Vewlix 'Slim' worklog (plus some other bits ...)

[dosu]

your going to use a TE stick? or getting the 1/2 player vewlix panel?

[asiangrafx]

nice work. it already gets cramped when my friends and i play sf4 on my vewlix L cabinet. i have a 2 player control panel and sometimes we bump elbows and we’re your average asian so i dunno how the slim is gonna work.

[ericleroi]

nice work. it already gets cramped when my friends and i play sf4 on my vewlix L cabinet. i have a 2 player control panel and sometimes we bump elbows and we’re your average asian so i dunno how the slim is gonna work.

I’ve thought about this a lot as this is very much one of the limitations of the design. I’ll initially build one CP for solo play and maybe a wider one for dual play. Jealous of you if you have your very own Vewlix :arazz: !!!

[jaded805]

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I’ve always wanted to build a cab of my own, so it’s great that you’re doing this.

Do you happen to have scans of measurements or scale/shop drawings or schematics of some sort that you could post for people interested in building there own? I too think a Vewlix slim would be perfect for the space I have.

[ericleroi]

your going to use a TE stick? or getting the 1/2 player vewlix panel?

I’ll be building the panel. I’ve bought one of those MadCatz arcade sticks from ebay which I’m going to hack. Hopefully it’ll be easier to solder than the wireless 360 pad was!

[ericleroi]

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I’ve always wanted to build a cab of my own, so it’s great that you’re doing this.

Do you happen to have scans of measurements or scale/shop drawings or schematics of some sort that you could post for people interested in building there own? I too think a Vewlix slim would be perfect for the space I have.

I’ll be sure to post plans when the build work is complete. Hopefully it won’t be too long before this is done. Even though I have my own room for my stuff, I still have limited wall space as the room has lots of bookcases. That’s one of the reasons for building the slim as well as the cost of the TV and the fact that I’ll be able to use it for my PC as well with a decent resolution.

[ericleroi]

I have a question for asiangrafx or anyone else that has a Vewlix. Can you let me know the height/thickness of the control panel (7cm or so?) and how wide the acrylic inlay for the stick is (15 cm or so?)

Thanks!

[tokerblue]

I’m using a monitor rather than a TV so it’s a lot easier to work with. The principles would be the same I guess though. Basically I made a board with a VESA style mount (posted previously), glued and screwed some wood strip to the outside edges and then screwed the whole panel into the back, keeping it flush with the wood trim on the front for a tight fit. The back of the panel in the picture also shows a VESA style cut out very similar to the one on the other side. This piece was to get the mounting screws to fit properly (the screws I had were either too long or too short). The monitor is also resting on one of the supporting bars.

I still need to cut out a recess at the bottom to allow access to the ports and the power.

• Thanks for the pics. I was thinking of doing something very similar. I’m going to use the Sanus MF215 in order to get full articulation and rotation for normal TV viewing or portrait for schmups. One more question. Is your Vewlix slim the same depth as the standard Vewlix design or did you also make it smaller in that respect?

I’m going to use a few support points to hold the TV when it gets to the proper position since I’m not going to make cutouts on the side panel to hold the TV.

[tokerblue]

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I’ve always wanted to build a cab of my own, so it’s great that you’re doing this.

Do you happen to have scans of measurements or scale/shop drawings or schematics of some sort that you could post for people interested in building there own? I too think a Vewlix slim would be perfect for the space I have.

• Did you check Donovan Myers’ website? He has his entire build in Google sketch. You can then print out the dimensions. It’s a fantastic starting point.

How to print Vewlix dimensions

[NeoBlood]

Build two, play back to back like this:

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[mR_CaESaR]

Build two, play back to back like this:

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Man i wish someone could build me two of these slim vewlix’s and do it like that.

I’ll just put a HDMI splitter and split the video signal from the one 360/ps3.

[asiangrafx]

ill take some pics and measurements of the control panel for you tomorrow

[ericleroi]

Is your Vewlix slim the same depth as the standard Vewlix design or did you also make it smaller in that respect?
TV.

Some of the dimensions are the same including the depth, the distance the angled sides protrude into the middle of the base unit and the height of the base unit. For the rest, I’ve made adjustments so it doesn’t look odd when housing a smaller monitor. The overall height has been reduced slightly and the relative position of the monitor changed.

As a guide, I used the schematic in the Vewlix manuals.

ill take some pics and measurements of the control panel for you tomorrow

Thanks! I’ll wait on these before ordering my acrylic!

It’ll be the weekend soon so I’ll be able to make some progress again.

[dosu]

I like this one http://www.donovanmyers.com/2009/04/vewlix-tournament-edition-worklog-04/
but yours seems more ideal for a house(small house) will you be posting the specs and all how to build yours once its done?

[System_1]

Nice looking Cab so far. I’d love to do something like this sometime but I just don’t have the money to spare.

[ericleroi]

Thanks for all the positive comments!

I like this one http://www.donovanmyers.com/2009/04/vewlix-tournament-edition-worklog-04/
but yours seems more ideal for a house(small house) will you be posting the specs and all how to build yours once its done?

I will make and post some plans once I’ve completed the build. That was one of the objectives really, to try and make something which was more home friendly where space is limited.

The weekend will be here soon so it’ll be time to get back at it…

[ericleroi]

Ok, so I’ve started work on the CP. I’ve completed some of the bevelled front pieces and the base. I’m still trying to figure out the best way of making replaceable CP’s…

[kasprfoto]

Awesome work Eric! i was gonna go with the Donovan Myers build, but yours is looking to be pretty nice as well. what to do, what to do…either way, keep the work log comin’!

[dosu]

wonder if theres a place that sells just the top sheet of the vewlix 1 or 2 player panels without all the buttons and all, i dont think they use plexi, its just like metal on some thick shiny plasticy uh top

[suits00]

I really like this slim version of the Vewlix (which is already slim itself, compared to my old mame cabinet). Have you thought about what color scheme you are going with?