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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: winnydapoo on November 05, 2014, 06:36:34 am
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So I have been building fairly generic multicade bartops for friends and family for a while, and since I am sick of doing them now I thought I'd document the build of the last couple I plan on doing here so I have a record of them somewhere. probably won't be anything particularly impressive but at least there'll be some pics of sawdust :)
Early days so far, but tonight I just marked out the sides with my template, cut & routed them and fixed the batons :
(http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/winnydapoo/a6d638aa-103c-4c2b-8e91-8deda8e97286_zpsa3b27e46.jpg)
(http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/winnydapoo/e78b197f-438b-44ae-b710-6a601e66baf8_zps243260ec.jpg)
(http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/winnydapoo/IMG-20141105-WA0000_med_zps30fbe03c.jpg)
Tomorrow hopefully I'll get all the panels cut and fitted and they will look like something arcade-ish.
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What have you got going on with the bottom of those side panels? Are those feet on which the cab sits or am I looking at it wrong?
I was thinking the same thing. I assumed feet, perhaps clearance for a fan to pull cool air in?
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Yeah that serves two purposes, one is air flow and the other is lighting. I strip light the under side of these things so they glow to match the sideart colour.
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Not as much progress as I hoped but they look like bartops now (big bartops mind you, these two are wider than I usually make them by request)
(http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/winnydapoo/IMG-20141106-WA0006_med_zpsec185aa4.jpg)
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marquee shadows. ;)
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Weekend was a write-off but I got back into this tonight. Just routed the t-moulding grooves, a slot at the bottom of the back for light, and some vent holes at the top of the cab:
(http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/winnydapoo/IMG-20141110-WA0000_med_zpse4ada26e.jpg)
I hunted around at work and pulled some metal grille out of some old drive bays from a decommissioned server, gonna use those as the vent grille.
Next couple of days I'll focus on the bezel routing and monitor mount, the speaker hole routing and a few other button holes before I start applying some vinyl. :)
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Bezels cut, monitor mounts in, and one control panel wrapped :
(http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/winnydapoo/IMG-20141113-WA0002_med_zpsd66b0821.jpg)
(http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/winnydapoo/IMG-20141113-WA0013_med_zps9ea93201.jpg)
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Great work so far ;D
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So after a mammoth delay in getting the t-molding, this one is finally done. At least the red one is, the other one I won't get the blue art work until early Jan because I will be overseas.
Pardon the marquee being cut off at the top, it got damaged in transit so I had to trim it off centre, but there's a new one coming with the next batch of artwork to replace it.
(http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/winnydapoo/front_red_med_zpscfc893a7.jpg)
(http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/winnydapoo/red_back_med_zpsd02ed13f.jpg)
Oh and I also get butter suede covers made for these if my mates want it. Didn't get a picture of this one with the cover on because my mate took it as soon as the last mm of t-molding went in lol but here's an older pic of a machine with the cover on :
(http://i376.photobucket.com/albums/oo204/winnydapoo/blue_cover_med_zps1f1c889d.jpg)
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Nice build ! :applaud:
Please consider posting a pic in the I completed my project! I posted a pic and a link to my project thread (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142020.0.html) sticky, so that people can easily find your thread.
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Very cool with the ground effect lighting. I like it.
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Thanks! My crappy phone camera makes the lighting look kind of orange, but it's really bright red.
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Who did the artwork for you?