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Condensation desperation -The final coat of paint

I took the day off specifically to finish the final coat of paint on the arcade and I’m greeted with this pissy-ass-on-and-off-rain-all-day crap? What do we say to rain? Not today!   BOOM! See this? This is pure ingenuity. You

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“No colors anymore, I want them to turn black”

  For those of you just tuning in (reading in?) I have decided on painting my arcade black. Sounds like it was a simple decision right? Wrong. If you are curious on the alternate ideas I’ve had (with their pro’s

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Drilling Holes Kicking Goals

I know you are all still mesmerized by our last carpentry conquest (of course I speak of the majestic drawer mechanism) but I have more progress to announce! Let’s start by taking it from the drawing board. With the house

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Operation “Like a glove”

In my excitement to use a newer model iMac I forgot about 1 very important thing in woodwork, measurements. As you can see above there is a gap about 10mm each side when trying to fit the 21.5 inch screen

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What YEAR Is It!?

Ok, so it has been 3 months since the latest update and not a lot (if near any) progress has been made. On the plus side I have taken a week off work for my birthday and decided to ignite

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So I still have all my fingers!

Busy Times! It has been awhile since my last update but I am proud to say I have now used a power tool successful without injury! While that is enough reason to update my blog I have also made a

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Just in “Case”

Apologies for the delayed post! Work has been so crazy it has been eating into all of my Mac Arcade time! Right, so just to wrap everything up. Last post i received my wiring and buttons for the arcade. Since

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