Author Topic: Confused Bartop??? - Plus Extras (Read 16026 times)

CoryBee · « **on:** November 30, 2012, 01:49:45 pm »

Apparently Sacramento likes that two player I built. Have several requests to produce more bartops. One 2-player, and two one players. This will be the home thread for the One Players.

Might be kind of redundant since I have made this design before but I like pictures so I am documenting this one too. Pretty much only difference in the one-player bartop is that it is of a higher quality wood than usual and will have CP art.

Purchased a 4' x 8' slab of MDF and had it cut in half. Also raided the scrap section of Home Depot while I was there.

Template piece from before, traced

Rounded corners courtesy of one American penny

MDF chunks to make the side blanks

All pieces cut out with jigsaw very roughly on the outside of the lines to be cleaned up with flush trim router bit

A ton of dust kicked up from making these pieces

Not sure what to do with these pieces that were the negative of the side panels.......perhaps eagle stencil?

Anyways, have a ton of laptops from a trade to be the brains of these projects

I promise to make these of much higher quality than my "cheap arse bartop" collection. Already ordered 60ft of t-molding, a ton of thick black board vinyl, little tid bits too like multiple usb powered pc amps, switches, etc......

Termin8tor · « **Reply #1 on:** November 30, 2012, 01:58:02 pm »

I like bartops. Following with interest.

CoryBee · « **Reply #2 on:** November 30, 2012, 10:41:20 pm »

Going to just focus on these two until I figure the dimensions for the two-player one again

Frame supports

Two sets of side panels

Beauty shots

Screen mounted on one

Speaker panel added

Got a lot done in 24 hours, will continue some more tonight or tomorrow morning.

Thanks for looking.

Le Chuck · « **Reply #3 on:** November 30, 2012, 10:54:09 pm »

Looking sharper than usual! Keep it up!

CoryBee · « **Reply #4 on:** December 01, 2012, 12:12:03 am »

Quote from: Le Chuck on November 30, 2012, 10:54:09 pm

Looking sharper than usual! Keep it up!

Thanks chucky

I plan on doing something different but people keep asking me for these so I am not going to redesign anything yet. Got some nice moneys from these things, next is to donate something to MalaFE and the MAME project. Without these there wouldn't be much of anything, okay there would be nothing at all.

BC_Jeffro · « **Reply #5 on:** December 01, 2012, 01:29:15 am »

sweet

CoryBee · « **Reply #6 on:** December 01, 2012, 02:31:38 am »

Made up this, figure I can make one for each bartop I build from now on. Not bad price either for a ten pack of full sheet Clear Avery Sticker paper.

The text is not set in stone, thought about putting my last name on there or my repair business name. Not sure yet, but I got a ton of aluminum sheeting in the garage to use.

matt4949 · « **Reply #7 on:** December 01, 2012, 03:16:17 pm »

Glad to see you're not wasting any time. I am definately following this one

Termin8tor · « **Reply #8 on:** December 01, 2012, 03:28:25 pm »

Your woodworking skills are definitely improving and at this rate you'll have all three finished in time for Christmas.

Oh and by the way I may just borrow the shield idea from your previous build.

SpaceHedgehog · « **Reply #9 on:** December 01, 2012, 03:30:17 pm »

That video was really interesting. Thanks for posting

CoryBee · « **Reply #10 on:** December 01, 2012, 03:36:02 pm »

Thanks guys, that shield turned out wonderful I agree

At this rate I can have 5 done by Christmas

Holes drilled for the street fighter single player layout bartop

Found some aluminum L edging stuff at home depot that will make a much better marquee retainer than the last one

CoryBee · « **Reply #11 on:** December 01, 2012, 08:49:13 pm »

Routed for t-molding and put a test piece in. Also rounded the edge of the top piece so it doesn't stick out anymore.

Rough paint to hide any imperfections after vinyl

USB controllers came in and acquired an i-pac for the 2-player

crumptinite · « **Reply #12 on:** December 02, 2012, 10:49:09 am »

So why did you buy a 2 player ipac and then 2 joypads?

CoryBee · « **Reply #13 on:** December 02, 2012, 02:48:37 pm »

Quote from: crumptinite on December 02, 2012, 10:49:09 am

So why did you buy a 2 player ipac and then 2 joypads?

Making two single player bartops and a two player. The i-pac was free (well part of a trade) and will be for a two player.

