Author Topic: New sitdown upright and other projects (Read 7683 times)

pathdoc2 · « **on:** September 08, 2003, 09:17:19 pm »

I finished this a few monthes ago but never posted any pics.
2 player control panel with 4 buttons each, 4 way and 4 way diagonal. KE72 encoder, happs trackball with me4.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 08, 2003, 09:18:16 pm »

Here is a control panel pic.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 08, 2003, 09:19:21 pm »

Another during construction.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #3 on:** September 08, 2003, 09:21:22 pm »

Here's a pic of the Galaga cab I finished about 3 monthes ago.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #4 on:** September 08, 2003, 09:24:04 pm »

The Galaga game got a new coat of paint after that pic. I used flat and repainted it in a semigloss. Here's another pic.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #5 on:** September 08, 2003, 11:59:56 pm »

One last construction photo.

Shieldwolf · « **Reply #6 on:** September 09, 2003, 12:31:39 am »

these look great!!! very professional and you can sit too!! Nice job. I love the galaga cab

zorg · « **Reply #7 on:** September 09, 2003, 04:49:44 am »

Quote from: pathdoc2 on September 08, 2003, 09:17:19 pm

I finished this a few monthes ago but never posted any pics.
2 player control panel with 4 buttons each, 4 way and 4 way diagonal. KE72 encoder, happs trackball with me4.

may i ask you where you'r Q'Bert pic is comming from.
I'll like to use the same one and vectorize it.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 09, 2003, 09:31:21 am »

Its handpainted. I just copied a pic I saw somewhere on the net. My earlier games where all hand painted. The Galaga game was the first I used preprinted side art on. The sitdown cab art isn't finished yet, I just kind of ran of time/interest. I'll finish it up soon.
I have a 7 and a 5 year old who now love the classics because of this little cab. They couldn't reach the controls of my original upright. Posted is a pic of my original cab which also featured handpainted artwork. It won a Mamey.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 09, 2003, 09:35:05 am »

Here is a handpainted frogger cab I built for a friend a couple of years ago. It was my second cab.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #10 on:** September 09, 2003, 12:45:57 pm »

I used original Galaga art on that game at my brother in laws request. I even used a galaga monitor bezel which required some modification to fit the horizontal monitor. I simply used a razor blade and carefully scaped away the paint where it was blocking the new monitor.

SirPoonga · « **Reply #11 on:** September 09, 2003, 06:47:14 pm »

Please don't say you have dedicated OK buttons. Press left then right on player 1's joystick

Looks good.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #12 on:** September 09, 2003, 11:12:13 pm »

Yep, didn't know about that shortcut when I built that control panel. Now those buttons are unlabeled are not connected.
Amazing how few positive comments I received.
Not looking for any pity, but damn, I post about a years worth of work and very few even bothers to say good effort. You guys are snobs. I guess I'm not part of your little club. Cool with me. I get alot of enjoyment out of building these cabs and that has to be my reward.

Brax · « **Reply #13 on:** September 10, 2003, 12:30:23 am »

Actually, we're a community. You can't expect to poke your head in and be instant best friends. That being said, we're hardly a private club either.

Many people find this an awfully friendly corner of the web.... maybe you've missed something in your haste, hmm? Happy trails.

zorg · « **Reply #14 on:** September 10, 2003, 05:14:17 am »

Quote from: pathdoc2 on September 09, 2003, 09:31:21 am

Its handpainted. I just copied a pic I saw somewhere on the net. My earlier games where all hand painted.

Woooosh I'll give a lot to have this painting skills and quality level. it's amazing. really a good job.

may I respectfully congrats you for your job.

tmasman · « **Reply #15 on:** September 10, 2003, 10:04:18 am »

I'm more into the authentic cabinets, but I like what you've done. I can see how these would better fit smaller people (some people call them children). They would even be nice to pull a chair up to.

But nice job all around. & I definately stand in awe of the hand painted artwork. I know it would take me weeks to do something about 1/1000 as nice.

I also think that the general "community" around here has gotten a little more upetty in the last 6 months... I'm not sure why, but eh... You gotta take it for what it's worth.

SirPeale · « **Reply #16 on:** September 10, 2003, 10:07:44 am »

Quote from: pathdoc2 on September 09, 2003, 11:12:13 pm

Amazing how few positive comments I received.

Nice job! Here's a treat!

