Author Topic: Spinal Tap/Marshall amp arcade - updated 4/16/2015 - Glass (Read 59524 times)

eds1275 · « **Reply #40 on:** January 02, 2011, 11:57:21 am »

Quote from: SpaceHedgehog on January 02, 2011, 04:30:41 am

Looking very good. Love the shape but you've GOT to go with the brass coloured panel for the Marshall theme.

I plan on bending the brass today. And it's not brass coloured, it's actual brass! Damn stuff costs a fortune, even though I got a discount on it because the guy was excited about my project.

Anyway, I figured I'd show some more pics. Because I am really, really excited. This first one show my internal support for the marquee area. I learned from a lot of other people's mistakes, and kept it far back from the end so that I don't have dark spots on my marquee. I am sorry for their loss but thanksful that I learned from them. Also covered in foil tape.

eds1275 · « **Reply #41 on:** January 02, 2011, 12:04:36 pm »

OK so I hate to do this but I must say that after I build the control panel, my fast pace may slow down a bit

I'm running out of "extra" funds, and business is slow. Next I need the slot cutter for the t-molding and the vinyl for the sides, not a big investment - I may order one today. I found a great local place that has great prices on vinyl, the old ladies seemed happy to find a man walking around in their store and all rushed to help me, so it won't be too long before I get that going for me. I also need casters for it. I decided that I'll be wheeling this thing, and thought about different ways to make it stay put. I think I'll bolt the wheels onto the base, and then drill some finger holes in so that I can reach in through the coin door to engage the wheel locks. Maybe just a screwdriver sized hole so that I just stab at it.

Mainly the things I won't be getting for a while are the controls and the screen. I may just throw my x-arcade in there and a 15" LCD and be done with it**.

Anyway, I'm off to build a table to mount the metal brake to.

**obviously a joke**

SpaceHedgehog · « **Reply #42 on:** January 02, 2011, 12:53:03 pm »

Quote from: eds1275 on January 02, 2011, 11:57:21 am

I plan on bending the brass today. And it's not brass coloured, it's actual brass!

eds1275 · « **Reply #43 on:** January 02, 2011, 01:53:17 pm »

My piano hinge broke on the first bend. Apparently the brass was too tough for it. No matter - I've got some heavy duty hinges laying around. I'll report back when I achieve ultimate victoly!

eds1275 · « **Reply #44 on:** January 02, 2011, 05:05:15 pm »

VICTOLY!

And of course here it is test-fitted. It's a little wobbly right now, I'll of course be mounting it to a CP made of MDF.

eds1275 · « **Reply #45 on:** January 02, 2011, 06:06:06 pm »

Quote from: Rick on December 30, 2010, 09:39:02 am

I'd love to see some vids of the metal brake in operation, if you can do that.

I can do that!

After my brake broke, I slapped it back together real fast, but it no longer does 90°... more like 40°. I could have made it better but I was kinda raged. So I bent every bend to about 40°, then hand bent the rest of it into shape. Having the crease made all my hand bends fall in the right place.

eds1275 · « **Reply #46 on:** January 03, 2011, 08:07:32 pm »

OK so today I made little progress... but still progress. I was outside for 6 hours today cutting up MDF for my various projects I have on the go - dvd shelving with a built in speaker system that I designed, trimmed the window sills down to size, and a whole lotta routing on my shelves. I had to cut up the MDF today because I have nowhere inside to store full sheets of it, so I keep it in the truck at night... and in the morning wqhen the sun comes out, it heats up the truck canopy, cause condensation to form on the inside and then drips down on the MDF. So every day I've been moving a bunch of full sheets, and doing that alone really blows as I'm sure all of you can attest.

Anyway, I zipped up the control panel pieces right as the sun was going down. Some weird angles there, but I think I got it right. I'll glue it up in the morning after I round over the edges.

eds1275 · « **Reply #47 on:** January 03, 2011, 11:50:16 pm »

Well, I tried to stay away... but I couldn't. The control panel is sort of together. I can't glue on the bottom lip or the top until I do a little rounding of the front, but I glued it up the front and sides and clamped it in place and took a pic. I know we love pictures around here.

I'll be doing more tomorrow for sure!

eds1275 · « **Reply #48 on:** January 04, 2011, 10:28:47 pm »

OK today I made some nice progress. I glued up the main part of the control panel! It fits super nice.
My patience paid off when bending the metal.
And finally, placed atop the arcade machine...

