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The Ghost in the Machine (Updated with more Pics)
Knievel:
Haven't even visited your site yet but had to say this thing is awesome, nice work! :cheers:
I'm always a sucker for glowing blue things and there's no shortage here.
Love those 20" Acer monitors, I've been using them in all my slim cabinets. Unfortunately they are getting really tough to find.
Well I'm off to your site, I need to know more about that marquee. :)
weisshaupt:
--- Quote from: Knievel on February 09, 2008, 10:43:41 am ---
Haven't even visited your site yet but had to say this thing is awesome, nice work! :cheers:
I'm always a sucker for glowing blue things and there's no shortage here.
Love those 20" Acer monitors, I've been using them in all my slim cabinets. Unfortunately they are getting really tough to find.
Well I'm off to your site, I need to know more about that marquee. :)
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Thanks Knievel,
Praise from you is a mighty thing....
Your Neon Mame was the inspiration for me to really even attempt to build a cab, so the glowing blue stuff is just coming round full circle.
In regards to the marquee, I learned that I should have allowed room for a 24 inch CCFL along the top and bottom (there is too much light fade towars the middle) and I also learned that I should cut the Bezel so that the lights are less visible. Luckily the latter is something I can do after the fact.. providing I don't let me wife see me do it... ;)
Knievel:
Unbelievable documentation! Really well done, I can barely stop to take build pics. :P
I really wanted to do the EL tape t-mold thing when I built the Neon 3 years ago but couldn't find anything suitable, very cool.
Go enjoy all your hard work!
Ioargra:
This is a totally AWESOME build! It inspired me to register and start posting on the boards! I love the lighting setup
BTW, how much did the Luminglass piece cost? Did they charge extra since it looks like it was a custom design?
Great documentation also.
weisshaupt:
--- Quote from: Ioargra on February 21, 2008, 09:47:45 pm ---This is a totally AWESOME build! It inspired me to register and start posting on the boards! I love the lighting setup
BTW, how much did the Luminglass piece cost? Did they charge extra since it looks like it was a custom design?
Great documentation also.
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Hi Ioargra,
Welcome to the forum (though I am pretty much a newbie myself) and thanks for the compliments. I have had a couple of people ask about the luminglas. Its not cheap- that 6 in by 23 inch piece was $300 without shippping. As far as I can tell Strattman Design owns the patent on the stuff, so unless you want a round production piece made under license, you talk to Wayne. But he can do anything - including laser cut pieces in the shapes of letters etc. Smaller pieces are cheaper, but still not as cheap as the novelty ones you can pick up. Anything over 24 inches reguires a specail jig, so costs more. if only Rectangular was a popular novelty shape! When working on Ghost, I fell prey to the "in for a penny, in for a pound" problem, where you just decide you have spent so much time that its just worth it to you to get it to look the way you want..
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