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Arcade - Game Exhibition - scratchbuild upright/candy crossover *now T-molding*
Cakemeister:
Just don't pick a name with MAME or CADE in it and you'll be fine. :)
Akuma:
Sure, no "mame" or "cade" in the name : )
I think I will really go with the simple name of Axel's Arcade Machine - but not decided yet : )
Okay, hi everyone! A small update of what I could do so far. I'll have got more free time tommorrow, so I think I can make a major leap towards completing the cabinet shell tommorrow.
I am done constructing the monitor shelf with it's 30° angle. I discarded the idea of a rotating monitor since it's not really compromisable with my other, more important goal. I am keeping the whole thing modular, so that it can be disassembled into several pieces. WHy? Because I plan to move into a new home within the next 2 years. I am living on the 3rd floor at the moment and the stairs are kinda narrow and I see no point in building a cab, putting alot of money and sweat into it and then have to break it apart just to move into a new house. So that's that. The rotating monitor will be saved for my next project in the future (when I got a new home) : )
Tommorrow, I gotta build the basic under-cabinet between base and monitor shelf. Shouldn't be too hard - just got to measure the correct height. I pretty strayed from my original plans and do some sort of on the fly engineering and assembly. Not the best way, and absolutely not the german way of engineering, but well - whatever : ))
So, here is a pic of the finished base and the monitor shelf. And one of an excited german guy, testing the strenght of his monitor shelf. "If it can hold my 85 Kilos, then it can hold the 60 Kilos of the monitor!"
Alex
Akuma:
Okay, has been some time since I get to work on the cab very irregularly.
So far, I made the under-cabinet and set up a test rig. for one week I played and tested height and everything else. I am not too satisfied with the monitor's sharpness - maybe it's too old. The 30° angle is fine, but the monitor was too high. conclusion - lower monitor by 15 cm. Besides that, I wired the start and reset switch to translucent pushbuttons and placed the power and hdd led inside them. I will definitely use this on the cab : )
After lowering the under-cabinet, I attached the left side yesterday with powerbonder and screws. After it had one night to dry I attached the right side today.
Since I lowered the monitor, the overall size of the cab is reduced. Due to that fact, I decided to not make it modular detachable for easy transport but build it very strong so that it can be transported without the need of a heart attack : )
If everything works as planned, I will construct the speaker/marquee top, which gets "planted" on top of the cabinet tommorrow as well as cutting off the excess of the top. Maybe I can even start with the new control panel.
Since I did most of the cab design while building it (which is quite uneconomical and unpractical), I am happy to say that I now know how I want the cab to look like when it's done. Unlucky me, I don't know which colours I should give it as well as how to name it. Damn, why did Artifact already call his cab "Game Museum"? I like this name so very much!
Well, here are some pics I took. The test rig and what it looks like now.
See ya (maybe tomorrow)
Akuma:
Okay, just a short update - I finished the CP today. Okay, I almost finished it - all that is left is rout the joystick cutout and the T-mold groove. I will probably do this tommorow - have to decide first if I will go with a plexi overlay or something different.
I also have to figure out a way to mount the control panel in a stable yet detachable way - some mistake I did in the beginning is now coming back for revenge - I shouldn't have cut off the wood supporting the CP. Ah well, I will find a way.
I also have to do four cuts tommorow - after they are done, I think I will have made a major progress towards completion. Have to build the trapezoid speaker and marquee shelf then. I see light at the end of the tunnel : )
Also: I finally found a name which I really like - simple, self explaining and universal usable: ARCADE - GAME EXHIBITION
And you might have seen the little hint in the edited topic subject - upright candy crossover. I know, it doesn't really look like one yet - but stay tuned, you will see it come together soon : ))
Anubis_au:
--- Quote from: Akuma on September 19, 2007, 12:53:58 pm ---Sure, no "mame" or "cade" in the name : )
I think I will really go with the simple name of Axel's Arcade Machine
--- End quote ---
I'm fairly certain the word arcade has 'cade' in it :P
Just kidding.
Nice build you have going. Good luck with it, and I'll be watching.
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