I need to glue one more piece of MDF to the top part of the control panel - that will force the metal into position. I'll see about that tomorrow though.

newmanfamilyvlogs · « **Reply #49 on:** January 04, 2011, 10:31:54 pm »

Will you have to polish the brass to keep sweaty hands from tarnishing it?

eds1275 · « **Reply #50 on:** January 04, 2011, 10:35:46 pm »

Quote from: cotmm68030 on January 04, 2011, 10:31:54 pm

Will you have to polish the brass to keep sweaty hands from tarnishing it?

I won't have to lol. I may clear coat it. I know it'll get smudgy looking, but as long as it doesn't turn green I'm ok. I may give it a wipe now and then but I don't think I'll be bustin out the Silvo anytime.

SpaceHedgehog · « **Reply #51 on:** January 05, 2011, 05:20:46 am »

This is inspiring me to 'skin' my CP. Great job and looking good

jipp · « **Reply #52 on:** January 05, 2011, 04:35:23 pm »

that brass is gonna make it look good. you have made good progress.

you be in the home stretch before you know. and here i am on my 5 month working on my cab. laughs.
well in my defense, had no clue what i was doing when i started.. i think my second cab will go a little quicker. knocks on wood.
chris.

eds1275 · « **Reply #53 on:** January 08, 2011, 07:52:28 pm »

Well I've been putzing along lately but still managed to make a few additions to the cab. Firstly, I bought some wheels for it - 2 on the back so it can be tipped backwards and driven like a hand-truck. They are the kind of wheels that don't scuff, and have a 200 lb weight rating each - I think I'm covered.

And finally, I went ahead and mounted the gun holsters. It is a nice fit - tight enough the gun doesn't roll around, loose enough that the gun astroglides in and out nice and eeeeeeasy.

I've done a few more bits on the inside of the machine itself, no pics yet. I plan on getting that all done and mounting he PC in there this week. Oh, and I drilled out the holes to mount the coin door.

eds1275 · « **Reply #54 on:** January 10, 2011, 08:27:51 pm »

Well, today I had a split shift at the local theatre doing some sound work for **shudder** a children's thing. I hate children's music, it's so catchy and gets in your head. And is annoying.

It is between shifts so I came home to feed my cats and haven't gone back yet. I managed to decase the OC I'll be using, make some standoffs for the motherboard and mount it, and plug most things back in to play with placement. I also used some leftover vinyl flooring I had to put inside the machine... why not?

Here it is - for some reason nerds get all gooey over computer guts not mounted in computer cases.

And here is the mobo, 3.2 ghz 2 gigs ddr ram. I may upgrade but it plays most things fine.

mattmayhem · « **Reply #55 on:** January 10, 2011, 09:03:58 pm »

Cant go wrong with asus.. looks great so far!

jipp · « **Reply #56 on:** January 10, 2011, 09:08:31 pm »

yeah man i dig it, and i think on my next cab im jacking your gun holders.. that is just brilliant idea.

so much better idea than having things on the side like i plan using leather. but the guns were a second thought for me. when i start my next cab i will have learn so much from guys like you and the forum..

rock on man.

chris.

Ond · « **Reply #57 on:** January 10, 2011, 09:16:53 pm »

This is coming along very nicely so far, I look forward to seeing more.

Ond

eds1275 · « **Reply #58 on:** January 26, 2011, 12:43:17 am »

So today is my birthday and it was kinda uneventful. Pouring rain, a little work in the morning and the fiance was working out of town - I went out to the hardware store and trien to buy the things I needed to advance the cab some but they had very little in stock. I managed to get the PC mounted though!

The DVD drive is in a great spot. It is right inside the coin door if I ever feel like puttin software or a movie on. Other than that, things will just have to wait until I go to one of the big home stores.

Rick · « **Reply #59 on:** January 26, 2011, 09:02:06 am »

I don't mean to offend you, but please tell me you're kidding about the mounting.

eds1275 · « **Reply #60 on:** January 26, 2011, 11:47:47 am »

I was not clear enough that's for sure lol. I was trying out different placements with the steel strapping. I will make it secure sometime today with some angle brackets.

DirtyDachshunds · « **Reply #61 on:** January 26, 2011, 12:18:20 pm »

I feel if it's hidden, I don't really care how it looks. Thats why I never spent a ton of time cleaning up my control panel wiring and the inside of my cab isn't the cleanest.

The steel strapping should work just fine if you ask me. Gives it character!

BurgerKingDiamond · « **Reply #62 on:** January 26, 2011, 01:13:12 pm »

Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on January 26, 2011, 12:18:20 pm

I feel if it's hidden, I don't really care how it looks. Thats why I never spent a ton of time cleaning up my control panel wiring and the inside of my cab isn't the cleanest.

The steel strapping should work just fine if you ask me. Gives it character!

