The Gold Mine

[Martoon]

I absolutely love this idea!   Really nice theme.  And a gold mine is very descriptive of the bounty of games available in a MAME cabinet.  I say go with it.

[whammoed]

Yep, good idea.  Unique cab deserves unique artwork.  also even though the theme holds significance to you, I think others will enjoy it.

[KrawDaddy]

 

Control panel base!

[KrawDaddy]

 

[KrawDaddy]

 

[KrawDaddy]

Evnin'

The control panel top will slide back 3/4"  when I notch the sides.  So its sitting 3/4 to far ahead on the base.

Comments?

[walls83]

Looks great. You got some mad wood working skills everything looks so clean.


Wheres the Keyboard going? Im just curious.

[KrawDaddy]

I think the sliding keyboard is a joke.  No offence!

Ive got a wireless that will sit in the back and will be pulled out when needed.  

[walls83]

Cool I was just wondering I didnt see anyplace for.  

[whammoed]

Good job...the two angle cuts on the back of the cp look good.  Doesn't look like its just bolted on that way.  Nice.

[KrawDaddy]

Good job...the two angle cuts on the back of the cp look good.  Doesn't look like its just bolted on that way.  Nice.

Thanks!  I hope the CP does the rest of the cab justice.  Its hard to integrate a 4 player CP properly.

[KrawDaddy]

 

Wood inserts, thumb screws and wing nuts.  The thumbs screws position the wood and grab some threads and the windnut clamps the wood without having to apply torque to the insert.

[KrawDaddy]

 

[KrawDaddy]

 

[KrawDaddy]

 

BTW heres the base alone

[pocketbikez]

I think the sliding keyboard is a joke.  No offence!

Ive got a wireless that will sit in the back and will be pulled out when needed.  

 why not just say you are going to use a wireless keyboard and not make a comment someone might take offence from?   pfft

[Ghoward]

I think the sliding keyboard is a joke.  No offence!

Ive got a wireless that will sit in the back and will be pulled out when needed.  

 why not just say you are going to use a wireless keyboard and not make a comment someone might take offence from?   pfft

Why is a sliding keyboard a joke? Many people have them including me and they come in very handy at times.

I can understand why you wouldn't want one on your cab as their really isn't room for one but that is not the point.

Gary

[KrawDaddy]

-I

[walls83]

 

[Ghoward]

-I

[KrawDaddy]

Iam sorry I offended everyone with my snive sliding keyboard comment.  It will NOT happen again.  I can only hope that we can find some common ground and return to our freindly and informative posts.

 

[Ghoward]

Iam sorry I offended everyone with my snive sliding keyboard comment.  It will NOT happen again.  I can only hope that we can find some common ground and return to our freindly and informative posts.

 

KrawDaddy your a funny guy, by the way your cab looks really cool

Gary

[KrawDaddy]

Iam sorry I offended everyone with my snive sliding keyboard comment.  It will NOT happen again.  I can only hope that we can find some common ground and return to our freindly and informative posts.

 

KrawDaddy your a funny guy, by the way your cab looks really cool

Gary

Your right, people spend alot of time building there cabs,  and to hear a negative comment related to there own project is frustrating,  I went overboard, I guess I just get tired of shifting through the unrelated posts and was worried the same thing was about to happen this thread.

Kind Regards\

Kraw

[KrawDaddy]

Back to the meat

Heres a close up of the CP to cabinet joint.  Theres just enough room for T-molding around the back of the CP and down the side.  All the corners will be rounded before I apply the Formica.

[KrawDaddy]

Here a pic with the CP in the proper position.

[KrawDaddy]

The bezel

My trimmed Happ 27" bezel.  The corners will be cut off the bezel.  There will be 2.25" boards mounted to the monitor disk which the bezel will be screwed to.  A black plastic disk (same size as monitor disk) will have a monitor cutout in the center.  This will be mounted over the bezel to finish the trim out.  There will be 1/4" trasparent gray tempered glass over the monitor box.  There will be either more tint to trim out the corners or some black cardboard under the glass.  (obstructing the view of the corners of the box)

[Witchboard]

Your cab is really coming together nice.  Seems you got everything all planned out and it's all going so smoothly.  Here's my question.  Have you run into any snags?  It just seems that it's going so smoothly for you and I was wondering what was going on behind the scenes.  Don't forget we can learn from your mistakes as much as we can from your seemingly flawless cabinet.

[KrawDaddy]

Your cab is really coming together nice.  Seems you got everything all planned out and it's all going so smoothly.  Here's my question.  Have you run into any snags?  It just seems that it's going so smoothly for you and I was wondering what was going on behind the scenes.  Don't forget we can learn from your mistakes as much as we can from your seemingly flawless cabinet.

Hey

Ill give ya the low down on some of the nightmares that Ive encountered l8r.  The list is too long for just one post

[KrawDaddy]

Heres how Iam going to support the bezel.  The thickness of the bezel has been added to the perpendicular boards.  I havent decided what material Iam going to use for the trim ring.  The boards should add a little more support for the monitor. (doesnt need it)

[SirPoonga]

Iam sorry I offended everyone with my snive sliding keyboard comment.  It will NOT happen again.  I can only hope that we can find some common ground and return to our freindly and informative posts.

 

Heh, you don't want to give your opinion on why you said that huh?  I feel the same way I can tell you guys why.  It doesn't look like an arcade machine then  But that's my opinion.  

