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| ** ARTIFACT Game Museum ** GIFT: Sketchup plans and... ARTWORK! |
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| Stobe:
Everything looks great so far! Keep up the good work. I really like the throw-back design, with staying away from the CP box design. Its refreshing to see. -Stobe |
| ARTIFACT:
BYOAC rules! You guys rule. Thank you for the support and input. I have a couple of questions... #1 - OK... regarding casters / feet ... what do you suggest I use? I don't want the plywood to explode everytime I drag the cabinet a few inches here or there... I am not planning to move it around often, but it seems natural to at least screw some (wide) rubber feet under it. #1 - Speakers-wise The 27" SONY Trinitron as very good sound already... it's all hooked up, and believe it or not sounds just fine thru the plexi-glass and bezel (!)... I am contemplating either: . taking apart the TV to take out and extend the existing TV speakers and reposition "where they should be" under the marquee (jigsaw "lines" slots, etc) . (or) plugging some cheap PC Speakers to the PC (and decase the volume knob, speakers, jigsaw speaker line openings, etc) . (or) leaving it as it is and just use the TV remote to control the volume The third solution is of course the easiest (no work at all) ... I am on the fence on this one!!! would this be a "proper" arcade cabinet with the TV speakers behind the plexi? (sounds weird... but it sounds OK!!) thanks in advance for your input. |
| superbigjay:
--- Quote from: ARTIFACT on July 12, 2007, 04:51:59 pm ---I am new to all of this BYOAC stuff, loving it so far, started designing my plans a few weeks ago, redesigned a few times to make sure, and spent about 4 "full" days on building so far (a few hours here and there when I find the time). ... a LOT more coming up in the next few days! STAY TUNED! :) --- End quote --- Hey Artifact, pretty good start for a newbie!!! Well documented. Can't wait to see the final cab!!! Good luck... Jay :cheers: |
| ARTIFACT:
(please check my questions a couple of posts above!!! ... THANKS) More pics! TV "snug" on my frame; dedicated computer; bluetooth receptor (mouse/kb/anything bluetooth); power supply outlet (I plan to wire up a switch to power up the cab + install a female computer power outlet to easily remove the power cable when transporting) Profile detials of CP / screen / marquee area ... look at these curves :) I got the T-Molding in the mail, but I need to buy a 1/16" slot cutting bit still... I imagine that I'll install the molding AFTER I stain and finish the cabinet Marquee box close-up - I'll definitely add some screws on this tube light unit ... Velcro is great, but does NOT hold "flat". Although I did make a wood surface all around the marquee opening, I am going to order "proper" marquee retainers, and won't really need the side surfaces. Shot of CP top ... 28" x 8 1/2" Under the CP ... this board is held using VELCRO strips for easy access. 2 pics of it (closed, opened). Open, this gives me about 8 x 28 inches of space to troubleshoot CP connections One more "overview" shot of the cab, with bezel, plexiglass in place. BTW I used velcro for the plexi-glass, but I plan to add a thin plywood strip behind the top, across, to support it even more snug/flat... this Velcro stuff doesn't hold evenly. I am thinking of shortening the depth of the cab... it's a whopping 38" right now and I could take out ~3" by cutting the back "straight" (see the pointy part in the far back of the side) ... I'm a bit torn on this one, as I like the current dramatic retro look (again, to "me"). Since this is going in the family den, I don't want the cab to be too deep. I saw a beautiful SNK MVS NEO GEO cab the other day ... it made me want to stain my cab all red :) (I used nice birch plywood though, so it wouldn't be 100% opaque ... show the wood grain as well as being close to this red, if that's possible) ... the room where the cab is going is already red-ish, so I need to make sure it looks okay there :) (one like this ... i found this pic online) |
| Stobe:
--- Quote from: ARTIFACT on July 17, 2007, 11:58:40 pm ---#1 - OK... regarding casters / feet ... what do you suggest I use? I don't want the plywood to explode everytime I drag the cabinet a few inches here or there... I am not planning to move it around often, but it seems natural to at least screw some (wide) rubber feet under it. --- End quote --- I would at least put on some heavy duty leg levelers if you didn't want to use castors. The you would at least have nice level points to use some easy-movers or something if you needed to (I imagine you cab is going to be heavy!). -Stobe |
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