I don't think the problem is the material he used to strap down the HD and Disc Drive. But they can me mounted flat against the inside of the cab. Theres no need to have them standing up the same was as if they were mounted in a desktop.

eds1275 · « **Reply #63 on:** January 26, 2011, 01:25:27 pm »

Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on January 26, 2011, 12:18:20 pm

The steel strapping should work just fine if you ask me. Gives it character!

Except for the fact that the slightest bump swings the harddrive around and it bumps into the wall - that can't be good lol. Same deal with the DVD drive. Plus, I need it to be neatly orgainized or it will drive me crazy. Yup, I'm one of those

Unfortunately I couldn't get the DVD drive where I really wanted it in the end, but no big deal. It's now mounted to the floor next to the power supply. I was going to use angle brackets to mount stuff but I only had one left in my toolbox. I ended up using the aluminum angle from the first metal brake experiment - it cuts with tin snips.

Rick · « **Reply #64 on:** January 26, 2011, 02:03:56 pm »

Quote from: eds1275 on January 26, 2011, 11:47:47 am

I was not clear enough that's for sure lol. I was trying out different placements with the steel strapping. I will make it secure sometime today with some angle brackets.

* Rick wipes brow. Phew!

Quote from: DirtyDachshunds on January 26, 2011, 12:18:20 pm

The steel strapping should work just fine if you ask me. Gives it character!

So close, and yet, so far. My first concern was the perceived angle at which the HD was mounted. Centrifugal force can - and still does - cause issues long term with hard drives. A single platter that goes out of alignment impacts with the read/write head and kablooie. My second concern was the mount itself, a single strap lets go, and you're swinging free.

Quote from: eds1275 on January 26, 2011, 01:25:27 pm

Except for the fact that the slightest bump swings the harddrive around and it bumps into the wall - that can't be good lol. Same deal with the DVD drive. Plus, I need it to be neatly orgainized or it will drive me crazy. Yup, I'm one of those

Yup. You got it. That, and the organization thing is key. I am one of those, as well. (Hell, I'm that guy who's going to make sure all of his vinyl tie 'nubs' are facing down - or up - but certainly not at an angle, or mixed.)

eds1275 · « **Reply #65 on:** January 31, 2011, 10:49:45 pm »

Well today I had planned on working on one of my musical projects - but a killer headache left me incapacitated. I tried water, meds, napping... I even tried some headache meds. I don't usually take pills. They didn't help, and I still have the headache.

I figured rocking out wouldn't help so I grabbed my camera and took a few photos. I did some extreme close ups on my marshall amps, and loaded up mala editor and got to work. I am happy with it so far, it is very functional - just not very pretty. I will play with different fonts and such tomorrow. I am open to suggestions, music is the only form of art I have any skill at. I was thinking of bumping the screen shots up a bunch and putting the 3 guys from spinal tap in the bottom right.

And again:

And soime random Spinal Tap knowledge - they are rated out of 11 on IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088258/

mattmayhem · « **Reply #66 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:48:02 am »

Looks great! Happy Belated Birthday! As for the headaches, every rocker knows that pills are no good, you need a pocket full of blow and dollar bills and a trip to the strip club!

Kidding... Looking forward to seeing this finished.

mgb · « **Reply #67 on:** February 01, 2011, 09:46:05 am »

The progress is looking good.
you can definately have fun with the frontend and sounds and all that with the theme you chose.

BadMouth · « **Reply #68 on:** February 01, 2011, 11:14:53 am »

A cool touch would be to replace the brass plackard in the corner with a blank one and have Mala put other info there.
Like "12 of 200" or game Manufacturer & Date.

I found some decent size pics of this Marshall radio that you might be able to cut and past parts from:
http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/review/home_entertainment/pure/evoke-1s_marshall/367838/images?image=6#cb

eds1275 · « **Reply #69 on:** February 01, 2011, 11:36:44 am »

That thing is hilarious! Not worth $279 though!

That idea for replacing the Marshall badge is genius!

Cynicaster · « **Reply #70 on:** February 01, 2011, 12:59:57 pm »

As one rock-n-roller to another, I like your concept. Incidentally, my screen name on this board comes from the name I gave to a franken-strat I recently built.

