"Arcade Replay" - Slim LCD cabinet. Now with CABINET LIGHTING.

[emphatic]

Love that panel art! 

[wp34]

Nothing other than shrink-wrapping them afterward for safety.  The kit I bought also had a rubber boot that went over the whole thing behind the panel, and I secured that tight with zip-ties 

If you don't have something similar I'd consider somehow protecting it with an electrical box or a lot of tape.  You obviously don't want ANY chance of electrocution if you or loved ones happen to reach into the cab for some reason.

Mine doesn't have a boot but I heat shrinked it.  Just got done in fact.  Thanks.   

[Santoro]

Just found a great t-shirt from one of our vendors that will complement my cab perfectly!

http://lowrez.spreadshirt.com/laser-blast-vintageprint-free-shirtcolor-selection-A8430497/customize/color/63#details

[Los Abrazos Rotos]

Great looking cab, brilliant work 

[Knievel]

A blast from the past, nice to see it come together.

This one really looks like it could be dropped right into an 80's arcade!  

[Santoro]

Thanks, it's always nice to get kudos from the king

I was hoping to use GGG Electric Ice button shells with black Happ button inserts for a 'glowing ring' effect but alas, almost no light was transmitted.  (see the bottom middle button in the pic.)  I was very disappointed, but then I replaced them all with pure Electric Ice buttons and fired up LEDBlinky.  Holy Cow it looks great.



This is my first LED cab, and I have to say I am blown away by the features packed into LED-Blinky.  I was also very pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to set up.  I thought I'd have to spend hours designing animations, but after seeing the assortment available I really think I can use what's in there with only minor tweaks.   The LED setup has surpassed my expectations and it only took a few hours to get it all the way I wanted it.

Next up - I need to add the RGB cabinet lighting.  Video to follow that.

[Santoro]

The RGB-lit buttons have been bugging me.  In the darkness, the Electric ice buttons look stunning, but in the light, they really looked washed out to me.  So then I tried clear pushbuttons.  I expected too much glare, and I was correct.  I started brainstroming how I might 'frost' the inside of the clear buttons, and the solution hit me - scotch tape.  

I am not sure if it has been done here before, search yielded nothing.  Essentially I stuck a bit of tape onto the end of the plunger spring and used a razor blade to cut the extra off. I will post pics of that in a bit.  The result?  A perfectly frosted clear plunger.  I use black casings with clear plungers- I don't like how the clear casings looked.

[Knievel]

Wow those look awesome! smart thinking.

A little trick I've always done with my button LEDs is to square off the round tips with my bench grinder.
Diffuses them nicely so you never get that center 'hot spot'.

[Nephasth]

Looks good!

[Le Chuck]

Belt in the dryer?  Didn't sound like shoes.  Thunk...thunk...thunk...

Those look pretty pimp, I had thought about using some 200 or 300 grit on the end of a dowel rod and sanding the inside to get goop opacity but it looks like the tape does the trick pretty well.  Nicely managed. 

[Santoro]

Belt in the dryer?  Didn't sound like shoes.  Thunk...thunk...thunk...

My wife was drying baseball cap by itself in the dryer - it wasn't nearly as loud in reality, my phone mic seems to have accentuated that part of the audio. 

Wow those look awesome! smart thinking.

A little trick I've always done with my button LEDs is to square off the round tips with my bench grinder.
Diffuses them nicely so you never get that center 'hot spot'.

I remember you saying that in the past but I had forgotten and didn't try it.  I may still do that because you can sometime see the RGB component colors in the non-frosted part of the plungers.  It's not that noticeable - but it might be a little better.

[Hammerfist]

Ok, as my first post I'm gonna give kudos and thumbs up for the awesome look you managed to achieve for your cabinet! Looks good all the way 

[Santoro]

Thanks, I am honored!

Not too much progress lately.  I do have some of the Cabinet lighting done, I will post some more video of that when I am done with that.  After that, all I need to do is the following:

1) Make a back panel
2) Finish installing the Aimtrak in my gun shell and set it up in MAME
3) Possibly install virtual pinball.  Not sure if I'd really use it.

[Nephasth]

I do have some of the Cabinet lighting done, I will post some more video of that when I am done with that. 

