Gatsu's Custom Vewlix Cabinet

Been a while.

gatsugodhand — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 17:43:45 +0000

There aren’t any physical updates to the cab so far. I’ve bot the base built and primed. The side panels primed. Still have a ton of stuff to do sadly.
Its just so damn hot in South Carolina from April till November. I know I know….”hurry up and get it done man!” But you’re not me…so get off me. lol.

Anyway. I have received a lot of emails wondering where I got the plans and blue prints. I thought I posted it in a previous blog entry but apparently not. So here it is:

Donovan Myers Vewlix Page: http://www.donovanmyers.com/

Donovan is the man that gave me hope and finished the first custom vewlix project.

I’ll start posting more often now that I’m actually working on the cab again.

Cabinet To-Do Checklist:

Woodworking – Control Panel (to incorporate 2 TE fightsticks), rounded top piece, speaker bars, front access door, side panel “doors”, front cover pieces, adding fans to the back of the base, adding a ethernet cord and power cord port, adding a back plate to cover rear of TV..
Adding a light to the control panel back section to allow the move list to be illuminated.
Sanding, Puttying, Priming and Painting.
Apply Vinyl decals and other artwork.
Insert TV & electronics for final setup.
Play the damn thing finally.

A bigger update.

gatsugodhand — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:20:53 +0000

Got quite a bit done the past few days thanks to my buddy Chainer whose been chewing my ass to get this thing done and playable so we can finally enjoy it.

Here’s a few new progress photos.

If you have any questions, feel free to post them and I’ll try to answer them as best as I can.

-Gat

Well looky looky…

gatsugodhand — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:18:50 +0000

What came in the mail today!

Hurray for control-goodness. All sanwa…courtesy of Lizard Lick Amusements.

Looks like i have all of next week off so. I shall be finishing the cabinet. Finally.

- Gat

Control Panel Update.

gatsugodhand — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:40:57 +0000

Control Panel update! Angles mutha f$&^@cka! Do you speak it! ;D

rear of the control panel, sitting on the bottom box.

underside of the control panel…..thats basically the board that mounts to the main box.

Front shot of the box and control panel. Lookin sexy with its angles. And notice the access door hole has been cut out too.

closer shot of the angled sexy.

Oh look….the top and front come off in one nice piece so that swapping panels or making repairs is easier! w00t.

Now all thats left is the speaker box, pieces to cover the outer edges of the television and the marquee holder top. Then it shall be 100% cut out and assembled. And priming can begin. MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

So close now…..so close.

That control panel is damn heavy though….I will probably use bolts to mount it instead of wood screws because I don’t think the screws would hold well enough.

Only thing really left to do to the CP now is rout out the mounting area for the control plate, and the area for the move list artwork. Sand a few edges to make it smooth and then its ready to get primed.

-Gat

another update

gatsugodhand — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:20:41 +0000

Glued the side pieces together and cut the television mounting holes.
Thankfully it fit no issues. So that was a huge stress reliever.

So my big concern has been put to rest. Now I can relax and enjoy the
rest of the build.

Here are some photos.

Thats it for now. I should have another update later this week.

- Gat

Some more progress.

gatsugodhand — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:57:38 +0000

Got the 45 degree bevel around the side pieces done. Cut out the control panel mounting board, then reclamped everything together to see how it looks.

I’ll have some more progress this evening and throughout the long weekend.

-Gat

A decent update

gatsugodhand — Tue, 19 May 2009 03:41:12 +0000

I managed to get my flush-trim bit working right, so all 4 side pieces are now flush and sexy.

Heres a few photos.

I clamped all the cut pieces together to see how it’s turning out. Im pretty pleased.

- Gat

An Update

gatsugodhand — Sun, 17 May 2009 05:03:47 +0000

Well. No photos this update sadly.

Got a little more sanding done. I wore a mask this time so Im not coughing up MDF dust.

Most of the bottom box pieces have been cut out. Just the front is left. That’ll get done tomorrow. Then some more sanding, and I can assemble the bottom box. Then I can start cutting out the control panel pieces and the top of the cabinet.

Got a lot more to go…just gotta take it a day at a time.

Next post I’ll have some more photos.

Construction Begins

gatsugodhand — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:21:17 +0000

Managed to cut out the 4 side pieces this past weekend thanks to my fathers superior circular saw skills.

This week Im gonna pick up a pattern router bit and clean up all the edges so they are all flush & the same.

Thats about it for now.

-Gat

Hello hello.

gatsugodhand — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 02:58:43 +0000

Whats up peeps. A lot of people checked out my godhand customs website and ordered sticks. Of which Im thankful. Im now putting all that know-how into building myself the ultimate arcade joystick….a full arcade machine!

So now friends will be able to come over and play 3rd Strike or SFIV the way God intended….on a pair of joysticks staring at a lcd monitor.

The kind of cabinet Im gonna build is a Taito Vewlix sit-down cabinet. Though there will be some small cosmetic differences due to lack of funds or the necessary tools to machine certain parts.

I got the plans from a fellow cabinet enthusiast and street fighter freak Donovan Myers. Check out his sweet Vewlix cab over at http://www.donovanmyers.com. He put alot of work into his cab. And I hope mine will look at least half as good as his.

Here’s the official Taito cab:

Here’s Donovan’s modified design that I will be emulating (except Im keeping the full control panel instead of 2 TE sticks):

(click for full size image)

I’ve wanted my own arcade machine for a while. And after seeing the official Street Fighter IV cabinet….I was in love. Though not having the mechanical skills to design the cab from the ground up….I had to pretty much wait for someone more awesome to do most of the hard work.

So thanks to Donovan, I’ll be able to have my own Vewlix cabinet as well.

I’ll update this page once every week probably with major updates on the cabs progress. Due to my work schedule, I can only work on the cab during the weekend. So those will be the update heavy days.

Peace out.

- Gat