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A Mame machine in an antique buffet - USB probs solved (I think!)
captaincatalyst:
Hi drventure,
I'm really liking your cabinet. I will be doing a steampunk themed build myself. It will probably be more of a standard sized and shaped cabinet, but we'll see. At any rate I will be incorporating a rotating monitor as well. I haven't read all of your posts in this thread to see if you have landed on a solution, but I found something that I will be making use of to rotate the monitor with a hand crank.
I purchased a geared winch from Harbor Freight.
I had a 20% coupon so it came to a little over $20. This particular winch changes the direction of motion such that it could be mounted behind a monitor with the handle shaft extended to the side of the cabinet where you turn the crank. Of course it will have to be modified, but it can be easily taken apart. Even though cranking is easy, the larger gear stays locked so the monitor wouldn't end up rotating back under its own weight. I will incorporate a more steampunk themed crank on the outside, but the winch itself will be hidden from view. You could even go so far as to have this drive other gears that would be visible. Even if you don't have room for it right behind the monitor you still might be able to use it to drive a series of gears that end up rotating a gear attached to the monitor.
drventure:
Nice idea with the winch. I'm leaning toward a brass grandfather clock cable and pulley arrangement right now. I just haven't been able to find brass or brass like gears that would be of the size (and look decent enough) for me to actually use. But clock parts are all over the place. My main concern is that they'll handle the torque, but I think it'll be fine.
I'm going to try mocking up a layout on some plywood first to be sure though.
I could see using an old white ceramic faucet handle for the winch crank. Could be sweet!
jipp:
i watched the movie the wild west with will smith last night.. man that whole movie seams steampunk inspired to me.. made me think of your cab. heh
i look forward to what you do with your guns. i do not really like the aimtrack shells. but ill end up going with them to start.. blah..
50 bucks for a shell with out even a feed back motor. the topguns come with one.. but i dunno how well the topgun II guns work.. must be a reason everyone uses the aimtracks.
have a great morning. :)
i think i hear a steam powered alarm clock ready to blow.
chris.
drventure:
Hey Jipp
I was going to ask if you'd seen the Maverick Nerf gun mod that was recently posted, but I just checked and it looks like you have. Good stuff. That's where I'm leaning, but I'd sure like to make em wireless!
captaincatalyst:
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I just haven't been able to find brass or brass like gears that would be of the size (and look decent enough) for me to actually use.
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I have to agree with you on that one. Large gears seem to be very difficult to track down. I see very few on eBay and they tend to be pretty expensive. Small watch gears are very abundant, but of course wouldn't work for rotating a monitor. Anyone have any ideas on sourcing large (greater than 2") gears? Ones with threaded screw holes to keep them attached to a rod would be preferable. I suppose the type of metal wouldn't matter because, if need be, they could always be painted.
I think I'll end up doing mine where most of the functional parts for the rotating mechanism are hidden and drive a set of smaller exposed gears for looks.
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