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BLACK'S MAGIC- 100% Structurally COMPLETE - PHOTO UPDATES 7-23-2010
rablack97:
Hello All,
This is not a dead project, I just can't find the time to post every single update to my cab.
Here are a few pics of what's happened in the past few months.
I have the cab sides and base cut, it's gonna be a monster 34" wide, CP is 40" in width.
The more updated version already has 12" holes cut out for 12" neon blue speaker rings (Knievel's neon mame concept).
Instead of a graphic for the cutout's, I'm going to with 2 12" blue Lumin disk's
I updated my CP art.
I decided not to go with a monitor and go with a 32" WS LCD TV. Reason? Size, cheaper, great resolution, and I'm no naked arcade monitor expert if the thing breaks down. Those things scare me.
I have the CP cutout and I have test mounted my fans. Funny thing about this CP, this is #2, the first was all done and I had cut my T-molding slot only to find out the darn thing was flipped the wrong way. Buttons and J-stick holes were facing the wrong way. :banghead: So as you all know that small 1/8 of an inch for the plexi glas was on the bottom of the CP instead of the top. :hissy: So recutting the slot would have made it too big for the t-molding. So I now have a wonderful template for any future builds. :applaud:
Anyway back to the fans.
I have also cut some slots for t-molding for the fans as well, not insalled yet, but it should look good with the light behind it and hide the mfd in the circle.
Here are the fan controls that will control the air flow, they were setup to fit in a PCI bay slot so I had to cut them down, you ever try to cut something this small with a jigsaw. It sucks, hence the jagged edges. I just started using my mortising bit in my router and my fractional measuring stinks so you see how off i was , the 2nd was a little bit better. I'm hoping some wood putty will fill in some gaps and the fact the CP will be black, hopefully it will hide the horidness of my attempt.
I'm also gonna cut some 3" holes in the base of the CP and cover with a black mesh on the inside and use the router to round out the outside. These will be for air intake, my plan is to place these cutouts towrds the front of the CP where it overhangs from the actual cab. My thinking is the fans kick out alot of light, so I'm hoping I will get a slight neon glow right under my CP. Will have to test and see.
That's all for now....
drventure:
I like the fans but won't that end up blowing in your face? Can't tell exactly. Plus that seems to take up a lot more CP real estate than any kind of ducted system would.
Still, they'll look cool with the artwork you've got!
rablack97:
Thanks Dr. V,
I thought of the irritating air in the face part, which is why I chose fan with manual controls. On the lowest setting you dont even know they are there, at medium its generates an airflow no different than your home AC being at full blast.
Whats wierd is the actual air flow of these things blows towards the top of the CP not towards the player, so its actually just circulating the air in the space between the player and the monitor/tv.
So for continuous play low to mid setting, but if you start sweating your butt off, you can just turn to high, and feel the breeze to cool off, or hey, instant hand dryer..... ;)
Yep, just did a mock setup of the CP, even at full blast you don't get the breezy effect, it actually blows up and away from the player, so that should workout great for the circulation effect I wanted........
Thanks again for the input.......Keep it coming....
rablack97:
I had my CP art done today, Fedex Kinkos turned it around in 3 hours, highly surprised. I also tested my neon speaker rings and the Lumin disks that will go into the side cutouts of the cab.
drventure:
That neon/disk setup looks great!
Hmmm, do they have those in orange? <thinking....>