ZacUSNYR Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Impressive Can't wait to do the control panel. Tweeter hole bored out - final assembly that thing will be hot glued in. Unusual "clamping" methods. Installed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 Next update should have a TV mounted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glitchtoast Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 more! I want to see the TV mounted ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SORHP Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 hehe, awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayzor753 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 more! I want to see the TV mounted ! That'll probably be tomorrow's project Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted November 26, 2010 Author Share Posted November 26, 2010 30 degrees tomorrow :lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Cold day today and it started snowing But we got the screen mounted. We brain stormed and brainstormed over a way to mount the display, then we said why not just do it the simplest way? This is what we came up with. Seems simple enough, now we need to mount the screen. We gutted it last week so it's all set to go in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Some real fat self tapping screws. Pre drilled and cranked in with a ratchet (While ray held the TV - complaining) Now we needed to cleanup the circuitry of the tv. Ok lets plug it in. It charged, it degaused. And it remembered where it was last power on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted November 27, 2010 Author Share Posted November 27, 2010 Some from the back Next up is the front of the cabinet. We decided to go with the design of the MK2/3 cab. That's as much as we got done before the snow started picking up and I had to fill the garage back up with all the toys. We put the cabinet on a little wheel cart that fit under it perfect. Pushed it in the corner and put everything back in. Hopefully we'll get the front done and then we need to figure out something for around the screen. Then it's time to start the control panel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaviper7 Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 Great job....Taking your time definitely helped out in this process. Great finish, can't wait until it is complete. Happy Holidays guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayzor753 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Great job....Taking your time definitely helped out in this process. Great finish, can't wait until it is complete. Happy Holidays guys! We figured if we were going to invest the time and the $$ to put this machine together, we might as well take our time and make sure everything comes out as good as possible Happy Holidays to you and yours as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassmasta Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Very Nicely done! I plan on using an old 27" monitor myself when I get around to building my cab! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 Looks much bigger when it's in the cab. We built our cab to spec at 25" wide so it's tight. We're still trying to figure out what we want to do for bezel/glass. Anyone have any ideas? I got a over/under coin door on the way - hopefully we can get the front on with that in there. Probably be another trip to the CNC because cutting out the slots for the sides with a jig saw was annoying heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayzor753 Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Here's a side by side image of our W.I.P. Cab and an actual MK-II cab We're not going to go w/ the MK theme though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubZero Posted December 1, 2010 Share Posted December 1, 2010 Why dont you look for the original bezel on the web or is the screen size diffirent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted December 1, 2010 Author Share Posted December 1, 2010 Original MK cabs were 25" displays I believe. There are 27" bezels for for-sale that'd work but we'd be cutting off a lot of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ZacUSNYR Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 For the speaker setup we're going to try powering them with an old 2.1 computer speaker setup. Simple theory - rip apart speakers, cut/splice/go. But anyone who knows me knows I don't do stuff the simple way. Removed the left speaker plug. Rewired the right speaker with speaker wire instead of the cheap 26awg wire it had before. Then added a speaker terminal - should be good to go. Hopefully this setup is passable if not i'll going to be plan B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted December 16, 2010 Author Share Posted December 16, 2010 It's been real cold here (low teens) so we haven't been able to work on this thing. Need to get a heating solution in the garage heh I did pick up this little gem on ebay. Overall it's in very good condition, the coins drop through and hit the switches, the eject buttons like to stay in though, not sure how that functions so i'll tear it apart and see what's going on. Not bad for $30 + 15 for shipping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayzor753 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 We wired up the speakers yesterday. They sould GREAT! Much better than I anticipated. We also started mounting the computer components. Zac'll probably post the pictures tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 Yea the speakers are pretty impressive. They crank out some tunes - plenty loud enough for a cabinet. On final design the tweeters are going to be hot glued in from the back. Right now we just put a couple pieces of electrical tape and wedged them in the hole. We figured out placement of the components on the back Then we wired the speakers up - all connections were soldered/heat shrinked Next we decided to put a floor in the cab and mount the motherboard. That was our progress for the day - the output of the computer seems to have an issue with vertical sync on the monitor (video is scrolling) and it's black/white only. Don't know if the video card is stuck in component out or what, but we're going to install the driver for the card and check that. If it still doesn't work we're going to try a couple other cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 DyTW6bSkk-M The speakers kicking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ninjalo Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Looks great guys! I'm glad you two have the patience to take your time with it. I think the main thing holding me back from my first build (besides lack of funds, lol) is that I know once I get started, and it starts looking like a cab, I'll get excited about it and start rushing to get it done It's looking great though, can't wait to see it finished! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZacUSNYR Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Trust us we'd love to rush it, we just know how we want it to come out. It's funny we go to work on this thing, get all these plans to do "do this, and that, and that". Then we start working on the first thing, 6 hours later, it's exactly how we're happy with it. And we didn't get anything else on the list done heh. We're thinking we're going to let the CNC machine give us a perfect (and recessed) hole cutout for the coin door too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaviper7 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 This is sounding and looking real good. Keep it up guys and I can't wait for the finish product. After my truck system, I going back to the lab and creating a new cabinet. I have missed so much in hyperspin and cabinet making since my other passion has taken over competing in car audio. I let my passion escape for just a little but a little is a lot so I am glad that you guys are taking your time and I am right with you ninjalo, as I can't wait either for them to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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