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I am using the Gaetan plans for this Donkey Kong build as they are in mm and the most detailed. I'm using 16mm mdf for this, mitre 10 mega was closing down and I got the sheets for half price! I originally wanted to use an LCD but I ended up changing my mind to a CRT. I want to have 2 control panels. one for playing arcade games that need more than 1 button and another one that looks original

 

So I am already a fair way along with my build but I've still been taking a lot of pictures so here it goes...

 

 

I have no work bench in the garage so I used the old man's ute to draw out the nintendo shape for my template

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20150915_131557_zpsxsicfxfx.jpg

 

Bit hard to see but this is the outline where I needed to cut

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20150915_131843_zpsob2u23sc.jpg

 

As bad as it seems using tyres to cut on, Dad's saw horses were else where and I really wanted to get started on this so thats what I used.

I used a jigsaw for this part and sanded any rough edges

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20150916_131342_zps0nlqqwyf.jpg

 

here it is all cut out

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20150916_140247_zpsyfbitfhu.jpg

 

I got the saw horses at this stage and I clamped the template on top and routed out my first side. I used a flush cut top bearing bit for this. I brought the top bearing piece so that I could see when the turns were which made it easier to cut out, rather than trying to follow the template on the bottom.

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20150927_163906_zps3lqt0csl.jpg

 

about to do the second side

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20150927_165005_zpsjbpns4yw.jpg

 

as you can see it made a lot of dust!

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20150927_163859_zpsuujwodvv.jpg

 

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20150927_165629_zpszzb46bsu.jpg

 

I routed the t-molding slots early on in the build just in case I stuffed them up.

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151010_151530_zps7vajxizf.jpg

 

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151010_151525_zpsgsjcyttj.jpg

 

I got the 1:1 profile printed at my local officeworks

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20150930_225709_zpsqqdk3qcp.jpg

 

I didn't get a picture but I have a friend who is a cabinet maker and they have a panel saw at his work, so I took in my sheets of mdf and got pretty much everything I needed cut in one go. I'll admit I did have to go back a few times for other bits I forgot

 

Put the first panel on

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151010_154435_zpstmljorgr.jpg

 

screwed on a couple more panels

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http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151010_163421_zps1cj2otoh.jpg

 

screwed in the other side and it stands!

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here I was eyeing up the the front panels to see how they would go

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151114_155416_zpsbqucfj0u.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151114_155413_zpsnhzrezic.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151114_155427_zpsdgy47s6m.jpg

 

this was after I cut out the hole for my coin door, btw here is the coin door I got from plonka games

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151114_165017_zpsxymxwidn.jpg

 

here is my coin box. For the coin holes I originally just drilled holes in each corner and jig sawed the coin holes out but it was pretty rough as you can see in some of the pictures. I had the cab laying on its back one hot day and because I only used a little bit of glue to hold it down the outside fell off (didn't have the actual box in). so I took that opportunity to route them out nice and square and used more glue this time, and I am much happier with the result.

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151108_180556_zpslmj2blty.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151108_180605_zps1gxsyjke.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160127_170520_zpsbht0vcz1.jpg

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http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160127_170501_zpsjyjadqlq.jpg

 

Now the speaker grille... the part I wasn't overly excited for. I didn't take pictures of these even though I know now I probably should have so some other people know what not to do but I'll just try and explain... I first used a drill bit to drill out each end of the speaker grill and go between with a jigsaw. this turned out pretty rough and its hard to get exactly straight lines and I found that my blade was a bit thin so it would actually bend and cut on an angle. I then tried the router with an 8mm bit. this started off fine using 1 clamped piece of wood as a guide but my router was a bit sticky on its up and down movements so I ended up just coming off the guide a little and I wasn't happy with that. So upon looking on the forums again I saw just the day before johnrt did his using a guide on both sides and 16mm thickness wood as a spacer everytime and as I was using 16mm wood for my build I had heaps.

