Project Arcade Table: Build Diary (Purist's Beware)

weeder

whered you order the controls from? quick enough turnaround

Elbow

weeder wrote: »

whered you order the controls from? quick enough turnaround

http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/

Ordered them last tuesday night, so pretty good alright



Disaster forgot my mouse at work, need 3 mouse buttons to draw

CiDeRmAn

This all sounds a ways over my head, the contruction anyway.
This looks like it could be the Mame cab to be drooled over, so I'll keep the wipes handy!

Elbow

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

This all sounds a ways over my head, the contruction anyway.
This looks like it could be the Mame cab to be drooled over, so I'll keep the wipes handy!

Once it doesn't go over my head we'll be fine.
Looking at the controls now i think i'll have to make a few small design changes, update to come.

pdbhp

Clohane wrote: »

Disaster forgot my mouse at work, need 3 mouse buttons to draw

What programme do you use to draw because I only use 2 buttons in CAD

Elbow

pdbhp wrote: »

What programme do you use to draw because I only use 2 buttons in CAD

Pytha - middle mouse button is the select button and cant be reconfigured easily

pdbhp

Clohane wrote: »

Pytha - middle mouse button is the select button and cant be reconfigured easily

Great programme I must get it so I can do interior designs quicker than normal CAD.
As for reprogramming it does it Pytha have the same file systems as CAD because it is quite easy to modify the command structure and general running settings in CAD

Elbow

pdbhp wrote: »

Great programme I must get it so I can do interior designs quicker than normal CAD.
As for reprogramming it does it Pytha have the same file systems as CAD because it is quite easy to modify the command structure and general running settings in CAD

Unfortunately not :rolleyes: Track pad on my Dell is tiny anyway so its a pain to draw

pdbhp

Clohane wrote: »

Unfortunately not :rolleyes: Track pad on my Dell is tiny anyway so its a pain to draw

Ouch, so you're on a go slow re the drawing side of it. Good luck with it.:D

Elbow

pdbhp wrote: »

Ouch, so you're on a go slow re the drawing side of it. Good luck with it.:D

Pencil & A4 pad out

Now that i have all the parts together space is gonna be tight! & the controls are gonna be about 80m closer to the floor than i wanted, but no matter we'll drive on

pdbhp

Clohane wrote: »

the controls are gonna be about 80m closer to the floor than i wanted, but no matter we'll drive on

Just cut 80mm off the sofa legs and it'll be like the mistake was never made:D

Elbow

There's been a few design changes in the past hour, I realized that in order to see the screen correctly from the couch i need to angle it, Optimum viewing angle is 70mm off horizontal (i've no intention of working out the exact angle).

The design of the bottom half has also developed a bit, Gonna be a chunky top on 2 chunky legs instead of the box on box in my drawings.
2 reasons for this:
1) The whole thing look wrong when i had 2 make the top deeper
2) Easier to access the CPU when the whole thing is assembled

On a more positive note, CNC code for the top has been written, Too many rebates on top of each other for our usual software to do it for me (Man 1 - Computer 0 ). Gonna head into work an hour early in the morning and cut it out. Will post progress pic's when i've a chance.

CiDeRmAn

If you make a screw adjustable mount for the screen, you an fiddle with it til its right.

Elbow

Started work last night, just have the top machined.
I had to compromise between a perfect viewing angle & comfortable controls, unfortunately in order to get both the coffee table would have to have been almost 600mm high

The screen is almost flat but the controls are at a comfortable height. Luckily if i'm sat on the lower couch the viewing angle will be almost spot on




Gonna hopefully get the control drawer worked out today so i'm still on target for paint saturday

Elbow

http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick.html

A handy site with different control panel layouts

Optimus Prime

Clohane wrote: »

http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick.html

A handy site with different control panel layouts

Did you figure out how to print them exact size? Im no scientition but i spent an hour trying to figure out how to print them!

Elbow

keithgeo wrote: »

Did you figure out how to print them exact size? Im no scientition but i spent an hour trying to figure out how to print them!

Didnt even bother trying i had the layout redrawn in CAD in a few minutes

Optimus Prime

Ha ha, lucky you! wouldnt have a clue how to do that

Elbow

Got my working drawings finished during lunch.
Just starting machining now.

Gonna be a lot of updates tonight i reckon


All parts except for the drawer:

eddhorse

*Ed waits excitedly*

Elbow

Elbow

Well here it is , need to build the control drawer & the tray for the PC tomorrow night and hopefully tear into the finishing over the weekend



Now..... I'm going a pint before dinner

CiDeRmAn

Somehow, I simply can't wait until Sunday evening, when we'll all be at Clohanes house!

Elbow

Dont get too excited, A ****load of wiring and computer business still has to be done

(And the bookcase i was reminded of last night that i promised i'd make at the same time )

CiDeRmAn

So, you a carpenter?
Or do you always have those skills and tools just "lying around"?

Dammit!
I should have done Woodwork instead of Physics and Chemistry!

Elbow

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So, you a carpenter?
Or do you always have those skills and tools just "lying around"?

Dammit!
I should have done Woodwork instead of Physics and Chemistry!

Wouldn't exactly describe myself as a full on carpenter, main part of my job is the computer side of things (CAD & the CNC's) although i am pretty handy with a hammer if i need 2 be


Had a change of mind with the color this morning, going for white and red instead, the orange wasnt doing it for me (and i got some red LED's that i need to find a home for )

Elbow

Controls Sorted

weeder

now that is epic.

Elbow

weeder wrote: »

now that is epic.

And a tight shaggin squeeze Exactly 1.5mm between the top of the joystick & the MDF when it's being pulled out :eek:

Elbow

Got the perspex cut this evening & the lighting is also sorted







Just hooked up my laptop to see how the screen looked