GnobarEl · « **Reply #14 on:** December 02, 2012, 03:22:39 pm »

Hi,

nice project!

If I use 2 controllers for a 2 players bartop, Will I have any problem or lag? Should I buy an iPAC or I can use the 2 controllers?

Thanks!

CoryBee · « **Reply #15 on:** December 02, 2012, 03:28:44 pm »

Most would say buy an i-pac. But I have always used game controllers, around $3.75 a piece from hong kong. Then I use "joytokey" to map the button presses to keyboard characters. Joytokey remembers the unique id of the gamecontroller so as not to mix them up when one is removed or issues with an impoper shutdown of the system.

Also, Thanks!

CoryBee · « **Reply #16 on:** December 02, 2012, 03:55:13 pm »

Rain got into the garage, so waiting for it to drain a bit, got the landlord coming to check it out later. For now I am editing some serial plates to go on the future bartops and my full size.

Street fighter cab that is taking precedence in this thread

Used PS to tweak a street fighter logo so it is white. This will show up as clear when printed and hopefully will look awesome as aluminum

GnobarEl · « **Reply #17 on:** December 02, 2012, 04:13:16 pm »

Hi,
do you know if a 4:3 19'' monitor would fit in your design?
Can you share your plans?

Thanks!

CoryBee · « **Reply #18 on:** December 02, 2012, 04:28:47 pm »

Quote from: GnobarEl on December 02, 2012, 04:13:16 pm

Hi,
do you know if a 4:3 19'' monitor would fit in your design?
Can you share your plans?

Thanks!

Yea a monitor like this would fit if it has relatively thin boards on the back.

I don't really have plans, something I did freehand. I have wanted to input my side panels into Illustrator but can't for the life of me get the curves inputted right. If someone wants to help I would gladly share what comes out of it. After the side panels are cut I measure the width of the monitor and add a half inch on each side for the overall width (not including side panels). Then the rest is rather easy, all the rest of the pieces are the same width that fit in-between the side panels. And I measure them on the spot. Control panel usually ends up being around 5" in height. I can do some proper measuring if you wish. I got time

dextercf · « **Reply #19 on:** December 02, 2012, 04:42:02 pm »

This got all my internets

floriske.nl · « **Reply #20 on:** December 02, 2012, 05:12:01 pm »

Quote from: CoryDee on December 02, 2012, 04:28:47 pm

Quote from: GnobarEl on December 02, 2012, 04:13:16 pm
Hi,
do you know if a 4:3 19'' monitor would fit in your design?
Can you share your plans?

Thanks!

Yea a monitor like this would fit if it has relatively thin boards on the back.

I don't really have plans, something I did freehand. I have wanted to input my side panels into Illustrator but can't for the life of me get the curves inputted right. If someone wants to help I would gladly share what comes out of it. After the side panels are cut I measure the width of the monitor and add a half inch on each side for the overall width (not including side panels). Then the rest is rather easy, all the rest of the pieces are the same width that fit in-between the side panels. And I measure them on the spot. Control panel usually ends up being around 5" in height. I can do some proper measuring if you wish. I got time

If you can supply me with some measurements and a photo taken at a straight angle (preferably with thecamera zoomed in as much as possible to prevent lens distortion) I can work it out for you if you'd like. Just drop me pm.

On topic: making good progress! Am curious about the two player version as well.

CoryBee · « **Reply #21 on:** December 02, 2012, 05:14:28 pm »

Quote from: floriske.nl on December 02, 2012, 05:12:01 pm

If you can supply me with some measurements and a photo taken at a straight angle (preferably with thecamera zoomed in as much as possible to prevent lens distortion) I can work it out for you if you'd like. Just drop me pm.

On topic: making good progress! Am curious about the two player version as well.

Thanks floriske. PM sent your way to get the convo started.

CoryBee · « **Reply #22 on:** December 03, 2012, 11:07:56 pm »

Decased the speakers, nice little mini amp

Getting speaker panel ready

Hacked up the gamepad - did this twice, one for this build and one for the minecraft build

Drilling holes and routing out the back panel for the main power\volume controls

Everything fits, just waiting for the paint to dry

CoryBee · « **Reply #23 on:** December 04, 2012, 06:44:04 am »

Audio stuffs mounted, T-Molding installed and vinyl applied

CoryBee · « **Reply #24 on:** December 05, 2012, 12:56:48 am »

Just spoke to the customer and he picked out some art, so the arcade is officially Jim Morrison themed.....

