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The Cooling Conundrum

Posted on June 8, 2016 by fantahpants — 2 Comments

So… after all the hardware mounting work I decided to boot up the arcade and make sure its all in working order. The fans whirred up. Good. Bios boot screen. Check. Windows loaded. Nice. Everything looks to be in wor-…

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Condensation desperation -The final coat of paint

Posted on February 10, 2016 by fantahpants — Leave a comment

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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Dismantle Day: Sanding, sanding and more sanding

Posted on November 24, 2015 by fantahpants — 2 Comments

Dismantle day was a sad day but after many weeks of tests I had felt confident that the layout of buttons and feel of the arcade was right. After saying my farewells to my newly built friend I took hold…

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What YEAR Is It!?

Posted on November 25, 2014 by fantahpants — Leave a comment

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!

Posted on August 22, 2014 by fantahpants — 2 Comments

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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