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Title: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: Hurray Banana on January 06, 2005, 06:35:05 am

I submitted my project a couple of months ago and now I've finished.

Hop over to my site for more details.

http://www.geocities.com/hurraybanana
or
http://www.hurraybanana.tk

What do you think?

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: menace on January 06, 2005, 07:02:30 am

not bad at all but i'm confused with players 1 and 4--are they to stand at right angles to the monitor?  the joysticks look angled slightly but the buttons look completely turned--maybe its just the photo

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: Hurray Banana on January 06, 2005, 07:13:17 am

They stand at 45 degree angles. It looks kind of weird but it works.

I was going to chop of the corners of the cp but didn't want this to affect my pinball flippers.

I may rebuild the cp in a few months time, now that I've got better with me tools.

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: somunny on January 06, 2005, 10:34:29 am

I like the name.  ;)  Nice job.

Coop

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: Hurray Banana on January 06, 2005, 11:05:04 am

Thanks.

The name came from one of my girlfriends daughters, who kept asking when "the machine" would be finished.

So I kept hearing this and though yeah that's what I'll call it!

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: flampoo on January 06, 2005, 02:02:22 pm

Looks good. Just curious... Why did you mount the T-Sticks on top of the cp?

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: MinerAl on January 06, 2005, 05:47:33 pm

Looks sharp!  Is it a UA2 design?  What's the profile look like?

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: Hurray Banana on January 07, 2005, 02:36:18 am

I mounted them on top to get more stick height.

When I'm playing I like to be able to change my grip on a joystick. Sometimes i like to push and pull the shaft and other times (depends on the game or section of a game) I like to grab the pear top.

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: Hurray Banana on January 07, 2005, 02:40:29 am

The design is from scratch. I've got a load of pics at my site

http://www.geocities.com/hurraybanana/construction.htm
http://www.geocities.com/hurraybanana/cabinet.htm

I haven't got a direct profile shot at the mo (don't know why I didn't take one!)

I sort of sketched it from what I thought the shape of the machine should look like. I made several changes when I actually started laying my measurements out onto my plywood, so it's not exactly like my scale drawing.

Thanks for the comment

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: GameOver on January 08, 2005, 09:48:50 pm

Very different, very nice.  You can tell when a project has been planned out and someone took their time to do a good job.  I like it!  Well done.

What's that little Pac Man model in some of your pics (next to the Mario beanies)?  Where'd ya get it?

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: Hurray Banana on January 09, 2005, 05:00:26 pm

Thanks nice comment.

The pac man model is what sort of started me off. They are scale scans from called paper arcade. There is a website devoted to them follow this link

http://www.wayoftherodent.com/pa/pa_staff.htm

They print to a single sheet of A4 and you fold em and glue em. They are pretty cool.

They've added som new ones recently like Dragon's Lair. Let me know what you think.

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: GameOver on January 09, 2005, 07:34:38 pm

Sweet - going there now!  The wife is gonna think I'm outta my mind....I love the Drangon's Lair cab, hope they have Robotron and Tempest too!  I see what I'll be doing during my 3 days off this week. 

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: Hurray Banana on January 10, 2005, 07:40:30 am

My lass things I'm completely mad as well ;D

Let me know how you get on and post some pics

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: crashwg on January 11, 2005, 04:50:49 am

I love what you did with mounting of  the T-Sticks!  It looks like they are supposed to be mounted that way.  8)

Title: Re: I have completed my machine over christmas
Post by: Hurray Banana on January 11, 2005, 06:11:22 am

Thanks.

It would be good if you could make a mounting plate like the ones used for trackballs.

If I was any good at welding then I'd probably have a go at this.

I was a bit dubious of my idea when I cut the plastic and painted it with Humbrol. But I actually like the effect it makes up for not being able to get green and orange pear tops for the t-sticks.