Metal \m/ question for Aardvark

by **AArdvark** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:15 am

That's fine

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 10:12 am

I'm gonna be back the week of Labor Day, can I buy you a drink then? Save you a trip?

by **AArdvark** » Sat Aug 29, 2020 9:32 am

would you like me to mail these to you? I can have them in the mail today if you want

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 4:39 pm

Well, that's amazing. I am truly touched by you helping me out here - I will go out and take a picture of the marquee that I got the li'l guy.

by **AArdvark** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 2:54 pm

I CAN HAS CHEESEBURGER!

by **Tdarcos** » Tue Aug 25, 2020 11:14 am

AArdvark wrote: Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:26 pm Your part is in the queue, and I promise it wont take 8 weeks to finish

Naah, it won't take that long, just six weeks and 14 days!

by **AArdvark** » Mon Aug 24, 2020 4:26 pm

Your part is in the queue, and I promise it wont take 8 weeks to finish

by **Billy Mays** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 7:32 pm

Yeah, I read that as powdered with dirt for what it's worth.

by **Tdarcos** » Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:09 pm

AArdvark wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:23 am Commander, I doubt he's going to powder coat the thing. For what it is he can spray paint it and it'll look just as good.

'Vark, I was being facetious, in that if it's going to match the cabinet, it needed to be painted black and liberally powdered with dirt. The cabinet is liberally speckled all over with brown "crumbs" that look like dirt. Thus the reference to “powder coating.”

by **The Happiness Engine** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 5:19 pm

Bend radius is if you continued the outside curve of the bend into an entire circle and took the radius of that. It's a measure of "how HARD do you want this thing bent: around a dime or around a motorcycle tire?" Both are 90 degree bends, but one is MUCH different than the other. Basically he's going to put a pipe down on a sheet, and crank the fucker around it until one side stands up.

1/4" is probably fine, I don't think it's going to matter.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Thu Aug 20, 2020 6:34 am

AArdvark wrote: Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:38 pm Let's go with the aluminum, .060 thick. What I'll probably do is make a few of them without holes and you can drill them out later. Does the bend radius make a difference? I was thinking 1/4 inch, that's a nice easy number.

I am not sure what bend radius is but I'll defer to what you think works!

by **Jizaboz** » Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:15 am

Oh hell yeah! Aardvark potentially making custom repro metal parts for our arcade games is fucking sensational.

by **AArdvark** » Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:38 pm

Let's go with the aluminum, .060 thick. What I'll probably do is make a few of them without holes and you can drill them out later. Does the bend radius make a difference? I was thinking 1/4 inch, that's a nice easy number.

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sun Aug 16, 2020 11:30 am

Ok, it's 18 inches across. (A)
It's is 2 inches deep (B)
And then the front lip is half an inch (C)

My thought for the screw holes - there's one at 1.5" and 16.5". (On the "A" view, left to right.) There's two in the middle as well but if we go aluminum and for whatever reason those two holes don't line up I can drill for the two middle ones?

by **AArdvark** » Sun Aug 16, 2020 10:23 am

RobB, if you could fill in the blanks on the sizes I can get this made when I go back to work. I'm on vacation this week but it wont be a problem when I return.

Some of the retainer brackets I looked up are not at 90 degrees, You're positive you need 90, right?
Also, will you need mounting holes? I can put holes in it as well if needed. If you are going to do the drilling I can make it out of aluminum

Commander, I doubt he's going to powder coat the thing. For what it is he can spray paint it and it'll look just as good.

THE
PRELIMINARY SKETCH
AARDVARK

by **AArdvark** » Sun Aug 16, 2020 6:32 am

by **Tdarcos** » Sat Aug 15, 2020 6:41 pm

AArdvark wrote: Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:43 pm There's a couple more numbers that I'll need but I can bend one for you easy. You prefer aluminium, steel or stainless?

Not sure which but if he's going to match how the picture looked, he needs it jet black with a powder coat of, well. powder. That, or dirt.

by **AArdvark** » Sat Aug 15, 2020 12:43 pm

No problem! Send me some dimensions and ill make one for you.

It fits between the side panels and has a bend of 90 degrees. There's a couple more numbers that I'll need but I can bend one for you easy. You prefer aluminium, steel or stainless?

by **Ice Cream Jonsey** » Sat Aug 15, 2020 10:47 am

Hey Vark - one of the cabinets I have is supposed to have a metal piece that keeps the marquee in place. I don't have mine. It is basically a piece of metal at a 90 degree angle with holes in it to allow a screw to be fastened to the top of the machine.

This is a machine that is lacking the piece of metal, but you can see where it goes: http://www.rayb.com/arcade/images/omega ... efore2.jpg

Is that something I could buy from your shop if I got you the dimensions? I can pick it up in NY and buy you a drink from an appropriate social distance when I am there in September. (If this isn't all a giant pain in the ass!)

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