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First cocktail in planning.....i hate planning
mahalos:
Well progress has been slow, largely due to issues i'm having with my monitor.....more on that later.
I had a crack at mocking up one of the ends/control panels. I messed up the bottom angle by cutting on the reverse angle. I was going to trash it but it i ran with it in case i wanted to make any changes as it kinda looked the cp was going to sit a little low. Turns out that the height was cool. I didn't enclose the front of the cp as that's where i'm thinking about placing the speakers and i haven't got that side of things locked down yet.
So my monitor has an ailment that i feel like fixing with a 8lb sledgehammer. When it first turns on it's great,
but after a while i start to get discolouration in two corners.
The pictures look a lot better than the problem actually is. Im at a bit of a crossroads with the whole project. The machine is designed and built around the monitor so it's hard to progress until i figure out the issue with the monitor or decided to find another one.....but whats to say the next one will be any different. I've tried degaussing it and removing all of the pc gear from underneath but no joy. :dunno
Blanka:
You have no speakers near the screen?
The problem is I believe that a monitor is usually corrected for the earth magnetic field. The correction is for the normal horizontal position. If the tube is vertical, this correction might not work any more, and discolouring could happen.
mahalos:
--- Quote from: Blanka on January 17, 2009, 06:10:14 am ---You have no speakers near the screen?
The problem is I believe that a monitor is usually corrected for the earth magnetic field. The correction is for the normal horizontal position. If the tube is vertical, this correction might not work any more, and discolouring could happen.
--- End quote ---
No speakers. I figured it was the magnetic field thing, i just thought it strange that it took time to occur as opposed to being there constantly. How do all the other guys get away with making cocktails and using the vertical mounted monitors? maybe i'm unlucky and have a crap monitor...who knows. I do have a 19" monitor that i'm considering using in it's place, although it's not a flat screen it probably has a better picture. I might try mounting that one vertically and see how it goes.
Neverending Project:
You also may want to try a dedicated degaussing coil. They are far more effective than the monitors built-in degaussing. Also, sometimes after a while of sitting in their new home the monitor will slowly come back into color. I had a similar problem on my monitor in the corners, but after months and months of procrastinating fixing it (ignoring it) it seems to have fixed itself.
mahalos:
Well the 19" monitor i've put in seems to be doing the trick. It has a better picture, much more colour and brightness. The only problem now is i have to deal with a curved monitor instead of a nice easy flat screen when it comes to bezel making time.
The other things i'm trying to decide on is air-flow. I was originally just going to stick a fan on the base to draw air from underneath the machine, but now i'm thinking about putting one down the bottom on either side with a nice chrome grill......i'm thinking it could look quite cool....pardon the pun.
I was hoping to have the power cable entry under the arch using a right angled IEC connector, but i had a look last night and it's too tight, the only choices are to make the base higher and run with the right angled connector or place a cable entry socket on the outside with a mains switch underneath the machine or I guess I could always hardwire to the machine. Seeing as the machine with be white-ish i'll be having a white power lead and connectors.
Lastly i'm thinking about a blue cold-cathode tube under the cocktail to throw a bit of light from underneath, i was going to get blue LED fans but i think the cathode will be a bit more subtle.
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