econ - drawing available for laser cutting or printing

[Donkbaca]

For one, this should be posted in teh B/S/T thread.  For two, it is generally frowned upon to have a blind auction on here, there was a trhead of someone trying to do something similar, and a lot of people weren't too happy about it.  The general thought is if you want to sell something, you put a price, a location, and have people PM you.  If you want to auction it, put it on ebay.

[lokesen]

It's probably going on ebay soon, just made this post to show the pictures of the final build.

It's only going to be sold here if I get a proper bid - That's a bid that's an unknown amount higher than $600... (the price it cost to make it)

[lokesen]

For one, this should be posted in teh B/S/T thread.  For two, it is generally frowned upon to have a blind auction on here, there was a trhead of someone trying to do something similar, and a lot of people weren't too happy about it.  The general thought is if you want to sell something, you put a price, a location, and have people PM you.  If you want to auction it, put it on ebay.

Missed your positive energy

[Donkbaca]

Not to speak ill of your character, but the general thought is a blind auction is bad because nobody knows who is bidding and what they bid.  This means that a person could set up a situation where they have someone basically bid against themself.  Not saying you would do this, but the potential is there. So I could say, bid 550, and that could be your best offer and then you could PM me and say "just got a bid for 575, can you do 600?"  I would think there is a legitimate bid for 575, bid 600 and then all of a sudden  I am out 50 bucks bidding against myself.

Just curious, you were fervent about the fact earlier in your bid that this was not a commercial product, that you were building it for yourself, and then you admitted that it was a prototype for a kit, and now it turns out you are selling it.  Why are you selling it?  Did something go wrong with the design so that you ended up not liking it?  Do you just want the money?  Or was that the plan all along?

[opt2not]

Oh here we go again. 

[Vidiot]

This thing seems awesome. I had the same idea for a machine a couple years ago but never envisioned it looking so cool, small, and sleek. I might be interested in an acrylic kit if one was ever offered at the right price. Same goes for the Nanocade. I love that thing!
Good job lokesen! 

[lokesen]

Not to speak ill of your character, but the general thought is a blind auction is bad because nobody knows who is bidding and what they bid.  This means that a person could set up a situation where they have someone basically bid against themself.  Not saying you would do this, but the potential is there. So I could say, bid 550, and that could be your best offer and then you could PM me and say "just got a bid for 575, can you do 600?"  I would think there is a legitimate bid for 575, bid 600 and then all of a sudden  I am out 50 bucks bidding against myself.

Just curious, you were fervent about the fact earlier in your bid that this was not a commercial product, that you were building it for yourself, and then you admitted that it was a prototype for a kit, and now it turns out you are selling it.  Why are you selling it?  Did something go wrong with the design so that you ended up not liking it?  Do you just want the money?  Or was that the plan all along?

I planned to make it commercially to begin with, but left the idea again. So only this prototype was made, for myself. It's works perfectly and is very well build.

Now I would like to start a new project, and I need money to finance it.

There is no blind action - First one that offers me a price more than the price it cost me to make it, gets it... I will move the selling part to the Buy/sell/trade forum.

[lokesen]

Selling thread:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=114546.0

[lokesen]

Reply to Donkbaca:

I though about doing a simple mini-itx cab for console emulation. Maybe that will be my next project. It's hard because it have to look very nintendo/playstation/sega-ish to nok look like a media center.

[jasonbar]

Extremely slick--looks polished enough to see it on a store shelf!

 

-Jason

[Donkbaca]

I think this design -sans joystick. Use mdf for the parts you don't see like the sides, bottom and back.

Hey, if you etch black acrylic and edge light it, does it light up like regular plexiglas? Seems like it should, that could make for some interesting design ideas

[lokesen]

I think this design -sans joystick. Use mdf for the parts you don't see like the sides, bottom and back.

Hey, if you etch black acrylic and edge light it, does it light up like regular plexiglas? Seems like it should, that could make for some interesting design ideas

I don't think the mdf will save much money, this design is not that expensive in acrylics. And you can only use screws to fix the MDF with the acrylics. No glue or adhesive is effective on both acrylics and wood. So that's not so easy.

I promise that I will think of some design for a console emulator  

[lokesen]

econ is now the property of the user: drawfull

Congrats! Hope you will take care of it, and enjoy using it!

[lokesen]

Drawings and artwork available for download:

http://www.koenigs.dk/mame/eng/drawecon.htm

Make your own if you wan't

[xefned]

This is about the coolest thing I've ever seen.   
I wonder if I can find a shop to cut the acrylic for me. I lack the toolage but would love to build something like this.