I like the amp theme, but for what it's worth, if I were using such an idea, I think I'd experiment with the amp photography a bit before settling on something so basic. The first thing that popped into my mind was a close-up photo that kind of looks "along" the front of the amp, including controls, etc., such that part of the amp is in the foreground and extends off into the background (bonus points for a sticky, circular beer bottle print being visible on the top of the amp). I don't know how handy you are with a camera (or what kind of camera you have) but if it were me I'd try using a depth of field trick that puts soft focus on the really close and far, and sharp focus on the Marshall logo (or whatever point of interest you like). I'd do it like this:

- set the camera to Aperture Priority (usually denoted by "Av" or something similar on the mode dial--at least on Canon cameras)
- manually set the aperture to its largest opening (which is the smallest numerical value)
- mount the camera on a tri-pod or something steady (holding it won't work)
- set some nice ambient light (perhaps by a window in daytime) and turn off the flash (light from most camera flashes can be harsh and ugly)
- set a trigger delay so pressing the shutter button doesn't cause blurring
- press the shutter button halfway down to set your exposure by focusing on the logo (or whatever point of interest you like) and take the shot

The result should have your logo in focus with a softening effect in the immediate foreground and extending off into the background.

I'd take a picture of my own amp to demonstrate, but unfortunately it's stored over at the jam space.

Ok, I'll stop rambling now.

eds1275 · « **Reply #71 on:** February 01, 2011, 01:53:55 pm »

I can run a camera ok. Not a wizard but I get what you mean. You've got to take into consideration that the bezel around the screen is going to be hardboard wrapped in marshall grill cloth as well, so if it were blurred out on the screen it might be a bit of a shock when it comes back in "3d" around the edges. I've got some new ideas to play with and a great pic of nigel, david and derek for the bottom right area - i'll post pics after I slap it together. Of course this might be one of those things that seems good in my head but will be horrible on execution. At least the front end isn't hard to do over!

eds1275 · « **Reply #72 on:** February 01, 2011, 01:59:44 pm »

Ooooh and while we're talking custom guitars, I have awesome plans to build one from scratch. One day I will do it!

About 13 years ago I had gibson build me a custom flying v, it is so awesome. It has a les paul neck, all mahogany with rosewood fingerboard, all chrome hardware, diamond plate pickguard and skull knobs. Classic 57 in the neck and 57+ in the bridge. It is one sweet machine. After all this time, it is still my #1.

piecesof8 · « **Reply #73 on:** February 01, 2011, 05:11:43 pm »

I kinda like the simplicity of your Marshall layout so far. One thing I'd suggest is to do something to frame the screenshots - they just look sort of "pasted on" right now, if that makes sense.

BadMouth · « **Reply #74 on:** February 01, 2011, 09:08:12 pm »

Quote from: piecesof8 on February 01, 2011, 05:11:43 pm

I kinda like the simplicity of your Marshall layout so far. One thing I'd suggest is to do something to frame the screenshots - they just look sort of "pasted on" right now, if that makes sense.

+1

Some ideas: gold album plaque where the album cover is the screenshot, old polaroid picture frame (google it!), front shot of the radio I linked to, stonehenge...
Even just a white border will make it look like a photo. I think the polaroid picture frame would rock, but you'd have to chop it a little to get the aspect ratio right.

eds1275 · « **Reply #75 on:** February 02, 2011, 12:07:04 am »

Thanks for the ideas guys! The polaroid picture idea is great! Maybe I'll borrow some lipstick from my fiance and write something like "For a good time call Jenny/867-5309" on the bottom of a polaroid and scan it in. I agree it looks kinda pasted on right now.

Today I got it looking better, the marshall badge at the bottom now displays the manufacturer and the year it was released. The things are a little tighter now - more balanced. The real progress I made was write a bunch of rock riffs for the menu - everything from subtle string noise for moving from game to game, palm muted chugging for switching between lists and some heavy stuff for entering/exiting games and such. Really makes it come alive!

dandare · « **Reply #76 on:** February 03, 2011, 09:57:40 pm »

Looking great so far, hall of fame worthy if your not careful!

Great stuff!

eds1275 · « **Reply #77 on:** February 05, 2011, 01:25:51 pm »

I just wanted to introduce the newest member of my family, a Marshall Silver Jubilee 25/51 4x12 cabinet from 1987.

l3v3r2ooo · « **Reply #78 on:** February 05, 2011, 09:54:52 pm »

i have a siver Jubilee stack

eds1275 · « **Reply #79 on:** February 09, 2011, 12:42:45 pm »

Well I have been having issues uploading stuff to my website. But I finally got one file up there - and it's there to share. If anyone is interested in my menu navigation sounds, here they are in .mp3

http://permanentrecords.ca/files/others/ammp3.zip

I gave them all names but they are not 100% correct on where I used them. I am running up to the home centre today, even though they never seem to have what I want I'm hoping to get a t-molding slot cutter or a bi-metal hole saw for the buttons and trackball. More pics as stuff happens!


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