Here is the art he wants:

- Marquee -

- Control Panel -

- Boot Logo -

I'm not a big fan of this decision, but hey it's his call

yotsuya · « **Reply #25 on:** December 05, 2012, 02:02:04 am »

Bro, April Fools isn't for a few more months...

CoryBee · « **Reply #26 on:** December 05, 2012, 02:14:23 am »

Quote from: yotsuya on December 05, 2012, 02:02:04 am

Bro, April Fools isn't for a few more months...

I wish it was a joke. At least I am still moving forward with the 2-Player street fighter bartop.....that should keep me sane

CoryBee · « **Reply #27 on:** December 05, 2012, 02:18:35 am »

- Might as well edit the serial plate for it -

CoryBee · « **Reply #28 on:** December 05, 2012, 09:50:15 am »

Soldering to extend power button to the back panel

Got the back panel painted (gloss black) and the electronics wired up - tested sound and switches everything is a go

PL1 · « **Reply #29 on:** December 05, 2012, 02:55:10 pm »

Quote from: CoryDee on December 05, 2012, 02:18:35 am

- Might as well edit the serial plate for it -

Assuming "Ram" refers to random-access memory, it should be "RAM".
[/editor mode]

Scott

CoryBee · « **Reply #30 on:** December 05, 2012, 05:52:22 pm »

Quote from: PL1 on December 05, 2012, 02:55:10 pm

Quote from: CoryDee on December 05, 2012, 02:18:35 am
- Might as well edit the serial plate for it -

Assuming "Ram" refers to random-access memory, it should be "RAM".
[/editor mode]

Scott

Cheeky bastard!

Automark · « **Reply #31 on:** December 05, 2012, 07:27:10 pm »

I really like those serial plates, maybe I'll make one myself as well

CoryBee · « **Reply #32 on:** December 05, 2012, 08:01:38 pm »

Quote from: Automark on December 05, 2012, 07:27:10 pm

I really like those serial plates, maybe I'll make one myself as well

Just got my avery clear labels in, going to the ACE hardware around the corner for some clear coat

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390497865321?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

matt4949 · « **Reply #33 on:** December 05, 2012, 08:30:24 pm »

Quote from: CoryDee on December 05, 2012, 12:56:48 am

Just spoke to the customer and he picked out some art, so the arcade is officially Jim Morrison themed.....

Here is the art he wants:

- Marquee -

- Control Panel -

- Boot Logo -

I'm not a big fan of this decision, but hey it's his call

WITH NO BASS PLAYER, YOU HAVE NO BACKBONE. NO BACKBONE MAN.

WHAT A HORRIBLE DECISION.

CoryBee · « **Reply #34 on:** December 06, 2012, 07:32:32 am »

I tried to talk him out of it but he was set on it $:-\$

Flush trimmed the acrylic to fit the control panel and drilled through it for the buttons

Printed the serial plate

Now to wait for the clear coat to dry

CoryBee · « **Reply #35 on:** December 06, 2012, 10:28:16 am »

Can't really see how awesome it looks without being in front of it. Worked out beautifully.

Shot with close-up lens - ( before I wiped it down to get the dust off for pictures )

CoryBee · « **Reply #36 on:** December 06, 2012, 06:00:53 pm »

Okay, so about the aluminum I used.... $:-\$

I couldn't cut the sheet I had in the garage, was too thick. Every time I cut a piece the edges were too serrated, need something else to cut it with.

So what I ended up doing was using soda cans, properly cleaned of course and only the best (A&W) soda. They are curved which is annoying, but was easily solved with a clothing iron. Properly flat after that, gives it the aluminum look and feel and looks amazing. Glad that KLOVER posted that video all them days ago

GnobarEl · « **Reply #37 on:** December 06, 2012, 06:03:07 pm »

very professional!

CoryBee · « **Reply #38 on:** December 06, 2012, 06:11:48 pm »

Quote from: GnobarEl on December 06, 2012, 06:03:07 pm

very professional!

Thank you gnobar! If anybody wants one I can make them a serial plate (that is if you even like mine), only reason I offer it is because they are so light the postage would just be a stamp to send it out.

GnobarEl · « **Reply #39 on:** December 06, 2012, 06:13:48 pm »

That's very kind of you. I think it will be a must have when I build my machine!
thanks for you offer!
If I was from Sacramento, I would pay you a beer =)


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