Speaker grills...

[Oliver]

Hi Moto,

Does the grill have to be metal?

If you use a speaker cloth, it should be easy enough to construct a cylindrical insert, over which the cloth would be drawn, like a drum skin. The cylinder would be inserted from the inside.

You would probably still need to do something about the edging of the MDF, for cosmetic purposes. You could possibly try rounding the edges, similar to a rounded waveguide of high end speaker cabinets.

This technique could possibly be adapted to shape a light, malleable metal grill.

[Oliver]

motorollin wrote:
...An ePint will have to do for now...

Now if I can just figure out how to get e-pissed..

motorollin wrote:
I've already got an original XBOX with a mod chip. I have replaced the hard drive with a nice big one, XBOX Media Center, loads of emulators and games... it's great :-) I bought arcade machine controls from Happ Controls and soldered them on to the PCB of an XBOX pad, so I can control the emulator games with the arcade controls. It's great - feels just like the real thing! I'll post loads of pics when it's all done.

 :-o  Wow, you really love your games!

edit-I just remembered I have an arcade style driving game rig sitting in my games room. I was thinking just how extravagent your gaming hobby is. I forgot that I have vetured down that path a little myself.

My driving rig is a PVC frame, with Honda CRX seat, heavy arcade grade steering wheel, sequential shifter, three pedal set, and a bread-board interface waiting to be made into a PCB (I will deisgn a hack to make it work with PS2 GT4).

[Oliver]

@moto
If you're in Oz, let me know.  :-) Pints are never unwelcome.

The driving game rig will work with any PC or PS2 game that accepts steering wheel/pedal controls. The electronics is basically the same as an analogue joystic. IIRC the steering wheel has 270 degree rotation, which doesn't work very well in GT4. I have a mod in mind for this, which re-maps the voltage range of the steering wheel pot, to something more useful.

I don't currently have a machine to use with the rig though, and probably won't have for a while yet. I have vague plans for a media center PC, driving my projector, to use with both home theatre and gaming. I'm not sure how it is all going to pan out though, and it is not really a high priority for me.

edit- your MAME rig sounds like a damn good setup. MAME on demand is always a good thing. I also like the results from building with genuine arcade parts. The prices are very attractive, and the results are really good (professional?).

[Oliver]

motorollin wrote:
...It worked exceptionally well!
Thanks again Oli :-D :pint:

Sweet. Glad it worked out.

edit- the result looks good. pretty slick.