Author Topic: The Gold Mine (Read 98695 times)

GGKoul · « **Reply #280 on:** October 14, 2004, 11:47:56 pm »

What is the measurements of your CP?

pocketbikez · « **Reply #281 on:** October 15, 2004, 08:17:15 am »

you could also mask off the visable monitor area and paint the backside of the glass bezel.

* update
i just reread your post and painting the bezel glass is exactly what you described. at first i thought you were going to spray paint the inside of the monitor box.

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #282 on:** October 16, 2004, 11:07:39 pm »

Painting the glass was a total and udder failure. Dont waste your time unless you find special paint.

So..I bought black contact paper (shelf Paper) and it worked great. The glue stuck well and can probably be removed. It was placed on the back and the glue is transparent unless you look very close with a detail light. Good enough.

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #283 on:** October 16, 2004, 11:08:14 pm »

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #284 on:** October 16, 2004, 11:26:28 pm »

:: speechless ::

Will · « **Reply #285 on:** October 17, 2004, 02:45:57 am »

The Harley Davidson of arcade cabinets.....

SNAAKE · « **Reply #286 on:** October 17, 2004, 04:00:19 am »

Why not use smoked plexi or smoked glass ?
Wouldnt it be EVEN better ?

pocketbikez · « **Reply #287 on:** October 17, 2004, 09:45:54 am »

Quote from: KrawDaddy on October 16, 2004, 11:07:39 pm

Painting the glass was a total and udder failure. Dont waste your time unless you find special paint.

So..I bought black contact paper (shelf Paper) and it worked great. The glue stuck well and can probably be removed. It was placed on the back and the glue is transparent unless you look very close with a detail light. Good enough.

out of curiosity, please explain how it was a failure?

i both spray painted and used a foam roller to paint the backsides of plexi. i used some contact cleaner to remove any oily residue before painting and it worked out great.

btw your cab is coming together and looking fantastic!

danny_galaga · « **Reply #288 on:** October 17, 2004, 10:16:18 am »

Quote from: Will on October 17, 2004, 02:45:57 am

The Harley Davidson of arcade cabinets.....

what an insult!! this is the Vincent Black Shadow of arcade cabinets...

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #289 on:** October 17, 2004, 11:21:59 am »

Quote from: pocketbikez on October 17, 2004, 09:45:54 am

Quote from: KrawDaddy on October 16, 2004, 11:07:39 pm
Painting the glass was a total and udder failure. Dont waste your time unless you find special paint.

So..I bought black contact paper (shelf Paper) and it worked great. The glue stuck well and can probably be removed. It was placed on the back and the glue is transparent unless you look very close with a detail light. Good enough.

out of curiosity, please explain how it was a failure?

i both spray painted and used a foam roller to paint the backsides of plexi. i used some contact cleaner to remove any oily residue before painting and it worked out great.

btw your cab is coming together and looking fantastic!

I bought what I thought was good spray paint and cleaned the glass with thinners and then alcohol and the paint had no adhearance. Have you painted glass before? Maybe plexi has a slighly more porous surface. There is paint that is specifically made for glass. But I only found it in small quantities for art.
maybe I should have used contact cleaner.

Kind Regards\

Kraw

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #290 on:** October 17, 2004, 11:23:59 am »

Quote from: SNAAKE on October 17, 2004, 04:00:19 am

Why not use smoked plexi or smoked glass ?
Wouldnt it be EVEN better ?

I used transparent gray since everyone I talked to recommended this. Oscar also had a review on it.

Kind Regards\

Kraw

Pixelhugger · « **Reply #291 on:** October 17, 2004, 02:53:29 pm »

Quote from: AmericanDemon on October 16, 2004, 11:26:28 pm

:: speechless ::

ditto

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #292 on:** October 17, 2004, 05:28:20 pm »

Quote from: GGKoul on October 14, 2004, 11:47:56 pm

What is the measurements of your CP?

Yo Krawdaddy, I'm interested as well. Can you hook us up with the basic dimensions of your CP?

Witchboard · « **Reply #293 on:** October 18, 2004, 09:28:47 am »

Looking good. Nice and dark. I think the contact paper was a good alternative. I'll have to keep that in mind. ^_^ The cool thing about that idea is, if you have bezel artwork or instrucaions, you could put those on the backside of the glass and the contact paper would tape it in place. Of course this would be on non-smoked glass. Can't wait to see it in action.

DYNAGOD · « **Reply #294 on:** October 18, 2004, 10:33:58 am »

that thing looks badass

hands down.
the only concern i have is with a cabinet so big and beefy that your monitor is a little on the small size and seems drarfed by the many of the cabs features. your marqee is even larger than your monitor!
i think you could afford (if you could afford) to go alittle bigger to get some better overall proportion.
but thats just my opinion, and opinions are like as#holes,everones got one..
looks kick ass!

LeedsFan · « **Reply #295 on:** October 22, 2004, 12:26:29 pm »

This is absolutely brilliant!

But I have one question... are you doing this for the enjoyment of the games..... or the woodworking?

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #296 on:** October 28, 2004, 05:04:15 pm »

Heres my final Marquee. Thanks to the anonymous artist!

javeryh · « **Reply #297 on:** October 28, 2004, 05:40:07 pm »

That is effing sweet.

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #298 on:** October 28, 2004, 07:54:47 pm »

Whats funny is that I will always recall this cabinet as Nostalgia as opposed to Gold Mine.

Witchboard · « **Reply #299 on:** October 28, 2004, 10:42:10 pm »

Anonymous? LOL... we know who you are.

Where's that CP update!? It's been so long since an update you're probably working on the wiring.