(tosses the Doc a bone-saw)

Sorry...best I could come up with. (Get it? Doc rhymes with Dog)

Your cabinets are nice. You have pretty machines to play with. Me? I'm still trying to paint mine. I still can't get it to come out right. I think I'm going to have to take it to my dads and force him to let me use his power sprayer.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #17 on:** September 10, 2003, 10:09:34 am »

Peale,
Try a roller with semigloss paint. Works great and is tough enough. Most importantly you will get a nice textured finish that is consistent.

SirPeale · « **Reply #18 on:** September 10, 2003, 02:05:41 pm »

Quote from: pathdoc2 on September 10, 2003, 10:09:34 am

Peale,
Try a roller with semigloss paint. Works great and is tough enough. Most importantly you will get a nice textured finish that is consistent.

Well, if I wanted a textured finish that's consistent, I'm doing the right thing. I don't. I want a nice, smooth glossy finish.

I'm talking to a guy that refinishes wood to see if he can do it. We'll see.

I had asked a few auto body places, and they were quoting figures anywhere from $150 to $500. "The wood will soak up the paint, see? So it won't work."

I think if the wood were primed right it would work out okay, but I think I'll let the wood guy give me some answers.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #19 on:** September 10, 2003, 02:37:52 pm »

Sounds like you might want to use a laminate. Super smooth and relatively easy to work with. Just a thought.

said7 · « **Reply #20 on:** September 10, 2003, 04:50:30 pm »

This is not the most popular forum on the net. Dont have a hissy fit if you only have a few replies after a couple days.

btw,
I dont like your cabinets.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #21 on:** September 10, 2003, 05:11:27 pm »

Hey Said,
Thanks for makig a new guy feel welcomed its most appreciated. I'd love to see some of your work.
Said, I really think you misunderstood my post. I really didn't mean to offend anyone but its my observation that some of the newer guys have a difficult time engaging folks in conversation. This is a hobby and it should be fun. I really do wish you well. I have no animosity towards anyone here.

said7 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 10, 2003, 05:41:41 pm »

Sorry, just sounded like you were a little impatient. I do like your painted side art.

No beef here. I really wish I could show you my cab. Im doing my best to finish her up.

Oh and , Welcome to the Forum.

zero-one · « **Reply #23 on:** September 10, 2003, 09:34:19 pm »

Hi pathdoc2,

I think the upright sit down cab is a great idea!

Did you start building cabs before finding this site?

What red ball-top joysticks did you use on the sit down cab? I'm trying to decide which joysticks to buy.

I'm still in the design phase for my first cab. I did build a single player stand alone control panel to gain some experience and base the design on hard facts. I have lots more to learn.

Cheers,
zero-one

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #24 on:** September 10, 2003, 11:46:30 pm »

I finished my first cab in early 2000 before ever finding this site. It originally had a HotRod control panel. Later I found this site and discovered the Hagstrom LP 24 and build my first control panel and retrofitted it the cab.
I used the pac-man 4 way joystick I purchased from Bob Roberts on the sit down cab. These are great little joysticks and I can wholeheartly stand behind them.
I'll include a few more pics of my earlier hand painted cabs. This one is a Streetfighter and was cab number 3.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #25 on:** September 10, 2003, 11:47:51 pm »

Cab number 4 before I painted the sides. I forgot to take a pic of this cab completed.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #26 on:** September 10, 2003, 11:51:37 pm »

Here is the next in the series a Mortal combat 2 with handpainted sideart.
All in all I think I've built 8 different cabs in 2 years. I'm working on another Galaga cab now. I'll probably use a tv for the first time in this new cab. I'm looking for a 25 inch with S video. All of my cab have been sold to family and friends. I have 3 more orders to complete.

SirPoonga · « **Reply #27 on:** September 11, 2003, 12:19:42 am »

I like the sitdown, it is color cordinated.

kspiff · « **Reply #28 on:** September 11, 2003, 02:33:06 am »

LOL.. I like the cabs, btw, not trying to piss you off.. but that hand-painted MK logo looks like a dragon-horse LOL

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #29 on:** September 11, 2003, 09:28:23 am »

You are right, it does kinda look like a horse. LOL.

night · « **Reply #30 on:** September 16, 2003, 01:44:17 am »

this is the internet man. keep expectations low.
anything beyond that is pure bonus.

