Inspired

[Donpatchi]

Hi all,

After some very very slow progress on my semi slim upright cabinet (inspired by the amazing Knievel's evolution I have decided to finish my cabinet. All the stuff is standing in a room I have to transform to a bedroom for my youngest daughter. I have always been following most of the builds here/ Ond's build is so amazing 

I first started with the controller wich is basicly finished. However I'm going to redo the whole controller  . Its going to be bigger and a trackball is going to be incorporated. Because i'm not a skilled photoshop artist I decided to go with cosmic frostnova theme that most of you will know. It's ununspiring but I figured that most people coming in my livingroom have never seen this stuff anyway. A colleague of me is going to do the overlay in photoshop so incase i find another great background for the cp i can easely change it.

I ordered some parts such as a trackball, several leafswitch champ's to modify my action buttons so they don't click anymore.

The cabinet itself is already standing. Sides are cut, base is done, top is installed, etc. Still need to install doors, keyboard tray, bezel, rebuild a new controller, install speakers etc. I will post pictures of the build this weekend but for now i post my sketchup drawings I made.

More updates coming soon

[Donpatchi]

As promised some pictures of the last week status.

Made some progress this weekend and will post some more pics later this week.

[Donpatchi]

Today I installed the keyboard tray. I post some pictures tmrw because it is laying flat atm to dry the glue.

I got a question regarding the CP. I wana keep the insides accesible and kinda wondered wich solution you guys think is best.

Thanks

[TGov]

Looking good  

[Donpatchi]

So as promised some more pictures of my progress. Progress seems slow but I got alot prepared i think the building will be finished by the end of the weekend.

[Donpatchi]

 

[Donpatchi]

Also got the artwork done. The marquee I did myself but the CP was a bit to high for me. Like I said uninspired, but if anybody got some nice replacement background I will be glad to try it.

[Donpatchi]

Today I also received my trackball. What would be the best solution to cut a hole of 82mm? I dont think a hole saw of 82mm is gona be available where i live.

[BLah247]

Should be able to router out a square.  Did your trackball not come with a routing plate?

[PL1]

Today I also received my trackball. What would be the best solution to cut a hole of 82mm? I dont think a hole saw of 82mm is gona be available where i live.

How about something like this or this or this?




Scott

[Donpatchi]

Ok thanks for the input.

Another stupid question maybe. I got these plates cut to build the CP. Now I wonder how do I make these outside curves exactly the same as i drawn them in my ACAD drawings? I got them printed on real size. But if you tape the paper on the panel that might work for cutting holes but when you have to make round shapes with a jiggsaw the paper will not stay there. So wondering how you guys did this. I thought about drawing the shapes with pencil on the wood but thats not exact science. And it should be right because otherwise the artwork will not match.

Any tips are appreciated.

[Donpatchi]

Some pictures of todays progress.

[Donpatchi]

I also decided to do the artwork to mach an 8 button PP control pannel. To many newer indie games requere 8 buttons.

[Donpatchi]

Apparently the trim flange for my trackball got missing. The person from arcadeshop.de explained me that it is no longer included in the standard package. Luckely the guy behind the shop reasured me he would send the missing part free of charge. Thanks to him for the great service.

I made alot of progress this weekend. Most parts of the cabinet are finished and installed. I did have some misfortune with the backdoors tough. First one I dropped right on the corner so it got realy busted. Second door I made I measured wrong so it was a missmatch. Third and fourth where a perfect fit.

Also finished the admin panel and installed it.

I started work on the new controlpanel. Got all the wood cut. I figured out that I want the top part to go open and decided I would use a pianohinge for that. Still have to figure out if i want to countersick this hinge so that the panel is nice and flat against the box, but will get there.

In the meantime I figured out that making an arcade is very time consuming but i'm having alot of fun doing it and seeing the progress so far is very satisfying. Even the wife seems very impressed with my work so far. The amount of mdf dust I have collected is also taking enourmous proportions 

[Donpatchi]

I redone my CP artwork to mach the 8 player buttons. I also moved the mouse buttons more to the middle. I think it looks nice.

I already got the panel cut and drilled, broke one time the bottom layer so had to redo that. But in the end it turned out  as I wanted. This weekend I will continue work and I hope I can put all drilling grinding and cutting behind me and start painting next week.

I decided to go with spray painting, hope it turns out good.

Also had to order a couple of extra buttons because I forgot to count the mouse buttons. Anyone know where I have to connect the mouse buttons to the U track. The explaination on the side is not very clear. I got it with an usb interface but all the wires are connected and going inside of the trackball. I'm i supposed to cut the wires?

I have also found a nice name for my cabinet. I will call it inspired, because it was this site and all the people that inspired me to make this. Also all the classic mame games are an inspiration to modern gaming. Will have to redo the marquee artwork to incorporate the new name. Kind of a problem here, but will see.

[PL1]

Also had to order a couple of extra buttons because I forgot to count the mouse buttons. Anyone know where I have to connect the mouse buttons to the U track. The explaination on the side is not very clear. I got it with an usb interface but all the wires are connected and going inside of the trackball. I'm i supposed to cut the wires?

From the Ultimarc webpage here:

Connections (USB)
The USB interface supports left and right mouse buttons. Suitable wires with contacts are contained in the "Mini-PAC Extension harness Pack" which can be ordered in the Mini-PAC section of our store.
The black wire shown arrowed in the above picture is not used by the trackball. This is the left button connection.
The unused contact next to this is the right button connection..
The COM terminals of the mouse button switches should be connected to a convenient ground point (Eg an I-PAC ground, or PC casing).

Scott

[Donpatchi]

So far I got it too but if the wires are not used then why are they there and entering into the housing of the trackball, besides the unused whire next to the black one is also a bit vague because is it the one above or the one under it. I have a look at it again tmrw, but realy this is not very clear to me.

[Donpatchi]

Ok figured out the connections for the trackball  The black one leeds to another connector where it is no longer connected. And what you can't see on the picture is the second row of pins/wires. so undr the black one there is an unused pin.

[Donpatchi]

Some more pictures of my progres this weekend. Only some small trimming to be done and then I'm good to sand, clean and spray.

[Donpatchi]

reserved

[Donpatchi]

Hi guys,

Been painting for a while now, takes longer then expected (as usual).

Got a question though about the button layout. I started thinking wich row of buttons I have to wire first to the Ipac. Is the button left on the low row the first to wire or the one on the top? Just want to make sure that my button setup is right with standard mame configurations. Otherwise I have to redo all key mappings if i find out that it is wired different. So to clarify is the bottom row punch buttons or kick buttons in lets say Street figher?


Thanks