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Infinicade (fka My Cab Without a Name)
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As I suggested was likely in my first couple posts, I decided to go ahead and move the administrative buttons off the control panel and put them on a separate panel under the screen. This freed up some room at the top of the CP, allowing me to move some things up a little and make for an overall cleaner look. It also lets me put some extra room between the start, pause, and exit buttons, which should decrease the risk of inadvertent exiting when trying to pause the game! Plus, I was able to incorporate separate pause and exit buttons for each player, which could also come in handy.
I reworked my plans to fit in the administrative bar between the bottom of the screen and the top of the CP. The only thing that really changed was the height of the TV riser, and since that hasn’t been built yet, I’m not going to have to redo anything. Originally, the glass over the monitor was going to rest in a groove on the front of the TV riser, but with the buttons on the panel extending backwards, that won’t work anymore. To get around this, I designed the panel itself to have a place for the glass to sit, and I would then put a metal upright shelf support strip in that groove to hold the glass securely.
As an added benefit, this plan let me use the router some more!
With all the pieces cut, it was time to pack up for the day and start putting it all together next time.
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Things were a little screwy this past week, as our furnace died on us and we spent a few days/nights without heat.
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Luckily, it didn't get unbearably cold around here, and since it wasn't much warmer inside than it was outside, it wasn't hard to spend a few hours working on the cab.
Anyway, following Saint’s book, the first step in construction was putting together the base. Rather than attaching the casters at this stage, I decided to wait until just before I painted it. Since I was going to need to stand in the cab occasionally while sanding or drilling, I didn’t want the thing to start rolling out from under me.
The next step was attaching the sides to the base.
Here’s where I went off the Project Arcade plans a bit, as I was paranoid that the method of attaching the sides to the base wouldn’t be strong enough for my cab. So instead of just screwing the sides into the base and using some L-brackets, I also (1) glued the sides to the base; and (2) placed 2 x 4s in the corners between L-brackets, then glued those to the base and the sides and screwed into them from both the inside and outside/bottom.
Once that was done, I was able to stand the cab skeleton up and get my first idea of how the thing was going to look. I have to admit, it was a pretty cool feeling!
That’s enough for this time. Next time I hope to finish the back and the top. And to have heat long before that point.
Daniel B.:
Off to a great start man. I would have never guessed you weren't familiar with woodworking. I'm really looking forward to seeing this thing come together!
fronty:
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dkssprs:
I wish i had your space my friend and also your tools.
But for sure you have the talent to make something very very nice.
The bad thing with my project is that the woodwork and the metal work isnt made by me. I just gave the plans and order the parts.... :(
Keep up the good work!!!