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151128_120428_zps17nnoyc0.jpg

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the piece that holds the bezel and control panel was also hard! I ended up finding some wood at my local bunnings that was 30mm*90mm which was as close as I could find to the 29mm*89mm that I needed. i used a dovetail bit that had the correct angle I needed then used the straight cut bit to finish off the bottom part that you couldn't see anyway. the piece of mdf in front of it has also come out since.

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160127_170456_zps19esvdjl.jpg

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I went into uni to try and make up some of the nintendo brackets. I also got my cabinet maker friend to cut me out bits of 3mm mdf the same size as the bezel and the marquee for testing too

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151126_151259_zpsqb6xqhtg.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151118_183318_zpsdl55ifqk.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151128_134029_zps9ztrft9e.jpg

 

here is the control panel art I made on illustrator. this gives me enough room to fit a couple of extra buttons

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/Capture_zpst2aecktq.jpg

 

by now I have my buttons, joystick and encoder which I got from OzStick and I really wanted to play some DK so I got a print of the art at officeworks so I knew where to drill my holes, hooked it up and played for an hour or so

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20151205_225403_zpsjtwx14xy.jpg

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I made this small box for my live wire to go in. I didn't want any 240v wire showing so some idiot couldn't accidentally touch it. A smart power board will plug into this which should turn everything on when the pc turns on

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160127_170608_zps33nm9rbp.jpg

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here is my ebay speaker amp and 4 inch pioneer speaker that I will be using

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http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160127_171055_zps9wa4qwpb.jpg

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drilled some holes for my hidden buttons. I will have pause, coin and computer on/off.

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160131_120829_zpswxwyedii.jpg

 

here is my mount for my 19 inch LCD screen. (before i decided to change it to a CRT)

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160127_170657_zpsrydkv1qi.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160127_170404_zpsq2qa5swp.jpg

 

I got some new coin mechs as I didn't like the look of the other ones I had. you can see in my previous pictures which ones I was talking about

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160201_122409_zpsqcsh6ths.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160201_122414_zpsioyscxkl.jpg

 

had a piece of 3mm cut out for my back door to make it lighter

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160201_132111_zpsvnlnvvi5.jpg

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and after a lot of filling and sanding

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we don't have Behrs here in Aus so I couldnt get a batch of Liquid Blue mixed up. I found a website called encycolorpedia.com which can give you heaps of info about the colour as well as which brands have colours that are close. I found that Taubmans: River Boat was extremely close. so thats what im going to use

 

painted some primer in the speaker grille for when I paint it black. and then sanded the paint on the outside smooth that I dont get any brush marks

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160206_162624_zpsr6wyg8ru.jpg

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I brought some magnetic cabinet latches for the control panel. I originally wanted to do the latch approach but the latches that I had were going to make it difficult so I went with this easier option. I have only put 1 set on so far but not sure if I want to put another set on to make it more secure?

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160206_161717_zps5gjttn34.jpg

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http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160206_161825_zpsife3piff.jpg

 

properly screwed on the lid for my power point to hide any live wires

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160206_162405_zpsxyhwwf4k.jpg

 

and screwed on the back door top and bottom

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160206_161839_zpsgi4hyzob.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160206_162343_zpsmpkjcird.jpg

 

I painted the speaker grille black. I got a bit of bleed from my masking tape but I'm going to sand the front of the panel so hopefully that gets rid of the black.

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160208_181414_zpsol60agpb.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160208_181422_zpszsi9yn1g.jpg

 

I also drilled 2 holes for my fans

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160208_181429_zpsyvrszctq.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160208_181434_zpsxs8rfkp2.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160208_181520_zpsmr1engod.jpg

 

routed out the holes for the handles.

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160209_151328_zpsfnnxpfw6.jpg

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here is the CRT I'm using. It was an old tv I found on the side of the road. and it turns on as soon as power is present and it remembers what input it is on so once it is set up I shouldnt have to touch it again.

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160326_144818_zpslowaal9e.jpg

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I just used some pine from my local hardware store to make the frame

 

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160402_143851_zpshsw99mx0.jpg

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Mounted the frame in the cab

 

and I also mounted the castor wheels using some M6 bolts and some left over pine from the frame as a spacer

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got them pretty close to the ground I think

 

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This is going to be awesome. You should be very satisfied. Great build and very well documented. Keep it coming.

