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paulscade - First Build - MAME - Blastoff!
paulscade:
jlfreund -
The fan, LED marquee lighting, and lights for the coin return are all 12v. They are all (will be) wired to the terminal strip. The 12v will come from the PC power supply.
Re: external volume
I fought with that for some time. Even with all the posts on this board, I still had a hard time choosing a sound system. I checked into speakers/sub with external volume controls... and I just didn't find exactly what I was looking for. Once I decided on the car audio speakers, I knew that I would have to find (or build) an amp to drive them.
I found this on Amazon for $60:
http://www.pyleaudio.com/itemdetail.asp?model=PTA2
With the lack of subwoofer, I thought I should, at least, provide decent power to the speakers... I wanted to be sure that I could hear the "wacka, wacka, wacka" of PacMan. ;)
So... because of this choice, the volume control will be in the cabinet. I'll likely mount this just inside the coin door somewhere.
dmworking247 -
re: preparation/template
That has a story too. I did the layout in Visio. We have a nice Epson 10600 plotter at work. I plotted at 1:1. First, I plotted to a local pdf and later sent the pdf to the plotter... it came out too big. Then, I plotted directly from Visio... it also came out too big (the same actually). After the second plot, I measured some key points on the plot and the same points on the the control panel... I figured out the percentage difference... (it was 4.6 percent too big)... plotted at 95%... Bingo... I finally had a template that I could use for the CP top and Lexan cutting. I'll probably use a similar tactic for the CPO.
koinsatx -
Wow... you found 5/8" MDF at Lowes.. amazing.. I had to special order from 84lumber and wait for 3 weeks. Good luck with the project... my advice: Don't rush. Take your time. Do lots of research on this board; it's an amazing resource.
paulscade:
I mounted the glass yesterday. I was trying to find the right hardware to hold the glass in place. I came across these shelve supports at Home Depot (.99 for 12). They looked like the right part for the job. The supports have a small peg on one side that fits into an appropriately sized hole. On my test wood, I found that the right sized hole was just a hair too big (1/64" smaller was a bit too tight). They fit snugly but I wanted tight.
To fix the problem of these potentially falling out, I first drilled the recommended size hole only 1/8" deep. I switched bits to 1/64" smaller... and drilled the remaining 1/8". I pushed them in tight with a pair of needle nosed pliers.
The shelve supports:
The glass:
koinsatx:
I am also considering the Makvision Tri-mode as my monitor, I was curious what measurements as far as width you used on the front and back panels?
Looking at the Ultimate Arcade II plans is a little confusing on the width of these panels.
Thanks.. keep up the great work, it's look sweet.
Kevin
paulscade:
koinsatx...
The inside dimension of the top of the cabinet is 25". That allowed for about 3/8" clearance on each side of the monitor. It doesn't really have a whole lot of extra room (by design). I wanted the cabinet to be as narrow as possible while still accommodating the monitor that I had picked out.
I also considered the width of the doorways in the house... nothing like building a cabinet in the garage and finding out later that you can't get it into the house. Doh....
notanoob81:
Everything looks really great, but you button layout looks uncomfortable for Capcom fighters. What's up?