http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay Construction and Technical Informaton Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:48:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am still working out the details of my control panel layout, but I know that I am going to use these - genuine Atari 'volcano' start buttons.  I ordered them from RAM Controls.  The switch is NOS ("New Old Stock" - 25 years old but never used) and the ... http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay/2009/04/04/more-parts/ I uesd my tablesaw to dado out an angled groove in a block of wood to support the tinted safety glass in front of the monitor.  I then used glue and pocket hole screws to fasten the block to the inside of the control panel.  This block will not be ... http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay/2009/03/30/monitor-glass-support/ I have redone the speaker panel and monitor mount, I am much happier with them now.  I ordered a piece of smoked tempered glass today, and will be spray-painting a 'bezel' on the back of it.   I also hope to cut the marquee plexi this weekend. Temporary router guides to cut ... http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay/2009/03/29/more-progress-reworked-monitor-mount-speaker-panel/ Made some more progress yesterday.  I decided to stay with a square CP box but will make a curved front edge on the panel itself.   I did wind up using laminate on the CP sides.  If you look really close it's not perfect, but it looks very nice. [gallery] http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay/2009/03/22/building-the-control-panel-box/ Next Step: laminateing the drawer fronts and finishing them with T-molding. [gallery] http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay/2009/03/13/laminating-the-front/ 55 degrees was perfect to get some more work done.   First, the way I had the rear vinyl stapled to hold it down looked terrible so I used some hardwood to fix it up, Then I whipped up a template to use in routing out an opening for the DVD-ROM.  I ... http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay/2009/03/13/dvd-template-and-opening/ I needed to beef up the MDF Shelves so that I could glue and screw the front panels to it.  I did this by gluing and screwing oak boards onto the shelves. You will note above I used a few angled pieces on the Keyboard Drawer to form a 'drawer pull.' Ad ... http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay/2009/03/08/front-panels-installed/ I did a few things today... first I installed the T-molding.  Here's the slot bit mounted in the router ready to go.. The slot is cut: The T-molding is ready to go: Installing it: Shaving off the extra t-molding Material: http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay/2009/03/08/progress-for-march-8-2009/ It was a tad cold for it, but I took a chance and applied the laminate sides to the cabinet today.  Everything went great, and I also managed to create the speaker 'panel.'  It will have a cloth covered grille over it so I wasn't super fussy about the holes.. I ... http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay/2009/02/21/laminate-sides-applied/ Between the holidays and the colder-than-normal winter, I haven't been able to do any work.   To make matters worse, "Punxsutawney Pete" claims it'll go another six weeks, so I expect to resume work in March/April at this point. http://sites.santoro.com/arcadereplay/2009/02/04/brrrr/