Chris Goodwin · « **Reply #31 on:** September 21, 2003, 03:02:48 pm »

On the sit down cab is that diagonally-labelled joystick a four way diagonal? If so, how did you set it up so that it would be four way diagonals only?

Edgedamage · « **Reply #32 on:** September 21, 2003, 04:27:04 pm »

Wow great looking original cabs

. While I wait for parts for my Williams cocktail cab restos. I am thinking of making a counter top mame / visual pinball cabinet. Just found another 15" monitor in the trash that works great.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #33 on:** September 21, 2003, 10:57:26 pm »

The diagonal 4 way in a pac man 4 way mounted at 45 degrees. It works perfectly. You simply rotate the joystick clockwise, well I think its clockwise, its been a while and I'm not sure I remember.

Chris Goodwin · « **Reply #34 on:** September 22, 2003, 12:19:19 am »

How do you have the switches wired to generate diagonals, or do you? I'm specifically thinking of Q-Bert..my wife loves that game, but we have yet to successfully play it. Does it play with a four directional joystick wired to up, down, left, and right, or is there something else?

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #35 on:** September 22, 2003, 09:53:18 am »

Chris, Q bert is my favorite so I had to have a diagonal 4 way. Yes it uses standand up down right left input but you have to simply mount the joystick at a 45 degree angle. Make sense?

hyiu · « **Reply #36 on:** September 22, 2003, 02:40:29 pm »

sorry to jump in.....

for qbert.... there is a way to setup the tab menu...
(just for qbert game...) so that you can use a standard 8 way (mounted normally...)and it'll play correctly.....

IIRC... its like setting UP to UP & RIGHT...
LEFT to LEFT & up, down to down & left, right to right and down.... (or something like that....)

I think that will make it playable....
(but I'm not a BIG qbert player.... it was NOT playable before... and it's now playable to me....) but whether its a perfect feel or not... I can't tell....

if you need more help... drop me a line and I'll do some searches... or you can try some advance search....

I'm sure there's a thread about it... but it'll be an OLD thread...
probably in main forum....

hope it helps...

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #37 on:** September 29, 2003, 03:15:40 pm »

I wanted you guys to see the rest of the artwork on my first cab, all hand painted.

X-0 · « **Reply #38 on:** October 02, 2003, 08:05:47 am »

Quote

I had asked a few auto body places, and they were quoting figures anywhere from $150 to $500. "The wood will soak up the paint, see? So it won't work."

I think if the wood were primed right it would work out okay, but I think I'll let the wood guy give me some answers.

*note* I'm not a wood guy, but I've done this thing a few times with pianos.

Yes, the wood will soak up the paint. That's why you use a lot of coats. Have those guys ever seen the glossy smooth finish on a piano? Of course it works

Your guess is right, it takes a lot of sanding beforehand, and a good coat or three of primer. It also takes a lot of sanding between coats, a lot of coats of paint (car paint works very very well), and it takes a lot of clear coats as well. Sand the bare wood a lot (up to or past 600 grit), clean the surface with tack cloths every time you do something to it, use a lot of coats, and do a lot of wet sanding/wet steel wool between coats, and follow it up with a lot of clear coats or glazing. It takes a lot of time, but it can be done if you start with good stock and pay a lot of attention to sanding and cleaning.

BobbyG66 · « **Reply #39 on:** February 03, 2004, 04:45:16 pm »

You have some awesome hand painting skills, and your cabs are nice also. Don't listen to the negative people or comments. Have some patience.

I think the BYOAC community is still very small but growing. There's is probably not more than 1,000 people? Total guess.

pathdoc2 · « **Reply #40 on:** February 04, 2004, 11:06:02 am »

Thanks for your kind words. I've been busy building other projects (music studio) and have ignored this hobby for quite a while. I've got 3 people asking for cabs and its hard to find the time. My next cab will be a pac-man theme and will look alot like a real pac-man game but will have a single fire button. After that its another Galaga look alike and after that it will be some sort of free style generic looking cab like some of my earlier cabs.

Stingray · « **Reply #41 on:** February 04, 2004, 12:47:05 pm »

You've certainly built an impressive number of great looking cabs! I really admire your hand painting skill as well.

-S

pcdoctor · « **Reply #42 on:** February 04, 2004, 06:06:53 pm »

Nice cabinet PathDoc.
Your painting skills are A number 1.


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