Frank Drebin Posted October 16, 2015 Author Posted October 16, 2015 Power supply for Marquee and cooling fans: Harvested an old power supply from a desktop I had laying around. In order to have the power on all the time you have to connect the green wire on the mobo harness to any black wire. This of course will be turned on by the smart strip.
Frank Drebin Posted October 16, 2015 Author Posted October 16, 2015 Got the control panel fitted together, getting close to priming stage, just the doors and the front piece left, and of course the rounding of a few pieces and t molding slot cuts.
Frank Drebin Posted October 31, 2015 Author Posted October 31, 2015 Ready to drag downstairs and put vinyl on.
drewjbx1 Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 Nice work, diamond plate spendy? Also you doing holsters for the aimtracks? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Frank Drebin Posted October 31, 2015 Author Posted October 31, 2015 Nice work, diamond plate spendy? Also you doing holsters for the aimtracks? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Not too bad. $60 I think? No holsters, I've got 2 kids under 4 in the house so the aimtraks will be stored out of sight when not in use.
drewjbx1 Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 Also i noticed roll on paint.. Jus yer typical indoor house paint? My first bartop I did spray.. Didn't like results too much Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Frank Drebin Posted November 1, 2015 Author Posted November 1, 2015 Also i noticed roll on paint.. Jus yer typical indoor house paint? My first bartop I did spray.. Didn't like results too much Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Its Alkyd paint, semi gloss. Meant typically for casings doors and baseboards. Filled all holes and seams with wood filler (bigger holes with Bondo), sanded down with 80 grit (holee dust), primed with oil based primer (killz brand), then re-filled all holes and re sanded with 220 grit prior to rolling 2-3 coats of paint with the foam roller. Gives a pretty good finish. Now 90% of the front and sides will be covered by vinyl so its not all that important but the visible pieces I painted with spray cans (the "reveal" at the bottom and the side pieces by the screen.), as its difficult to get a nice smooth finish in the corners with a brush. You can get fantastic results with a spray can but I would never, ever recommend a full size cab to spray. Even a bartop is a lot of work.
SubZero Posted November 3, 2015 Posted November 3, 2015 Looks beautiful bro, can't wait to pimp this baby out with some art for ya
Frank Drebin Posted November 9, 2015 Author Posted November 9, 2015 Looks beautiful bro, can't wait to pimp this baby out with some art for ya I got the feeling my artwork is in really good hands here. Couple updates, was getting some stuttering in MAME HLSL, bought a new graphics card that *should* be good for most emulation with the i5-650. Do you think overclocking the processor would help out with the Mame issues? Also having a hard time running atomiswave/naomi on demul (really poor choppy sound). Is that a processor or graphics thing? GPU is the EVGA GTX950 i5 650 8gb ddr3 ram win 7 64 Some pics of the cab, my temporary control panel (not even sure if I'm going to wire this up or just wait for my man above to get the template out to me to start on the new one. Side vinyl looks great, will have custom art on the cp and kick panel.
Frank Drebin Posted November 9, 2015 Author Posted November 9, 2015 Will also be replacing the black t mold with chrome. I know its kinda frowned upon in the arcade community, but w/e.
dirtynerd Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 Love it great job i really like the foot rest great idea keep up the great work
Frank Drebin Posted November 24, 2015 Author Posted November 24, 2015 A little progress to report. Got my Control panel/admin panel artwork today. Artwork courtesy of Sub-Zero on the forums here. What a guy! Installed the admin panel:
Frank Drebin Posted November 24, 2015 Author Posted November 24, 2015 Some pics of the monitor mounting. Basically just sits on the wood brace at the bottom and against the battens at the back. Plexi bezel rests against it on the top. Not secured in any fashion and I really don't see a need to. If I'm going to haul it up the stairs I'll just remove the bezel and the monitor. And come construction paper behind the tinted plexi to black out everything that isn't the screen.
Frank Drebin Posted November 24, 2015 Author Posted November 24, 2015 And a damn perfect fit to, looks great! Yeah, happy how the admin panel turned out considering I had it drilled out already and coudn't do an exact fit with a template. Control panel should be perfect. Blew the power supply on my PC today. Ordered this guy: EVGA 500W 80+. Have no idea but should be better than the stock 320W PS.
SubZero Posted November 24, 2015 Posted November 24, 2015 by the looks of it, its a perfect fit, and i have no idea either lol....havent started the setup yet only been working on the art stuff thesse past years
Frank Drebin Posted November 24, 2015 Author Posted November 24, 2015 Ah....time to spend some $$$! Lol.
pofo14 Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Looks great! Wish I made a separate admin panel like that, that's a nice touch.
Frank Drebin Posted November 25, 2015 Author Posted November 25, 2015 Looks great! Wish I made a separate admin panel like that, that's a nice touch. Thanks! About that game in your avatar: Did a bartop with that theme. Used to play countless hours of that on the genesis.
pofo14 Posted November 25, 2015 Posted November 25, 2015 Thanks! About that game in your avatar: Did a bartop with that theme. Used to play countless hours of that on the genesis. That looks great. Your motivating me for cabinet 2.0!
Frank Drebin Posted November 29, 2015 Author Posted November 29, 2015 Got the decals on the CP. Won't put the vinyl on the sides till I get the snap in buttons. Will likely have to bore out the holes a bit.
SubZero Posted November 30, 2015 Posted November 30, 2015 Very cool, cnat wait to see the buttons added
Frank Drebin Posted December 3, 2015 Author Posted December 3, 2015 Buttons wired up. Waiting on RGB harnesses. Player 2 joystick - long story short - my son wrecked it, partly my fault. I had the cp on its side and my curious 3 year old knocked it over and when it fell the joy broke the plastic housing. Ah well. 'Nother one on the way. [url=http://s459.photobucket.com/user/internetpicslol/media/Mobile%20Uploads/IMG_20151202_204511486_zpssmbzhu53.jpg.html]
kuwaiti Posted January 5, 2016 Posted January 5, 2016 Hi all i am new here Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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