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Zeosstud:
Looking forward to all updates..

Yvan256:

--- Quote from: Typefighter01 on April 23, 2015, 05:23:11 pm ---Lots of Ultimarc goodies.

2 x PacLED 64's
14 x Classic RGB buttons
16 x GoldLeafs (various colours)



We are making two cabs, so one PacLED each and seven RGB buttons each. Yvan and I will be doing full reviews once the cabinets are completed.

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I can't wait to test those parts, I've searched about lighted buttons and in my humble opinion the ClassicRGB from Ultimarc is the best one. The buttons are made using a semi-opaque white plastic instead of clear so it makes them look like coloured buttons instead of simply being lighted buttons. And when they're off, they're a nice milky white.



--- Quote from: Typefighter01 on April 23, 2015, 05:23:11 pm ---The 16 GoldLeafs are for Yvan and are for a different project

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And sorry to be mysterious about that project, but only two other people know about it so far and the CAD is nowhere near complete. Let's just say that the Ultimarc Goldleaf were the only concave buttons available in such a short length. The other options were to use either Sanwa or Seimitsu buttons but I'm old-school and I need my concave buttons if I can have them. The leaf switches are a bonus. ;D



--- Quote from: Typefighter01 on April 23, 2015, 05:23:11 pm ---Also, we have decided on a sliding rear door, ala Visual Pincab. Hopefully Yvan can pop in and give us a Sketchup so you guys can see what I mean.
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A static image would be boring, so here's a small animated GIF instead (click to view the animated version). The two overlapping boxes on the drawer are placeholders for mini-ITX and micro-ATX motherboards. At only 20cm long, those are the shortest ball-bearing drawer slides I've ever seen. They're also the longest slides that would fit inside our cabinets. If you're wondering why we went with drawer slides, it's because we didn't want to break the clean lines in the back of the cabinet with hinges. Surely there's specialized cabinet hinges that would have worked but we thought that drawer slides would be a nicely different approach to the problem usually only seen on virtual pinball machines. With 20cm of travel and all the hardware inside the cabinets, let's just say that wiring is going to be... fun.

Unless I'm mistaken and the motherboards don't go on the drawer at all.  :laugh:

Typefighter01:
Ignore some of the chipping as we are using the same 1/4" upcut bit we have used for over a year now, but finally managed to get the drawer cut. We will use this old upcut bit until the testing is all done and then switch over the the new compression bit.





Next I will need to check mobo placement and see how they work with the plastic standoffs we sourced. Hopefully it doesn't take 4 months for the next update.

G1zm0:
I was interested in this project . But looks like 4 month has become over 2.5 years. Would have been interesting to see final result.

Yvan256:
2.5 years then turned into 11...

Life happened, projects got delayed.

But I've kept contact with Typefighter01 all this time. And I've talked to him about resurrecting this crazy project.

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