Main > Project Announcements
"The Griffin" - Finished August 28, 2010!
emphatic:
I have that exact speaker kit in one of my cabs. I will buy another for my next cab as well. Those are excellent for this purpose, and the volume knob/headphone jack can be mounted at a convenient place without any hacking.
SephYuyX:
Thanks guys, plan on working on the speaker/light shelf today, as well as the beginnings of the CP.
Current design and thoughts: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=98731.msg1045828#msg1045828
Definitely finding out the CP is the most stressful part.
SephYuyX:
Two updates in one week? Arent you all happy now.
The big cutting is all done, and the cabinet is 'done', minus all the hours itll take making everything look pretty, and getting the CP perfect..
I finally had to buckle down and figure out a physical design for the control panel (CP) (the art on the other hand..) so I took near a whole day playing with photoshop to get that together. I think it came out pretty good. The green guide lines helped line things up
Without the guides. The black boarder is the the 5/8" MDF box the control panel will sit on and house the electronics and such
Total size is 37"x18" and curves in the front. 3 Joysticks, 2 being 8 way, and the top one being a 4 way for older games. 8 buttons per player, 2 start buttons, 2 coin buttons, 4 admin buttons, and 2 mouse buttons (these two will be connected to the SpinTrak Spinner), and a 3" U-Trak Trackball. Most are Happ components, but will be bought through GGG for a cheaper price. The Spinner and Trackball will be bought through Ultimarc, as well as an IPac2 which controls all of these things
Went to Kinkos to print it off, only $5, not bad at all.
Finally finished adding the cross beam support for the CP base, nice and sturdy now. The base will also latch on to the rear beam, and be detachable for maintenance and moving
Sides of the CP base up
All done
Side view of it, 4.5" height dropping to 3.5". I tried to cut the front and back peices at an angle too (only 2ish degrees) but it was just silly, so didnt bother
Added the speaker and light shelf finally too, 22.5 degree angle on the front to hold the marquee square
Pull back view of the 'completed' cabinet
Now with the CP base
Now with a 40x20" top thatll be carved out to look sexy. A 30" piano hinge will be put on the front face of the CP base so the CP can be lifted up to be looked at
Front close view of it
Nice looking side angle. The slots will be for the T-Molding if you dont recall from earlier
Put the cp print out on it just to see. The back of the cp will be straight, but the front will be curved to look soft
Pull back view of it completed
Side view of it
Angle view
saurian333:
Lots of pics; nice to see it coming along well! Your CP looks excellent. :cheers:
As a fellow n00b on his first project, I was wondering what made you decide to go with the IPac from Ultimarc. I'm going to be ordering from GGG as well, and I planned on getting a Keywiz from them. What did you find to be the major benefit of the IPac over the Keywiz? Price seems about the same thing, and you're placing an order from GGG (who has the Keywiz) anyway, so I'm just curious.
SephYuyX:
Honestly the first thing I heard people talk about in threads and in their projects was IPac, and never heard about Keywiz till later down the road. I guess I just saw IPac as being the 'popular choice', and figured since it seems more people use it, theres a bigger support base for when/if im having issues with it. I never actually even looked at the differences btwn them sadly. Gogo consumerism.
Pretty much same for the reverse, I was set on wanting Happ Joys/Buttons, and that old leaf feel, so I went with GGG for those, and didnt end up hearing about some of Ultimarc stuff till later. Planning on getting NovaMatrix from GGG too.