 

Sent from my SM-T800 using Tapatalk

 

Thank you :cheers:

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Love the detail in the progress reports, pictures paint 1000 words! Planning on building my first cabinet very soon so it's great to see such detail in each step.

 

Donkey Kong is a personal fave so can't wait to see how this goes!

Excellent so far! Really loving this build

 

It's inspiring me to finish mine (Painted 3 years ago, then zip)

 

Keep it up, nice! :)

 

Thanks guys! Yeah I can't wait until it's done!

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So I finally got to roll some paint on this thing and its starting to look really nice now. I'm happy with the paint at the moment with just one coat of blue so it should look even better when I get a second coat on there tomorrow. The Taubmans River Boat Blue came out so close to the original colour too, the only other recorded matching colour is the Behrs liquid blue so I was happy to find an alternative I could get mixed up here in Aus

 

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160520_120128_zpsmtwlbyh2.jpg

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Is that blue paint a gloss, semi-gloss or satin paint..?

 

What did you under-coat the MDF with?

 

I used a semi-gloss for the blue and for the primer I used a Taubmans easy coat white prep tinted undercoat

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clever idea to use a plastic bag in the roller tray.

 

yeah it makes things a bit easier later!!

 

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Got the last coat on yesterday and I'm pretty happy with the results!

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/333566c8-73c0-4d5a-a245-7b68a71df00f_zpsynzcf2gq.jpg

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Great build, how long has it taken thus far?

 

And what signal are you feeding the CRT TV, from what source?

 

I started it in October and have just been working on it in my spare time. I would have had it finished earlier if I didn't hurt my back in Feb.

I'm using a pc to run the games and a converter to convert VGA to composite

 

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small update. I fitted the t-molding and coin door. and as you can see I went right around with the t-molding. starting to really come together. I'm pretty happy with how it looks so far

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160606_153550_zpssluspjqf.jpg

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Alright so I've been a bit busy and slack with the updates but I've still been working on the cab in my spare time.

 

got my VGA to composite converter off ebay so I can run the PC through the CRT and it works a treat

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160616_122644_zpszaj75dfx.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160616_122650_zpsrolypwck.jpg

 

while mounting the joystick I used a quick clamp to hold it in place. it made it alot easier to center the joystick with the hole

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160616_124448_zps9okgl0yu.jpg

 

PC laying in the cab with the speaker amp mounted on the back of the coin door so I can adjust volume easily

havent had a chance to tidy up the wiring yet!

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160622_164826_zps97zgyb4g.jpg

 

I screwed my speaker in but it was making a vibrating noise with certain sounds and it sounded awful! so I brought an anti-vibration square and cut it up to fit around the speaker. worked really well!

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160620_145041_zpsj8rdpc7z.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160620_150805_zpswmecbn2h.jpg

 

I had made a marquee top bracket at uni with a metal bender they had there by doing lots of small bends to get the desired curve but I didnt have much success making the lower marquee bracket (you can see them earlier on in my pics). I ended up buying 2 right angle aluminium pieces and glued them together to get the z shape and also glued on a few brackets to screw it onto the cab. turned out pretty good, you cant tell from the outside that its actually 2 pieces

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160620_134259_zpsqj7lwzqj.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160620_134305_zps8nhkfmfa.jpg

 

I have them a coat of primer and satin black paint and I'm pretty happy with how they turned out, by this stage I had also finally brought the cab inside

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160623_142127_zpso53yebew.jpg

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http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160626_154923_zpsaaacanlt.jpg

 

and today I went ahead and applied the rest of the external graphics and I'm super pleased with how it all turned out!!

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160714_135642_zps4uq6zwqt.jpg

http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160714_131538_zpsuyivtfly.jpg

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http://i1053.photobucket.com/albums/s465/bplail/20160714_142619_zpsklnkvyjn.jpg

 

just need to install a marquee light, tidy up wiring, and work on the front end and games (currently has mala installed)

 

what does everyone think of the final result? :cheers:

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