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Bit more done on Sunday - was out diving on Saturday so only managed to get a few things done to mainly test things are working ok:

 

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In regards to it being unstable, it is rock sold and has cut-outs at the bottom so it sits onto the skirting as well, whilst I wont anchor it to the wall, I will however be putting a number of pavers into the bottom section for extra stability.

 

I probably wont do too much to it for the next two weeks, then I have a week off so will look at getting the majority of the final works compelted then :)

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Managed to get another few bits done last week ...

 

Decased my monitor to get rid of some non required bulk and cut out the hole for it to fit into the front panel, chamfered the front face and put a rebate around the rear face for the monitor to sit in. Tried a few different mounting methods before deciding on surrounding cleats and a few clamps to hold it together :)

 

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Also got around to starting the speaker panel - took two attempts to get this as I blew out the piece when I didnt clamp wood to the bottom :(

 

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I took the base design for Defender and modified it to fit my requirements. It is designed to be as easy as possible for anyone to make using off the shelf sizes for MDF were available.

 

E.g. the side panels are just 2 pieces of 1800 mm * 450 mm * 12 mm MDF panels cut to the correct profile on the front face, and all other panels are 600mm wide so that there is no extra cutting :) The main panel on the front of the cab (at the bottom) is 900 * 600 so there is no cutting at all.

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hmm is there anyway I can change the name of this thread, what started out as a bartop ended up as a slimline upright!

 

Edit the first post, hit the go advanced button in the bottom right. Then you can alter the thread title.

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Nothing done to the cab itself over the last week - though did order some silver t-molding.

 

Spent a good number of hours on the software side of things - looking at either Attract Mode or HyperSpin/RL. After spending a lot of time playing around with this I can honestly say picking up a Pi3 is looking very favourable at the moment.

 

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Need to put my 3d printer back together as well as I need to print out a fake coin door for the front of the cab, stick a couple of illuminated Coin Buttons from OzStick in there and should look fine :)

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Spent a good number of hours on the software side of things - looking at either Attract Mode or HyperSpin/RL. After spending a lot of time playing around with this I can honestly say picking up a Pi3 is looking very favourable at the moment.

 

Configuration is where most of the work is. The Pi's are getting better, nearly caught up with GM minus the input-lag factor, but you can't run PC games on them as well and they aren't as customisable.

 

I'm using AM, and I've been able to do everything I want with it. You wait until you decide you need to learn Autohotkey and start using batch files and JTK to get things perfect ;)

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So a year on and I am just getting back to finishing the arcade cab - real life always seems to get in the way of the more interesting things - Just painting the thing a nice colour called Theater Black - matt paint that almost has a chalky look to the finish.
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Few things done over the last few days:

 

Being made redundant put a bit of hold on getting artwork printed etc, so have gave the cab a few coats of Theater Black paint, quite happy with the result and it will do for now:

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/painted.jpg

 

Still have to get some acrylic for the front to go over the monitor part etc.

 

Didnt like the way I was using wood to clamp the monitor in place, it was dodgy at best so spent a few minutes designing a clamp on Fusion 360 and printed a couple out on a 3D Printer:

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/holder.jpg

 

Also came up with a mount for the cheap aliexpress mini amp that I will use for now, will be simple to attach it to the side of the cab now:

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/amp_holder.jpg

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/amp_holder2.jpg

 

Final update for now, I sat down and figured out how to use GIMP and came up with a take on the classic Williams Defender artwork, we have a 'system' at home were everything that can be connected to or joined etc is prefixed with OUR (it works well and stops the missus asking me which X to use :) ), so our cab will be called OURCADE:

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/marquee.png

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Few more bits done over the weekend :

 

Picked up some heavy black card from Officeworks and put simple border around the monitor frame:

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/monitor_border.jpg

 

Blends in a bit better:

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/black_monitor.jpg

 

Got a sheet of Acrylic from Bunnings and cut the main front panel and two parts for the marquee sandwich - was a pain but persevered and got it done in the end :), followed this up this evening with using the offcut from the acylic as a brace and the remaining black card to make the back for the marquee section. Put two strips of LEDs across it and wired it up, doesn't look that bad:

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/led_marquee1.jpg

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/led_marquee2.jpg

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/led_marquee3.jpg

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Few more bits done over the weekend :

 

Picked up some heavy black card from Officeworks and put simple border around the monitor frame:

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/monitor_border.jpg

 

Blends in a bit better:

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/black_monitor.jpg

 

Got a sheet of Acrylic from Bunnings and cut the main front panel and two parts for the marquee sandwich - was a pain but persevered and got it done in the end :), followed this up this evening with using the offcut from the acylic as a brace and the remaining black card to make the back for the marquee section. Put two strips of LEDs across it and wired it up, doesn't look that bad:

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/led_marquee1.jpg

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/led_marquee2.jpg

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/led_marquee3.jpg

What is the angle like to play at? Most of the cabs I play have 45deg slants at least. Except for my lcd mame which you need to stand a fair distance from to compensate

 

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Been away in the UK for a month, but now I am back I should update this.

 

Nearly there for this build, once I get back to working then I plan to replace the buttons with lit ones across the board, and get some artwork printed, the marquee is just a print from my inkjet at home at the moment.

 

Still have the plastic film on the acrylic but it looks fine for now, and need to put the speaker cloth on the speaker panel.

 

Oh and I need to finish off my other 3d printer so I can print out a full sized dummy coin door.

 

http://xxalxx.loginto.me/images/arcade/nc_front.jpg

 

 

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Quick (dark) vid of it running at the moment......

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