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Question about cabinet glass..
gojira26:
damn you guys give a lot of help here. thanks especially to Ronin :D I think ill check out onedayglass.
but now this gives me another question...why smoked glass instead of regular?
gojira26:
--- Quote from: Stub on April 20, 2008, 11:26:14 am ---I got one day glass last week. Smoked 45%
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i just went there to put an order in, how did you order it smoked to a certain % i cant seem to find that option during the ordering process, thanks.
RoninEditor:
--- Quote from: gojira26 on April 20, 2008, 02:59:46 pm ---damn you guys give a lot of help here. thanks especially to Ronin :D I think ill check out onedayglass.
but now this gives me another question...why smoked glass instead of regular?
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It's all a team effort here :)
Smoked hides the 'inners' a little bit better while still allowing the screen to pop through... ya know, if your bezel doesn't line up perfectly and there's a gap, you can't see it as well if it's smoked, especially if the lights are off. The downside is that I heard if it's smoked, light guns won't work with it... which makes sense, I just never heard what was too much of a percent to still use light guns, which is something you'll wanna consider for the future... I know I'm gonna add a light gun soon, I'm just trying to stretch some things out so I don't catch too much static from the wife, lol.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: RoninEditor on April 20, 2008, 02:44:57 pm ---
--- Quote from: GinsuVictim on April 20, 2008, 11:03:15 am ---Though mine isn't smoked (which I would've preferred), I picked up quarter inch plexiglass (23 5/8" x 17 5/8") at Lowes for $13.99
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Ginsu... you should check an Auto-tinting place, and see how much they'd do it for, slapping on a sheet of tint shouldn't be crazy expensive, especially if they could use some leftovers from another job.
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Yeah, I've actually considered it before. I have the original smoked plexi that came with the arcade cabinet, but it's scratched all to hell. I tried to clean it up, but it's still pretty bad. I think I'll wind up ordering some rather than tinting mine. The piece I bought had scratches already on it when I got it, but it was the best one Lowes had. It's only minor, but enough to annoy me.
Fozzy The Bear:
--- Quote from: RoninEditor on April 20, 2008, 03:37:07 pm ---The downside is that I heard if it's smoked, light guns won't work with it... which makes sense, I just never heard what was too much of a percent to still use light guns, which is something you'll wanna consider for the future... I know I'm gonna add a light gun soon, I'm just trying to stretch some things out so I don't catch too much static from the wife, lol.
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Smoked has no effect whatsoever on the LCD TopGun..... The IR leds work just as well through smoked glass or plexi as they do without it. Act Labs guns sometimes have a problem with it, but at 31% they mostly work OK.
Best Regards,
Julian (Fozzy The Bear)
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