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Building My Arcade Machine log

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    #62
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Managed to get a bit done on this today, I sanded down all the bits ive already primed, then sanded and primed the two side panels. Sanding between each coat really makes a difference, you can feel its much smoother after a light sanding.


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    #63
    Hygro
    Registered Users Posts: 730 ✭✭✭Hygro


    hand sander or some sort of electrical sander?


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    #64
    nacimroc
    Registered Users Posts: 518 ✭✭✭nacimroc


    Was just out in the garage all evening doing the exact same thing! I'm on coat no. 6 and there is nothing more I hate in the world than sanding! You are 100% about the sanding between coats! It makes all the difference. A nice wax at the end brings it up perfect.

    You do get an enormous sense of satisfaction when you see a lovely 'piano black' finish though!


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    #65
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Hygro wrote: »
    hand sander or some sort of electrical sander?

    Hand sanding, going old skool, like Our Lord. :pac:


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    #66
    Quandary
    Registered Users Posts: 5,306 ✭✭✭Quandary


    Very Impressive so far OP.

    Hope it all comes together for ya!


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    #67
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Right, quick update, although theres not much to tell!

    Im still sanding and painting the thing whenever i get a chance, its taking an age to do all of it!

    Ive cut two circular holes in panel that holds the speakers, I measured them up with the speaker grills i bought of ebay then just cut them out. The speaker covers are nice and simple, a circle that you screw into the board and then the grill mesh thing clips on top and covers the whole thing so its perfect.

    I just bought 2 lenghts of Marquee retainer off ebay too, i was trying to figure out for ages how the hell you hold a marquee in place neatly then i discovered these retainers on the happ site originally. they are a must have for installing your marquee.

    The only things left i need to buy now is the artwork, which i will be getting final measurements for and sending off next week to be printed. And a bunch of screws and stuff to put the thing together and then a light to go inside to light up the marquee which i will prob just get in b&Q, oh and as im typing this i just remembered i need to get a bunch of plexi glass and some black sheet to make a bezel out of... i guess there is still more to get than i thought!


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    #68
    ondafly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭ondafly


    keithgeo wrote: »
    a light to go inside to light up the marquee which i will prob just get in b&Q, oh and as im typing this i just remembered i need to get a bunch of plexi glass and some black sheet to make a bezel out of... i guess there is still more to get than i thought!

    LED strip light is what you want for the marquee - I picked one up on some irish site for cheap enough. Plus side of using LED is not just the power, its the potential heat thats generated by a normal light, that could cause melty time :pac:

    Plexi glass is readily available in BandQ

    Black card A0 size can be bought in Easons


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    #69
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Cheers, i was wondering if easons would have that black card stuff, thanks for that!

    Dont suppose you can remember where you got that led from?


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    #70
    ondafly
    Registered Users Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭ondafly


    sure thing - i bought it from this crowd

    http://loweledlighting.ie/

    I can't seem to find the actual light I bought from them, it was quite small, probably 15 cm long. Maybe send them an email ?


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    #71
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Thanks a lot, ill check it out


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    #72
    safetyboy
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    Gonna start transforming my arcade into a mame arcade machine, so just bookmarking this thread :)


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    #73
    Optimus Prime
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    Must update it actually, been doind a LOT of sanding and priming the cab.


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    #74
    safetyboy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,076 ✭✭✭safetyboy


    How much was the ArcadeVGA card and where did you get it from?


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    #75
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Got it from Ultimarc.com you will get the price on there, cant remember how much it was to be honest it was months ago when i bought it.


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    #76
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Finally put the last coat of primer on today! woot! Black paint next week, im going to pick up the pace on this as ive been dragging my feet on it lately. im not buying anymore retro games now until this is done!

    Im going to order the artwork next week.


