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Carriage Bolts On your CP: Tacky, or Tasteful?

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MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: patrickl on January 31, 2008, 08:12:52 am ---I guess you stated "tasteful"  in the poll.
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"Tasteful" wasn't an option in the poll.


--- Quote ---There is no right or wrong when the question is a matter of taste.

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No, but there is irony.

FrizzleFried:
Why is it that Maximum is the only guy i've EVER SEEN that thinks Japanese Nintendo cabinets are covered in heat cured epoxy?   It's FORMICA!  I know...I've removed some!  Sheesh...

MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: FrizzleFried on January 31, 2008, 10:37:03 am ---Why is it that Maximum is the only guy i've EVER SEEN that thinks Japanese Nintendo cabinets are covered in heat cured epoxy?
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Prok thinks so too, along with me and whoever "Maximum" is (lol).


--- Quote ---Original Galagas were built with the
same coated wood process that Nintendo cabs were (the japanese version has a
thicker coating though).  These were an epoxy based finish that is typically
sprayed by machine and cured with heat

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--- Quote ---It's FORMICA!  I know...I've removed some!  Sheesh...
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Like hell it is. You realize that "Formica" is a brand of HPL right? And it is about 1/16" thick, or half that for "vertical grade". You also can't see traces of the grain of the plywood through HPL, while you can on Japanese plywood Nintendo cabinets.

If you removed some HPL from a Nintendo cabinet then it was an anomaly (maybe operator applied or Nintendo used different finishes at different times), because neither my Punch-Out nor my Popeye have laminate of any sort. It is a coating that is hard enough to chip/flake (meaning not Melamine/LPL) and as thin as a paint job (meaning not Formica/HPL) as well as being able to see traces of the plywood grain beneath it (again, obviously not HPL).

Edit: This is from the Popeye in the shed:



It is paper thin and note the impressions in it from where it formed to the grain of the plywood. It is flexible to a point, but if you start to fold it, it snaps cleanly in two. I wonder where I can get a lab analysis done of it, lol.

ArtsNFartsNCrafts:

--- Quote from: patrickl on January 31, 2008, 03:46:51 am ---
--- Quote from: ArtsNFartsNCrafts on January 31, 2008, 12:15:49 am ---Yeah, but like I said, I'm not planning on adding an overlay or lexan to my CP...But rather, simply put a nice sturdy finish on the wood.  Given that, if exposed carriage bolt heads are considered tacky, I would certainly consider exposed t-nuts more tacky.  And I guess I'd be more likely to choose the lesser of the two tackies (haha).

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You are not even going to paint it?
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Oh yeah, I'm gonna paint it.  I'll probably give it a thorough painting, sanding, painting, etc...make it nice and smooth and less "wood like".



I should also add, that I had NO idea my poll would stir up such debate!  I was just looking for second opinions, haha.  :dizzy:

Avrus:

--- Quote from: ArtsNFartsNCrafts on January 31, 2008, 12:25:27 pm ---
--- Quote from: patrickl on January 31, 2008, 03:46:51 am ---
--- Quote from: ArtsNFartsNCrafts on January 31, 2008, 12:15:49 am ---Yeah, but like I said, I'm not planning on adding an overlay or lexan to my CP...But rather, simply put a nice sturdy finish on the wood.  Given that, if exposed carriage bolt heads are considered tacky, I would certainly consider exposed t-nuts more tacky.  And I guess I'd be more likely to choose the lesser of the two tackies (haha).

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You are not even going to paint it?
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Oh yeah, I'm gonna paint it.  I'll probably give it a thorough painting, sanding, painting, etc...make it nice and smooth and less "wood like".



I should also add, that I had NO idea my poll would stir up such debate!  I was just looking for second opinions, haha.  :dizzy:


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If it's arcade related ... it's going to stir a debate.

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