Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Arcade Lifestyle => Topic started by: subzero1970 on December 19, 2014, 11:40:11 AM
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so im going to make myself a mame bartop, so far I have most of the components except the MDF - i'll post my updates in here, however I have a couple of questions for anyone else that has made a bartop, how would I best hold the marquee and bezel glass on? I was thinking hotglue but that might be noticeable??
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I would construct some kind of metal bracket for the marquee and bezel and maybe some small wood support beams to the side of the cab where the bezel can rest on or something like that.
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that's a good idea, like an L shaped piece of metal cut to size?
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yes, i think that should do the trick 8)
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arcadeforge.net (http://arcadeforge.net) is doing the best bartops kits in the world. Highly recommended.
Build with former arcade cabinet designers.
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You can buy l shaped metal like this in Homebase subzero, and its easy to cut with a hacksaw.
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ahhh good, we have a homebase :D
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still waiting on the MDF to arrive :(
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still waiting on the MDF damnit!!! ive got everything else ready, pc with maximus arcade, screen, artwork, sticks and buttons....just not the wood DAMMIT!!
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parts gathered so far:
pc components - running maximus arcade
joysticks and buttons, all buttons are gold leaf :)
some artwork!
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Everything is now together.... lets build a bartop!!!
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Goodluck and post pics of the progress !
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Everything is now together.... lets build a bartop!!!
:spaceace: :spaceace:
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the wood is ready...im not quite 100% ready tho...serious bout of flu :(
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artwork for CPO idea...
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just ordered my artwork for CPO and marquee :)
painting/building to commence sunday evening (hopefully!)
best way to stick a CPO down anyone? without it bubbling etc...
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQFKRxqauOE
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artwork for CPO idea...
are you sure you wanna go with those colours? of course it is a question of own taste... but orange, red, blue, yellow and brown/green is kind of a bold choice. :)
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theres no green in there dude!!! my buttons will be just as bold lol
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made a start tonight...
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inside it will be a 19" monitor, and to run hyperspin i'll be using: Asus AM1M-A Socket AM1 VGA DVI HDMI 8-Channel HD Audio mATX Motherboard, AMD Athlon 5150 1.6GHz Socket AM1 2MB L2 Cache, Seagate 1tb Sata HDD, 2gb DDR3 Ram, Windows XP OS
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sanded down...
and primer coat added...
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Nice its beginning to take shape :spaceace:
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undercoat and main gloss coat done
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speakers attached....
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glued these onto the hard drive so it can be screwed onto the MDF when it finally goes in...
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update
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update, monitor temp mounted, paper bezel for now until i can get/make a better one...
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justwaiting on the marquee and cpo artwork from muddymusic to arrive :D
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:spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
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the 'official' tester gives his seal of approval :D
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This is the best reward! :) Congrats. :pac:
:spaceace:
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;D cool
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still waiting on the artwork :(
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complete!!!
http://youtu.be/SoltWhBSH6o (http://youtu.be/SoltWhBSH6o)
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Very nice.
one point of critic though, but thats my personal opinion, i dont like the chrome T-molding.
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Very nice.
one point of critic though, but thats my personal opinion, i dont like the chrome T-molding.
that's ok, I don't like your name, your face or where you come from- oh and I don't like your avatar either but its just MY personal opinion ;D
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that's ok, I don't like your name, your face or where you come from- oh and I don't like your avatar either but its just MY personal opinion ;D
i like him. but I don´t like the chrome either. ;)
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i LOVE the chrome dude....
oh wait....its my cab :lol: :lol:
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i LOVE the chrome dude....
oh wait....its my cab :lol: :lol:
sure. it is definately not mine. ;)
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Very nice.
one point of critic though, but thats my personal opinion, i dont like the chrome T-molding.
that's ok, I don't like your name, your face or where you come from- oh and I don't like your avatar either but its just MY personal opinion ;D
I dont like the LCD.
I don't like the joysticks (HATE bat-tops)
I don't like that it's 2 player on such a small control panel, impossible to play 2 player...unless you want to hug during playing...
I don't like 6 buttons per player
I don't like that you used different colors for the buttons, even per player
I don't like the chrome T-molding
But most of all I don't like your attitude towards a VERY contributing member of this forum, one which has been positively contributing to this thread too.
Or.....am I missing some irony here because all of this is just text only ?
If you post stuff here you get comments....positive and sometimes critical, if you can't accept that, don't post.
Just MHO of course.
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Very nice.
one point of critic though, but thats my personal opinion, i dont like the chrome T-molding.
that's ok, I don't like your name, your face or where you come from- oh and I don't like your avatar either but its just MY personal opinion ;D
I dont like the LCD.
I don't like the joysticks (HATE bat-tops)
I don't like that it's 2 player on such a small control panel, impossible to play 2 player...unless you want to hug during playing...
I don't like 6 buttons per player
I don't like that you used different colors for the buttons, even per player
I don't like the chrome T-molding
But most of all I don't like your attitude towards a VERY contributing member of this forum, one which has been positively contributing to this thread too.
Or.....am I missing some irony here because all of this is just text only ?
If you post stuff here you get comments....positive and sometimes critical, if you can't accept that, don't post.
Just MHO of course.
i think he has a history of getting pissed easily. but that´s ok. i was just pushing one of the colored buttons. ;)
and etienne... well... he is a big boy. he will be back after his tears run dry. ;)
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that's ok, I don't like your name, your face or where you come from- oh and I don't like your avatar either but its just MY personal opinion ;D
(http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/06/opinionated.gif)
I know subbie's reactions a bit longer than today, and there is a smiley behind it, so its all good.
It is nice though that people stick they're neck out, but Tyrem is right, i am a big boy, i think i will survive ;)
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A smiley means it's tongue in cheek. ..I didn't take any offence to what he said. People are entitled to their opinion. .. and my reply was a joke
I love it. It's the only kind of cab I'll ever be able to afford.
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:spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: everything good. :)
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I love it.
Thats all that matters 8)
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I don't see a slot for the t-moulding. Have you just glued the moulding on?
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I don't see a slot for the t-moulding. Have you just glued the moulding on?
its not t-molding, its molding-the wood isn't thick enough for t-molding
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I don't see a slot for the t-moulding. Have you just glued the moulding on?
its not t-molding, its molding-the wood isn't thick enough for t-molding
Ok, so how is it applied?
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it has double sided sticky foam on it
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it has double sided sticky foam on it
ah cool, thanks for the info
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Great to see it in action! nice work! :spaceace:
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a slightly better video...
Video Number 2 - http://youtu.be/6g8hVdbmD1E (http://Video Number 2 - http://youtu.be/6g8hVdbmD1E)
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found my old microsoft steering wheel and pedals, works great :)