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finishing touches
« on: January 28, 2010, 07:26:49 pm »
Almost done with my street fighter cab.  I just got the marquee and move list from the printers.  I still plan on adding speakers above the monitor at some point.  Tomorrow I will be cutting some diamond plate for the kick panel.  You can see my pacman cabinet in the background, someone converted it to commando. I am in the process of resto-modding it to a pacman/mame.

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Re: finishing touches
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2010, 08:11:49 pm »
Very nice  :cheers: Not a huge SF fan but that cab looks awesome. How much did that diamond plate for the CP cost ya? Is it a PITA to cut?

Glad to here you are restoring that old pac too. If you do half as good job on it as you did this one it will look great!
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Re: finishing touches
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2010, 08:23:31 pm »
It may be the picture, but that looks like diamond plate acrylic. If so, great idea. We cut that for one of our customers. If its the real thing....may be a bit uncomfortable to play for long stretches.  :cheers:

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Re: finishing touches
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2010, 09:36:12 pm »
Thanks,  the diamond plate is metal, 1/16  aluminum.  It is polished and wrapped in the t-molding pretty flush, its not at all uncomfortable.  I paid like 30 bucks for it from a guy on ebay.  He cut the length and width,  I cut the angled corners on my chop saw and drilled it out with a hole saw.  Its actually much easier to work with than plexi.
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Re: finishing touches
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2010, 10:11:37 pm »
Could I get a closer picture of the CP namely the edge where plate and the tmold meet?
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Re: finishing touches
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2010, 10:42:50 pm »
I will take one tomorrow.  Its flush, there are no sharp edges at all.  I looks very clean.

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Re: finishing touches
« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2010, 01:38:51 pm »
Could I get a closer picture of the CP namely the edge where plate and the tmold meet?

Hard to get a good picture without too much reflection

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Re: finishing touches
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2010, 02:23:49 pm »
wow amazing looking cab!

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Re: finishing touches
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2010, 05:31:32 pm »
Looks fantastic! Thanks for the pics.
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Re: finishing touches
« Reply #9 on: February 13, 2010, 09:29:27 pm »
Thanks,  the diamond plate is metal, 1/16  aluminum.  It is polished and wrapped in the t-molding pretty flush, its not at all uncomfortable.  I paid like 30 bucks for it from a guy on ebay.  He cut the length and width,  I cut the angled corners on my chop saw and drilled it out with a hole saw.  Its actually much easier to work with than plexi.
It depends on the tools you are using. We laser cut acrylic all the time. Works great. No muss, no fuss, and flame polished edges. I just wish I could talk my wife into letting me buy a bigger laser. Stupid things are kind of pricey. Even used.