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A Mame machine in an antique buffet - USB probs solved (I think!)
Nephasth:
Flat copper tubing?
drventure:
I like that flat copper tubing idea. Wood would probably work as well....
Hmmm, maybe cut a wood track out of 1x2, route a slot for the quarter, then just glue cardstock to the open face to make an enclosed race. Nobody's going to see that part anyway....
That just might work!
newmanfamilyvlogs:
--- Quote from: drventure on July 12, 2011, 09:58:55 am ---I like that flat copper tubing idea. Wood would probably work as well....
Hmmm, maybe cut a wood track out of 1x2, route a slot for the quarter, then just glue cardstock to the open face to make an enclosed race. Nobody's going to see that part anyway....
That just might work!
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The sound is important here! If you use wood it needs to be really light so it acts like a soundbox to amplify the quarter rolling down it.
yotsuya:
What would be really steampunky is if you used the kind of coin slot found on gumball machines (slide in quarter, turn crank). I know it's more time consuming, but it seems much more appropriate to a vintage machine. Just a suggestion. Probably not practical, but would be cool.
drventure:
@yotsuya
Cool idea, i hadn't though of that, but it would look better, esp if the exterior was brass plated. Unfortunately, given the design of the buffet (the actual furniture design, that I didn't have any part of), there's no place to put such a crank thing without it looking +really+ weird.
Couldn't put it on the front doors because they have to fold. Couldn't put it on the front side supports because they're only about 2 inches wide.
Putting on either side was just look terribly out of place.
hmmm. Have to think about that one some more....
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