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unclet:
Why not use both nets at the same time? Might look cool, but not :dunno

jeffhlewis:
I've been gone from BYOAC for a while, and came back and saw this. AWESOME! Love the voice and everything.

thatpurplestuff:
05/14/09 Part 1

jeffhlewis - Thanks! Yeah RandyT did a great job with the software... everyone that has played it gets a kick out of the audio.

So lost some steam over the past few weeks (well, money really) but I’ve finally started working on this thing again. Over this past week, I finally got around to cleaning up the wires inside the machine. I also desoldered the potentiometer from the speaker board and stuck it on the back of the machine, and stuck a cool little volume dial on it (which I actually got for free since it was out of its package and the Radio Shack employee that helped me didn’t feel like looking it up). Unfortunately with this new dial, my Skeeball machine doesn’t go to 11. Oh well.

I also attached a power button and power led to the back. I really had to keep myself from going led crazy, since at one point I was considering putting an hdd activity led and a speaker power led before I asked myself why in the hell I would possibly need those things. I settled with the power led even though that wasn’t really necessary either.

I attached the vinyl flooring to the back of the scoring area, so it no longer makes a *CRACK!* sound every time someone overshoots the rings and hits the back. I also added the spring door protectors behind the 50 and 100 rings to make sure the balls can’t get stuck behind them. They’re not exactly pretty, but they fit my budget and like everything else I can always replace them later. Functionally, they work perfectly and once the net is put together I don’t think they’ll be noticeable. I also finally bolted the 10 ring completely, so it doesn't look all warped along the sides. The rings still need to be glued to close any gaps around the edges, but other than that they are done.

thatpurplestuff:
05/14/09 Part 2

Tonight, I finally got around to starting the net frame. Unclet was once again kind enough to provide measurements, but I'm only using them as a rough guide and not going by them exactly. I don’t have the wood to cut the final version yet, but I used scraps to create one side of a very rudimentary frame for the net. I used different sizes of scrap to make this, and obviously the final version will all be the same thickness. I really like the rough shape of it, and I think it will look killer once it is cut and has nice curved angles and routed edges. I think I’m going to use the frame as an excuse to play around making different types of joints with my router, so hopefully it won’t be a disaster. Gonna be camping this weekend, but I’m hoping to get a little bit of work done Friday night and Sunday afternoon. More updates later!

Xiaou2:

I think you may want to reconsider the net frame made with MDF. A heavy
skeeball hitting the frame on accident from a poor player would most likely result in
the frame cracking. (if not from one hit.. then a few of them would probably do it)

MDF just isnt very strong - especially when that thin.

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