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Raiden Cab Project - New Pics with coin door. 98% finished (for now)
BurgerKingDiamond:
I want to put my ps2 in my cabinet along with my PC so I can play Gradius V and Raiden III and a few other suitable arcade games (perhaps my 360 too for some Mushihimesama action..) . Right now I have my controls connected to my PC through a cthulhu board, which is similar to an ipac.
What I want to do is connect all my grounds from the joystick and buttons to a grounding point, and then from there run one wire to the ground of the cthulhu and another wire to the ground of the hacked ps2 pad. Then for each button I just run two wires from the NO lead, one each to the corresponding lead on the cthulhu and ps2 controller.
This way I won't need to have a switch or anything. It will automatically work for whatever system is turned on at the time. Is there any reason why this won't work, or is a bad idea? I don't know much about electronics. Is it ok that the cthulhu and ps2 both share the same ground? That's the only thing I could see not working... If so I could just put a switch to have one or the other grounded to the joystick/buttons at a time.
Thanks for reading.
BKD :burgerking:
BurgerKingDiamond:
Man... I wanted to laminate my cabinet but I just found out how expensive the laminate is. At $50 a sheet it's gonna cost me $150. There goes that Idea. Maybe in a year or something I can justify dropping that much money, but with all the other stuff I still have to do to this cab that's not gonna cut it right now. Even though I hate it I guess it's painting time again... Damn. I hate painting.
Epyx:
Lol...ya good paint jobs require *time*...laminating is very straightforward and *quick*. Time is the main reason I started using laminate. For me it's time versus money...hours upon hours for a good paint job and sanding is worth the $150 for me personally.
However, a nice paint job can't be touched. Good luck!
saleem:
--- Quote from: BurgerKingDiamond on March 22, 2010, 11:45:55 pm ---Man... I wanted to laminate my cabinet but I just found out how expensive the laminate is. At $50 a sheet it's gonna cost me $150. There goes that Idea. Maybe in a year or something I can justify dropping that much money, but with all the other stuff I still have to do to this cab that's not gonna cut it right now. Even though I hate it I guess it's painting time again... Damn. I hate painting.
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you just dont get that nice finish that laminate gives.drawback is laminating takes time,instead of just cutting a piece and fitting it,its got to have laminate fixed to it,then dry,then route and then fix to cab.but,$50 is decent price if its new from a store,here in uk its too expensive,luckily there was an ebay seller who was selling laminate for £15 a sheet and i got 3 lovely blue sheets and with delivery it cost me £65,just convert that to $.
but,i would rather laminate now than paint.
i think if you look at a painted cab and a laminated one i think laminate will justify itself.
:)
Epyx:
--- Quote ---you just dont get that nice finish that laminate gives.drawback is laminating takes time,instead of just cutting a piece and fitting it,its got to have laminate fixed to it,then dry,then route and then fix to cab.but,$50 is decent price if its new from a store,here in uk its too expensive,luckily there was an ebay seller who was selling laminate for £15 a sheet and i got 3 lovely blue sheets and with delivery it cost me £65,just convert that to $.
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I would disagree only in that laminating is *much* quicker than a great paint job. A side of a cab can be laminated and routed within 45 minutes:
-5 minutes to trace outline of side on laminate
-10 minutes to slop on glue
- 20 minutes to dry
- 5 minutes to press laminate on side
- 10 minutes to route it
The easiest way is to trace the side roughly on the laminate...glue the side and then the area within your tracing on the laminate...fit the piece glue down onto the laminate (also with glue) once dry and press together...then route flush trim...don't try to route it and then fit it...way too complicate and prone to error.
You can't say the same for a paint job...well you can...if you pour the paint on the side and call it done :lol
EDIT: Lamination Tutorial