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Title: hand built mame bartop project ... +220 pics ;)
Post by: chris77 on July 26, 2006, 04:49:21 pm: hi,

check out my new mame bartop project at http://picasaweb.google.com/getmoresun/Bartop?stop=333

greetz,
chris
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project
Post by: Dreamwriter on July 26, 2006, 04:59:18 pm: Dang, man, how many of these things did you make??

(http://lh6.google.com/getmoresun/RJrXqC4TABI/AAAAAAAAARc/p_2oJVXgZ2E/dsc01113.jpg)
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project
Post by: MikeDeuce on July 26, 2006, 05:18:17 pm: Hah, great mini-army of mini-cabs!

Looks a little odd with donkey kong on the screen, but I like the modern graphics on this render: http://picasaweb.google.com/getmoresun/Bartop/photo#4943498352865771538
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project
Post by: CheffoJeffo on July 26, 2006, 05:40:45 pm: Quote from: MikeDeuce on July 26, 2006, 05:18:17 pm
Hah, great mini-army of mini-cabs!

So I'm looking through the thumbnails for the army of mini-cabs, thinking to myself that nobody has done that since BishmasterB ... lo and behold, it appears it actually is BishmasterB's army, along with a number of other nice bartops.

Nice work, BTW.

Cheers.
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project
Post by: MikeDeuce on July 26, 2006, 06:18:47 pm: Ahhhhh, the stuff on the bottom must be sources of inspiration. I should have recognized those, doh! Either way, all those bar tops are swanky... they're like kittens, how couldn't you like em.
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project
Post by: bishmasterb on July 26, 2006, 10:10:30 pm: Quote from: CheffoJeffo on July 26, 2006, 05:40:45 pm
So I'm looking through the thumbnails for the army of mini-cabs, thinking to myself that nobody has done that since BishmasterB ... lo and behold, it appears it actually is BishmasterB's army, along with a number of other nice bartops.
I was looking through the pictures and came across some cabs that looked really familiar...wow, those look just like mine! Hey, those are mine!

I like your design chris77. Nice work.
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project
Post by: Lutus on July 28, 2006, 08:30:37 am: chris77, do you have the dimensions for this cab? I am looking for something... well, that looks just like that I guess you could say. Great job.
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project
Post by: chris77 on July 28, 2006, 11:00:20 am: thanks for the nice comments :)

the dimensions are approximately 45cm (17,7") widht, 60cm (23,6") length, 65cm (25,6") height.

greetz,
chris
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project
Post by: Lutus on July 28, 2006, 11:08:00 am: Thanks for the general dimensions. Also, a great collection of bartop project pics in your album. Did you reference all these other projects for inspiration and whatnot?

Also, what are you using as your Control Panel overlay, the clear part over the artwork? It doesn't appear to be Lexan. Is it a think transparency of some sort?
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project
Post by: chris77 on July 28, 2006, 12:07:23 pm: yes, the other cool bartops are for inspiration, especially the yellow one that looks very similar to mine. for control panel overlay i used plexiglass... but i want to switch to lexan, because its more robust/stable.

greetz,
chris
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project ... +220 pics ;)
Post by: versapak on July 28, 2006, 02:16:28 pm: Quote from: chris77 on July 28, 2006, 12:07:23 pm
yes, the other cool bartops are for inspiration, especially the yellow one that looks very similar to mine. for control panel overlay i used plexiglass... but i want to switch to lexan, because its more robust/stable.

greetz,
chris

I'd stick with the plexi. Lexan will scratch easier.

[EDIT]

Oh yeah...

Nice bartop. :)

So many people making these things lately. I can't decide if I want a bartop or a cocktail to be my next unfinished project.
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project ... +220 pics ;)
Post by: yuppicide on August 21, 2006, 01:16:46 pm: I want one. :) That's sexy. I really like the orange/white rendition also.
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project ... +220 pics ;)
Post by: lettuce on August 21, 2006, 01:43:55 pm: Dude, how did u go about cutting out the MDF frame for the screen to go in??? I had to do this for my cab, and didnt have a dead set way to go about it, just alot of guess work and filing, took hours to get is spot on. Just woundered if u had a fail proof way of doing it?
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project ... +220 pics ;)
Post by: chris77 on August 21, 2006, 04:05:35 pm: i have made a stencil with carton. use a felt tip pen to mark the outlines of the monitor.

see this pic: http://picasaweb.google.com/getmoresun/Bartop/photo#4947987966832082962

greetz,
chris
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project ... +220 pics ;)
Post by: SNAAKE on August 21, 2006, 06:22:12 pm: nice cab but can you upload more pics ? ? I dont think you have enough
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project ... +220 pics ;)
Post by: psychotech on August 21, 2006, 07:39:12 pm: Not nearly enough ::)
Title: Re: hand built mame bartop project ... +220 pics ;)
Post by: vrf on August 22, 2006, 02:39:14 am: Great work! I really like the design.