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O'Boyle's Arcade - by the "book"
Spyridon:
Thanks for the compliments. I'm really pleased with the way this is turning out. I probably won't get much if anything else done on it this week as I'm going on vacation for a few days.
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: Green Giant on August 18, 2007, 01:42:54 am ---A few pointers. On that control panel, you need to move the spinner and 4way away from the center. You will end up smashing your fingers on golden tee. Also, you might think about getting rid of the middle mouse button and spreading out the left and right.
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Good advice. I think I will drop the middle mouse button as I don't think it will get much use. I'll take a look and see if I can spread out the spinner and 4 way. I'm thinking about droping both coin buttons and just using the coin door for credits. More realistic that way anyway. If I do that, I should have some more real estate to work with. Problem is, I don't think I will be able to move the 4 way too much as the 8 way will start to get in the way.
Spyridon:
Artwork arrived in the mail today from Mamemarquees. Control panel and marquee look great. I'm a little disapointed with the side art. The quality of the material is fine, but some of the characters are not the highest quality. Looked better in the small picture on the website.
Spyridon:
Today I started to sand down the putty I put in the counter sunk screws. My question is how much putty should I sand away? Should I leave only the putty only in the circular screw area like this...
or leave more putty around it like this...?
Another question. I'm going to be painting soon and was wondering what grit sandpaper to use between coats? I'm planning on two coats of primer and 2 to 3 coats of semi-gloss latex paint.
Spyridon:
Began assembly on the control panel box. First I test fit all of the control panel pieces together. I had to redo the back piece as I messed it up when I went to cut the 45 degree angle. I tried to use a jigsaw and it just wasn't happening. I then decided to give the router a try. What a sweet instrument that is! Worked like a charm.
I then glued and screwed the front and sides onto the base.
Next step was to apply some putty to the counter sunk screws.
That's as far as I was able to get tonight. Next step is to install the wood blocks that will be used to seal the top on. I will be putting a strip of velcro on each of these.
And finally, here it is in its current state. It's really starting to look like something! ;D
I have black t-molding for this unit, but I purchased that when I was originally going to do a Galaga themed unit. Now that I seem to have a blue theme going, I'm thinking about ordering some blue t-molding as I've seen some nice looking units with it (i.e. :notworthy: Knieval).
I'm off to California for a few days to visit wine country so I won't be able to do anymore for a few days.
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