Looking forward to seeing this!

[Santoro]

Maybe today - I only have one LED strip on top, I will be adding the side ones today I think.  Then I can post some video.

Judging from how good it looks already, I think you'll like it.

[leapinlew]

Very nice job on the buttons. I had considered LED buttons, but decided to have a couple kids instead. Now I have no time or money for, well, for anything.

[jmike]

Maybe today - I only have one LED strip on top, I will be adding the side ones today I think.  Then I can post some video.

Judging from how good it looks already, I think you'll like it.

Wow, didn't realize you were doing an upgrade, it looked great already.
Can't wait to see the video.


 

[Santoro]

Here is the menu and in-game cabinet lighting animation.  I will probably modify it later to stay on each of the the colors a little longer.   (sorry about the background noises, my house is NEVER quiet.  )




This is the 'paused game' cabinet animation.  It's one of the LED-Blinky canned ones, and it's a little seizure-inducing so I may do something different.



Event-based cabinet animations are possible thanks to Arzoo's latest LEDBlinky released a few days ago.

[Nephasth]

 

One thing I've noticed is that the animations you create are slower in the animation editor than they are when you actually implement them.

[Le Chuck]

The Pause one is a bit twitchy but the menu one is quite nice really.  I don't have much motivation to go down the LED road but that is nice enough to make me take a look at it as an option again. 

[Santoro]

I adjusted the slower animation so that it stops on each color for seven seconds and then fades to the next. I like it much better.  I will post a vid tonight after dark.

Also - In case anyone is gonna try this - you need a dedicated lighting controller for your cabinet lighting.  I didn't grasp that at first.  More info here

[Santoro]

[Le Chuck]

^ Private video?

[Santoro]

fixt

[Nestafari]

This is..Disco !   
 

[Kaytrim]

Santaro,

I have been looking at several of the slim cabs in the forums of late.  They all look like they could tip over easily.  I like the design of yours with the wider profile.  I tried to download the sketchup file and got an internal server error.  Really all I need is a layout of the side with measurements.

Nice job on a long project.
Kaytrim

[leapinlew]

Santaro,

I have been looking at several of the slim cabs in the forums of late.  They all look like they could tip over easily.  I like the design of yours with the wider profile.  I tried to download the sketchup file and got an internal server error.  Really all I need is a layout of the side with measurements.

Nice job on a long project.
Kaytrim

Look who's still alive.

[Kaytrim]

Santaro,

I have been looking at several of the slim cabs in the forums of late.  They all look like they could tip over easily.  I like the design of yours with the wider profile.  I tried to download the sketchup file and got an internal server error.  Really all I need is a layout of the side with measurements.

Nice job on a long project.
Kaytrim

Look who's still alive.

More like back from the dead.    My frankenmame died (PC) and the wife unit made me finally tear it apart.  Thus I am perusing the forums again looking for ideas for my own real cab.

[Santoro]

Seems like bitly doesn't like my URL anymore.  Fixed the link in post 1.

[Kaytrim]

Seems like bitly doesn't like my URL anymore.  Fixed the link in post 1.

For some reason the link still doesn't like me. 

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[Santoro]

OK try again - it might have been related to the long file name.

[Brian74]

What are you using for leds on the back and how many?

[Santoro]

I used about 3 feet of this stuff on each side.... and 18 inches up top.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=+5050+RGB+LED+STRIPS+5M+&_sacat=0&_odkw=black+PCB+16.4FT+5050+RGB+LED+STRIPS+5M+300leds+waterproof&_osacat=0

[jmike]

I used about 3 feet of this stuff on each side.... and 18 inches up top.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=+5050+RGB+LED+STRIPS+5M+&_sacat=0&_odkw=black+PCB+16.4FT+5050+RGB+LED+STRIPS+5M+300leds+waterproof&_osacat=0

Thanks for the link Santoro.
Was just wondering if these had a sound/music activated mode?

 

[Santoro]

np... 

That is a built in feature of LED Blinky, but I don't use it (yet.)

[Warashiro]

Hello Dave. It's a nice marquee design you have made for your mame. Is it ok I use it too?

[leapinlew]

Look at that Santoro. His first post. You're a star!