Touching base

Today we did quite a lot of work.
The Rage is painted.
It will need at least one more coat of paint though. We used white enamel primer. It seems to bleed through the black latex paint easily.
We had to put three coats on Benny B's Arcade.
Also got the marquee painted today. Had to run the router around the lettering one more time. Took it a little deeper too, to make sure the EL Wire doesnt push out on the plexi-glass that will be installed over it. We used a 1/8" straight router bit to cut the grooves.
I didnt take any pictures today, but here are a few from yesterday:


This pic shows one of the holes cut in the marquee for the pacman character. You can also see the hole saw that we used. The holesaw had to be taken slow. The MDF gummed up the teeth, I had to remove the saw several times and clean the teeth. I found that if you press on the drill, then pull up to allow the dust to clear from the saw teeth, it did a lot better.


Here is the marquee with both holes cut, and the first coat of primer applied.


Here is the cabinet laid on its side, first coat of black paint applied. Notice the cardboard strips in the T-Molding slots? That is to keep paint out of the slots. I found out today that it is important to remove the cardboard as soon as you are finished applying the coat of paint. I had a couple pieces stuck. Had to use a razor knife to separate the cardboard so I could remove them.


Here is a shot of the cabinet showing the speaker panel. Notice the holes? This is where the speakers will mount. Used a 2" holesaw to cut them. If you look close, you can see a small hole between the two speaker holes. This will be for the volume control.

Well, thats all for now. Planning on applying another coat of paint tomorrow, hopefully that will be enough. Also will try to cut out the plexi-glass that will cover the control panel, then I can drill the holes for the joysticks and buttons. Sounds like fun? You bet!
I will try to take more pictures tomorrow.

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