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slasherman:
What about also making it tilt vertikal. Nice idea by the way

glonq:

--- Quote from: koinsatx on October 11, 2008, 10:38:14 am ---Looking really good. 

 So did you use latex based paint?  and then clear coat it? 

 Any thoughts on this?

 I used latex based and am not happy with the durability of it I think.


Kevin


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I'm sure the durability will be okay for the cab.  Not quite sure about the CP, though.  If 3 coats of polyurethane aren't enough, then I'll strip the sucker down and resurface it with shelf paper or vinyl or linoleum or something.

glonq:
Back to the cab.  I wanted to make more progress on this, but a car decided to slam into my bike and dog and myself this week, and that slowed me down a bit.  :dizzy:

Fully assembled (glued and screwed).  Monitor seems to fit nicely.  Piano hinges fit well enough.


Painting the cab

glonq:
No updates for a few weeks, but lots of progress.  The thing is all painted now, and I stuck a $200 barebones PC inside.  I haven't put the hinged top/back panels on yet.

Here's the guts:


This is the cab in upright mode, pretending to be a PC:


...and here it is tilted back, running Hyperspin and my fave classic game, Elevator Action:


Okay, I'm definitely throught the woods on this project.  My to-do list includes:
- Use piano hinges to attach top and back panels
- Build a little panel on the back for power cable, USB hub, power button, etc
- Decide on a front end (check out Mala and others)
- Figure a way to add sturdy handles that don't look crappy
- roms roms roms.
- Turn it into a Vista Media Center (TV tuner, remote control)
- Repeatedly spray all painted surfaces with clear coat until the bottle runs dry

FYI, cab specs are:
- AMD Sempron
- Geforce 6100 (onboard)
- 2GB RAM
- 500GB HDD
- Vista ultimate
- Acer 22" LCD
- Mini-pac encoder
- Hauppauage PVR-150 tuner
- Microsoft MCE remote

DaOld Man:
looking real good!
Clever idea with the dual purpose too.
 :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:

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