FINALLY pictures of a semi-finished cab

[AlanS17]

I still have to add a marquee and rebuild the control panel, but this is the start.

What do yall think???

(Do keep in mind this is only about a $400 project so be gentle.)  

[Frostillicus]

I still have to add a marquee and rebuild the control panel, but this is the start.

What do yall think???

(Do keep in mind this is only about a $400 project so be gentle.)  

Wow - an invisible cab!  

[AlanS17]

Ok I fixed it... Try it again. (sans sarcasm)  

[NY_in_TX]

It wouldn't be BYOAC without sarcasm...just kidding

I like it alot.  400 bones is something to be proud of.

What type of speaker do you have in the top?  And what is the material you have going around the marquee area?

ny

[AlanS17]

It wouldn't be BYOAC without sarcasm...just kidding

I like it alot.  400 bones is something to be proud of.

What type of speaker do you have in the top?  And what is the material you have going around the marquee area?

ny

I found that Logitech speakers work well for arcades cuz they usually have a remote volume control and some form of mounting brackets on the satellite speakers. I don't remember the model number, though.The grill is something I picked up at Radio Shack. I didn't much like the "cut out" look of the original wood underneath.

AS for around the marquee... BLACK DUCK TAPE!   (That stuff fixes everything down here in Texas.) That's not my permanent solution, but it holds the red poster board on for now so drunks don't stick their fingers in the light sockets. This thing lives in a frat house so I has to drunk-proof it.

I'm still not quite sure how I will attach the marquee when I'm done. The original brackets are gone and I don't know what will work around that curve. I'm open to suggestions if anybody has them.

[NY_in_TX]

AS for around the marquee... BLACK DUCK TAPE!   (That stuff fixes everything down here in Texas.)...

I'm still not quite sure how I will attach the marquee when I'm done. The original brackets are gone and I don't know what will work around that curve. I'm open to suggestions if anybody has them.

Duct tape, love it!  I thought it was some kind of hammered metal.  ha.  Maybe surface mounting the marquee with screws around the curve?  then you could come back over it with some suitable material,or just find some screws that blend in when they are countersunk.    

You could also steam or wet bend some wood moulding.  Or get the fake wood stuff from HD and bend that around.

I'm TX too....no duct tape,but plenty of bailing wire.  

[dhansen]

Is that a metal control panel?  If you need to rebuild the CP and need room for a trackball, my bumpout design works pretty well... This panel is only 23 3/4 inches wide

[AlanS17]

Yes it is a metal control panel. I'm actually pretty good with wood, but I don't know what to do with metal. My control panel is the same width (23 3/4). It has a gradual curve around the front, but it comes to about 90 degrees.

Got any plans for that control panel you made there? I'm assuming you rebuilt it with wood, but how did you get a curve around the front?

[crashdmj]

I really like that cab style...let us see pics of it when your done!
Derek

[Frostillicus]

Lookin' good.  Nice use of duct tape    That stuff really is the ultimate tool.

[AlanS17]

Is that a metal control panel?  If you need to rebuild the CP and need room for a trackball, my bumpout design works pretty well... This panel is only 23 3/4 inches wide

Do you have a picture of that things from the front?

[rampy]

Is that a metal control panel?  If you need to rebuild the CP and need room for a trackball, my bumpout design works pretty well... This panel is only 23 3/4 inches wide

Do you have a picture of that things from the front?

I believe he does on his arcade stupidity site

[Chris]

Is that a metal control panel?  If you need to rebuild the CP and need room for a trackball, my bumpout design works pretty well... This panel is only 23 3/4 inches wide

Doug, how did you curve the wood in front of the control panel?  Can you take a picture of the front with the brightness kicked way up?

In the thread at http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=7888 , I'm trying to bump out the front for a trackball, but I was planning on using angles instead of curves... but I think I may like the curved version better... did you just cut that curve with a jigsaw?

--Chris

[AlanS17]

I planned on using a jigsaw, but I was just curious to know how he got the curve around the front. From the pictures, though, it doesn't look like the front of his is curved after all.

I was thinking about using sheet metal...

First I need to buy the controls, though...

[Chris]

Okay, I took one of the frontal pics of his cab from his site and played with the gamma and contrast to bring out the details of the structure:

[Birdtales]

About 3/4 of the way down on this post is a better picture of one of dhansen's control panels.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=5614;start=msg38311#msg38311

[dhansen]

Sorry guys, late one at work!  Here's a pic with the brightness turned up and more from the front.
 


A pic of my vertical cab cp bumpout..



Construction pics of how I did the bumpout (screwed this one up and ended up scraping it...) I just cut a couple of 2X4's at an angle and screwed them in from the top.  I then glued and clamped a piece of masonite to the 2X4s and ran a bead of glue along the seam.





Hope this helps...

[dhansen]

Okay, I took one of the frontal pics of his cab from his site and played with the gamma and contrast to bring out the details of the structure:

Ewwww!  That's freakin' ugly!!  Yeah, that was version 0.2 of the horizontal cab...I'm so lazy, I really need to update my site!!

Doug