Post your projects: a lot more licking then you'd think

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Camo Guitar: Jul 15, 2009

In a few hours one weekend I whipped up a rough saw horse ($10 of pine and scrap wood):

...so I had something to clamp to when the MDF dust went flying here there and everywhere else..

as slowly but surely I work on my MAME cabinet.

And while there's been a few times when I've wanted to shoot the computer side of things (Windows installs, faulty capacitors on the board I'm using, Ps2 failing then usb devices not being recognised :bang:

) I've been loving getting into the shed and working on it when I can. My brother has offered to design up some vinyl graphics for the sides and marquee and I've still got to order in the controls (going for some LED chrome buttons) but it's something I've always wanted to attempt since discovering MAME years ago and with a shed full of power tools, it's slowly coming alive.
Budget wise it's been pretty good too - a lot of recycling various things at home and work, the MDF was 10 bucks a sheet for 18mm, I found a BenQ 22 inch monitor which sits in the gap nicely for just $25 etc.

Cheap and relatively stable, lets do this :cheers:

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 23:05

Camo Guitar: Jul 15, 2009

Bad Munki posted:

Before:

I don't even fuckin' know. And the strike on the door was still juuuuust almost too low to drop in there.

Oh god. This brought back memories of my old house. The battered and too low too strike plate just barely covered up an absolute mess behind, like they tried to create a hole by firing bullets into the wood..

Great job on the fix by the way!

# ¿ Feb 10, 2019 08:40

Camo Guitar: Jul 15, 2009

AFewBricksShy posted:

I finished restoring a bench that my father in law gave us this weekend.

I had the metal parts powder coated and used 4/4 sapele with marine grade spar finish for the wood. It turned out pretty nicely.

The biggest pain in the rear end was that the holes are not evenly spaced from the edge, so each piece had to be laid into place, marked, then drilled out.

I marked all of the pieces with a number in the back so when I have to refinish in a couple years, I won't have any issues with figuring out what pieces go where.

I have one just like this that I saved from a rotting death in the depths of my mum's garden. I bought some new wood and pre-drilled all the holes to the same spot, not realising that the holes in the metal weren't exactly lined up the best to start with.

It was no wonder my dad wanted to set fire to it when he built it from the kit back in the 80s. Half an hour in to putting the new slats on I was ready to reach for the matches..

It's still standing though so that's a thing..

# ¿ May 30, 2019 07:59

Camo Guitar: Jul 15, 2009

JEEVES420 posted:

Someone at work asked if I could make dice. Never have before but gave it a go.

They look awesome!

# ¿ Jul 3, 2019 22:11

Camo Guitar: Jul 15, 2009

Yay, love Mame builds! Since I don't have the garage space in my current rental currently (and can't coat everything in sawdust again) to build a full cabinet, I opted for some very cheaply made controllers - 1 for me and 1 each for the kids to plug into my computer and away we go.

Behold the LunchMame! If anything goes wrong just unclip the lid and take a look!

(Internals from AliExpress, lunchbox from Kmart)

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# ¿ May 12, 2024 23:05

Camo Guitar: Jul 15, 2009

NUMBER 1 FULCI FAN posted:

Oh my god that's so wholesome and I need one

One spare afternoon and a few bits and pieces and you're there! https://almigo.blogspot.com/2020/03/hours-of-fun-in-your-own-lunchbox.html

# ¿ Jul 5, 2020 05:25

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