BobbyG66 · « **Reply #300 on:** October 29, 2004, 09:29:15 am »

Quote from: Witchboard on October 28, 2004, 10:42:10 pm

Anonymous? LOL... we know who you are.

Where's that CP update!? It's been so long since an update you're probably working on the wiring.

Yea, it looks like PH's work.
1) There BLUE in it and...
2) It totally F'ing rocks!

If it was not PH then someone else has some mad skills out there.
This cab is going to be one of the best looking cabs out there. Most original too.

Can't wait to see the finished product.
Great job.

Bob

F1r3f1ght3r · « **Reply #301 on:** October 29, 2004, 11:59:44 am »

Quote from: AmericanDemon on October 28, 2004, 07:54:47 pm

Whats funny is that I will always recall this cabinet as Nostalgia as opposed to Gold Mine.

nostalgia.... the arcade he frequented... was called goldmine...

the3eyedblindman · « **Reply #302 on:** October 29, 2004, 08:45:38 pm »

What about the same marquee design but replacing "Goldmine" with "Nostalgia"?? Just a thought.

pointdablame · « **Reply #303 on:** October 29, 2004, 11:13:56 pm »

Quote from: the3eyedblindman on October 29, 2004, 08:45:38 pm

What about the same marquee design but replacing "Goldmine" with "Nostalgia"?? Just a thought.

Why would he do that if he wants his machine to be called Goldmine? And why would there be a picture of a goldmine as the background if it says Nostalgia?

Looks great Krawdaddy, get us more pics

the3eyedblindman · « **Reply #304 on:** October 29, 2004, 11:18:49 pm »

I was being sarcastic because this machine will always be known as Nostalgia to most of us for a long time. Its grown on me.

Santoro · « **Reply #305 on:** October 29, 2004, 11:33:25 pm »

I like the Marquee a lot, but I don't think it is Pixelhugger's. It has blue, but not that electric, glowing blue he uses so often. And Pixel generally uses more line elements.

And, I could be wrong.

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #306 on:** October 31, 2004, 12:17:33 pm »

I was thinking of swapping out the T-moulding for Blue. Any opinions?

Heres some progress...

-Marquee file has been uploaded and is being printed by arcadegraphics.com as they are the only ones that could print a marquee this large.

-I am waiting on 23 blue buttons from Happ.

-Iam currently building the walls for the pinball handholes

-All 4 way controls and trackball have been wired. Progress has slowed

Kind Regards\

Kraw

AmericanDemon · « **Reply #307 on:** October 31, 2004, 12:25:50 pm »

I would love to see your cabinet with Blue t-moulding. Its awesome now but the added color will rock.

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #308 on:** October 31, 2004, 01:32:54 pm »

There are too many black and blue MAME cabs in the world. I say GOLD t-molding! You got a theme going... run with it!

Will · « **Reply #309 on:** October 31, 2004, 01:54:26 pm »

No question about it go with blue t-molding.It would just make it look better.

MiKman · « **Reply #310 on:** October 31, 2004, 04:26:56 pm »

Quote from: Gunstar Hero on October 31, 2004, 01:32:54 pm

There are too many black and blue MAME cabs in the world. I say GOLD t-molding! You got a theme going... run with it!

Me two! Golden T-molding is the way to go with this machine, and any of the accents (i.e. yellow lighted coin drops, gold spinner knob, etc.) Can't wait to see a finished product!

walls83 · « **Reply #311 on:** October 31, 2004, 04:58:33 pm »

gold t-molding for sure

pointdablame · « **Reply #312 on:** October 31, 2004, 05:14:08 pm »

I usually despise the color gold, but I think gold or yellow T-molding would look very good on your cab, especially with some yellow/gold accents like coin slots like mentioned.

Then again, with the background fo that marquee and the blue buttons on the way, blue would look great too.

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #313 on:** November 03, 2004, 08:28:47 pm »

A little progress.....

My camera is still dirty.

My Marquee is on its way!

I still have to enclose a few more sides of the hand holes but I intend to leave the side toward the players open. The inside will remain hidden from the players perspective but will allow the glow from the trackball light to flood into the hand hole compartment.

Opinions?

I still have to hack the pinball lockdown bar ends and mount them. They will trim out the corner

Kind Regards\

Kraw

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #314 on:** November 03, 2004, 08:29:19 pm »

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #315 on:** November 03, 2004, 08:30:38 pm »

temp wiring for pacman and galaga.

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #316 on:** November 03, 2004, 08:31:19 pm »

javeryh · « **Reply #317 on:** November 03, 2004, 09:05:40 pm »

This thing looks amazing so far. I'm very impressed. I have a simple question - what type of wood are you using and how did you cut the pinball holes on the CP so smooth with the rounded corners and everything? Looks great!

KrawDaddy · « **Reply #318 on:** November 03, 2004, 09:23:21 pm »

Quote from: javeryh on November 03, 2004, 09:05:40 pm

This thing looks amazing so far. I'm very impressed. I have a simple question - what type of wood are you using and how did you cut the pinball holes on the CP so smooth with the rounded corners and everything? Looks great!

Hey

Its cabinet grade plywood. Youll have to go to a cabinet maker to buy it. It was $40.00 bucks for a 5X5 sheet. Theres 13 plys and its imported from russia.

I make 99% of my cuts with a router and a piece of 2X2 steel angle iron I position as a straight edge for each cut. The corners are free hand.

Kind Regards\

Kraw

RetroJames · « **Reply #319 on:** November 03, 2004, 10:47:13 pm »

Love those "Pinball Holes."

The only thing that feature needs is a better name...

Did you consider having 4 buttons for the...ahem..."Pinball Holes?"


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