bucks a pop!