[SirPoonga]

I love the unique look of this.  Awesome.

[Mameotron]

 why not just say you are going to use a wireless keyboard and not make a comment someone might take offence from?   pfft

This is EXACTLY the reason I don't announce my projects or submit them to the examples page.  There is a LOT of interest in this project, but of course, there has to be this kind of petty crap that just ruins it.

KrawDaddy, you have every right to express your opinion.  If people get offended, that's their problem.  I think you have no reason to apologize to anyone, and I'll gladly second your opinion:  sliding keyboards suck.  I've never seen a keyboard on any arcade machine  (Thayer's Quest is the exception, before everyone posts to correct me).

Oh, yes, I'd like to include a quote from RayB from another thread:

Sell it! Cuz if your cab will end up looking like MikMan's, it will look like crap. (No offense Mikman, but i really don't like the end result with that super tall coin door).

Uh Oh!!  He might have offended someone!!  Fortunately, everyone on that thread was mature enough to take it for what it was worth, and not get upset by it.

Come on people, the discussion was going really well up to this point.  Let's try to leave the pettiness out of it.  Let people have their opinions.

[Ghoward]

There are ways and means to express you opinion without being rude Mameotron.

The fact is it doesn't matter how good you think your cab is someone is not going to like it that

[pocketbikez]

 why not just say you are going to use a wireless keyboard and not make a comment someone might take offence from?   pfft

This is EXACTLY the reason I don't announce my projects or submit them to the examples page.  There is a LOT of interest in this project, but of course, there has to be this kind of petty crap that just ruins it.

KrawDaddy, you have every right to express your opinion.  If people get offended, that's their problem.  I think you have no reason to apologize to anyone, and I'll gladly second your opinion:  sliding keyboards suck.  I've never seen a keyboard on any arcade machine  (Thayer's Quest is the exception, before everyone posts to correct me).

Oh, yes, I'd like to include a quote from RayB from another thread:

Sell it! Cuz if your cab will end up looking like MikMan's, it will look like crap. (No offense Mikman, but i really don't like the end result with that super tall coin door).

Uh Oh!!  He might have offended someone!!  Fortunately, everyone on that thread was mature enough to take it for what it was worth, and not get upset by it.

Come on people, the discussion was going really well up to this point.  Let's try to leave the pettiness out of it.  Let people have their opinions.

my opinion is this...

if someone says something i dont agree with im going to respond. what caught my attention is how he said out of the blue that a keyboard drawer was a joke and then followed up the comment with "no offence!" like that would make an offensive comment not matter. i challenge anyone to go to a black nightclub at midnight and start calling black people the N word and follow up the comment with "no offence!" and see if it covers your ass.

if someone doesnt want to debate in the forums then they shouldnt say something on another persons cab is a "joke".  

[KrawDaddy]

well guys

Thats 13 POSTS directed toward my snive keyboard comment.  

CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?

Are we ready to move on yet?

 

[itismejs]

well guys

Thats 13 POSTS directed toward my snive keyboard comment.  

CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?

Are we ready to move on yet?

 

Yes....let the discussion on the mouse begin.

[KrawDaddy]

HA!

15 HA HA HA

[pocketbikez]

i like this cab because of its unique shape and high quality construction. the shape isnt like any other cab ive ever seen. did you use any type of classic design for inspiration on the shape?

also this is the first cab ive seen that makes a 27" d9200 look small. what made you decide on the rotating monitor and did you ever consider going with a non rotating 33" to fill it out?

[KrawDaddy]

I really dislike monitors that are nearly verticle.  The display hurts my eyes and when playing with multiple people it is really uncomfortable for me.  

My favorite games are generally verticle games.  These games like galage and mspacman have monitors that lay almost flat.  very comfortabe on the eyes.

There is no question on the rotating monitor.  With the monitor in the horizontal posistion my verticle games have borders and the display is the same size as a 19 in monitor, although the scan lines and proportions look the same, its still differant.  When I turn the monitor mspacman is full size and authentic.  There is NO COMPARISON.  As long as Iam playing MAME with you guys, Ill never build a mame machine without one.

So I Compramised.  rotating monitor, and 35 degree monitor,  not too verticle but gives the impression of a laydown monitor.  Galaga looks wonderful.  With the monitor setback alittle 4 player games are very comfortable.

I guess the hole thing is a compramise.  The modular design and rotating monitor were the basic ideas that I started with.  I built the generic monitor box and I built everything else around it.   There work no preconcevied plans.  I designed as I built.

I have ideas to slim down the cab next time, but I need that beefy monitor disk.  I really like it this way for 4 players,  Iam planning on having a cool bezel to fill the corner voids.  I would build another one just like it.  

Also, remember I can carry this this into my house part by part by myself without a dolly.

[patrickl]

I always felt the monitor angle on a Galaga or Pacman cab was an ergonomic nightmare. I'm amazed some people actually like it that way. Don't you get pain in your neck from looking down all the time? If I had been playing Galaga for a couple of hours I could hardly keep my head up straight.

Perhaps in in this case it's not so much an issue though since the screen is so far away from the players anyway. You probably need to worry more about light fixtures on the ceiling reflecting of the monitor.

On the rotating monitor question (by pocketbikez), I think you need a 38" monitor to replace a 27" monitor to get the same size for vertical games without needing rotating. 33" would be a lot smaller.