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    #77
    CathalDublin
    Registered Users Posts: 4,146 ✭✭✭CathalDublin


    Those Sanwa ball tops are brilliant sticks
    I use them with octagonal resrtictors and extended shafts:D


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    #78
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    haha, i have the long shafts myself. :pac:


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    #79
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,870 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    keithgeo wrote: »
    haha, i have the long shafts myself. :pac:

    Ehh Ehh :D

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    #80
    Myrddin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 33,733 ✭✭✭✭Myrddin


    Between all the talk of woodies, long shafts, & the shmup porn thread title...I've to minimise boards every time someone walks past me! :D


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    #81
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    haha its impossible to mention shaft or woody without drawing a comment around these parts! .. and rightly so in fairness..! :)


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    #82
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,870 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    EnterNow wrote: »
    Between all the talk of woodies, long shafts, & the shmup porn thread title...I've to minimise boards every time someone walks past me! :D

    I was showing my girlfriend some website on my computer the other night when I got an email update from the boards forum, as you do.

    The little preview window popped up in the corner of the screen as it does on outlook and I paid no attention to it. A few seconds later she asks "Whats shmup porn Steve?"

    Took a few mins to explain it :D

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    #83
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    I just ordered 60foot of Light Blue T-moulding. I have black already but decided to get the blue instead to match the buttons and ball top and it should fit in nicely with the colour of the artwork too.

    Does anyone out there have any experience of trimming tmoulding if its a bit wider than the mdf? ive seen online using a stanley blade to do it, but i dont want to mess it up, how difficult is it to trim?


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    #84
    nacimroc
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    It can be done with a stanley knife and it turns out ok if you take your time and are very careful. But 1 slip and you slice too deep it will annoy you every time you see it especially around the screen (like I did).

    I got the pack of stanley blades out of pound city. There are 2 in the pack that have really long blades about 6 inches. These are great as you can align it along the mdf and it slices flush with your wood and gives less of a chance of cutting deep if you know what i mean.


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    #85
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    yep i can picture what you are saying alright, might wrap something around the blade so it doesnt scrape the mdf as im sliding it along. thanks for that, the picture in my head was trying to hold a stanley blade in my hand and keep it steady while moving along it!


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    #86
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    Ordered my Marquee and Control panel art on Monday off Gameongraphix ! Im getting this finished in the next month or so, its taking too long!


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    #87
    Pyongyang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,328 ✭✭✭Pyongyang


    Steve SI wrote: »
    I was showing my girlfriend some website on my computer the other night when I got an email update from the boards forum, as you do.

    The little preview window popped up in the corner of the screen as it does on outlook and I paid no attention to it. A few seconds later she asks "Whats shmup porn Steve?"

    Took a few mins to explain it :D

    .

    Nothing wrong with some good old fashioned SHMUP ACTION! :pac:


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    #88
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    I just got a ups email saying gameongraphix have shipped my arcade art, happy days right? Not so fast there chief. I read the shipping address and here is the last two lines.

    ATHY, CO KILDARE KILDARE
    ISRAEL

    Great.

    If spent the last two hours trying to contact them, but they have no phone number on the site. you can only log a "ticket".

    I checked my account on the site, and the confirmation email i got when i ordered and ALL of them have shipping and billing address as Ireland so its a mistake on their end.


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    #89
    James Howlett
    Registered Users Posts: 1,599 ✭✭✭James Howlett


    keithgeo wrote: »
    I just got a ups email saying gameongraphix have shipped my arcade art, happy days right? Not so fast there chief. I read the shipping address and here is the last two lines.

    ATHY, CO KILDARE KILDARE
    ISRAEL

    F**k. That.
    Fingers crossed it gets sorted promptly man.


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    #90
    Optimus Prime
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 5,386 Mod ✭✭✭✭Optimus Prime


    I sent them loads of emails to any address i could find on the site, also logged a "ticket" witht them. if it doesnt arrive ill be looking for them to print it again, if not ill be getting my money back through paypal. i dont really want go that route though because i dont think there are many other sites out there that print arcade artwork?


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    #91
    Steve X2
    Registered Users Posts: 8,870 ✭✭✭Steve X2


    keithgeo wrote: »
    I sent them loads of emails to any address i could find on the site, also logged a "ticket" witht them. if it doesnt arrive ill be looking for them to print it again, if not ill be getting my money back through paypal. i dont really want go that route though because i dont think there are many other sites out there that print arcade artwork?

    Do UPS have an option to change delivery address/destination on the tracking page?
    I know some couriers do (DHL anyway)and I've used it in the past. Basically the next place its scanned in they should change the address on the package if instructed to.

    Worth checking out.


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