My Trip to Brett's aka DPtwiz

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Brett has been kind to hold many cabs and some custom projects he built for me until I had time to get up there to pick them up.

With the help of Chris aka Cysnake we used his trailer and made the 200 mile plus trip one way to Brett's to gather all my goodies..

Thanks Chris couldn't have done it without your help..sorry your wife hates you now..:D

Special Thanks to Seawolf who also delivered a gem of a game to Brett to hold for me..he brought that from Chicago..so my thanks to him.

I took some pictures to document the visit. The amazing thing is these cabs are even more beautiful in person than pictures can ever show. Brett truly is a talent in cabinet building or whatever else you need. The CNC machine was cool to see in action and I documented the CNC at work in a few photos as it was cutting a custom sign.

The most amazing thing is Brett uses Birch which is high quality wood but it only weighs about a third of what the older cabs were made of which my back thanks him for...I was actually able to lift my Agent X cab with one arm..really cool...

The haul included (1) Agent X custom made cab
(1) Midway style Cocktail custom made cab
(1) Cosmic Chasm custom made cab including custom vinyl job and t-molding already installed.
(2) Custom Bezel and marquee storage boxes that I had idea on design..Brett helped put into reality with right dividers and some added features.
(1)Complete dedicated Journey in near mint shape that I got from Troy and Seawolf brought to Brett's for me so I wouldn't have to ship...
(4)4 custom key holders for my new arcade room

Odds and ends...two sub boards from WG4700 junk monitor with broken tube..needed one for project I have..

(1)Extra backdoor for Crystal Castles style cab...

My trip was truly fun and it was a pleasure to meet you Brett in person...I will surely be having more ideas put into action when Brett heals up from surgery and continues the production..:D
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Hard to believe he does so much in such a small space..this is the amazing workshop for DPtwiz

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Here is Brett at work on CNC...or kind of working..more like sitting and letting CNC do the work...;)
 
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Here is the haul getting ready to be covered for long drive home with rain expected....

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If you look carefully at the back of truck you can see Journey safely tucked away..didn't want any water exposure to that one..to dam nice..
 
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This is how much saw dust is generated to make cabs and signs...yes those bags are full of saw dust as is the floor with several inches...:eek:

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The famous red mustang that will not be parking in Brett's garage anytime soon....

thanks Brett for a fun day...
 
I had an absolute blast hanging out with Roadrunner and Cysnake, two of the nicest guys you'll ever meet! I don't cut my hair or shave from October till march, working outside on the railroad in northwest ohio is miserable cold. Anything to keep warm helps, so i ain't shavin or cuttin my hair lol.

Yeah surgery is tomorrow morning and it's gonna SUCK. Arm in a cast for two weeks, and 6 - 8 weeks before i even start physical therapy. I had to put alot of what i'm working on, on hold. I didn't do alot today, cleaned the garage half assed, got rid of my scrap wood, and i drug all the sawdust bags out from behind the machine and got them ready for my buddy to pick up. Fixed my frontline machine, and i made this sign today..

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No journey cabs...I purchased a dedicated journey from another collector in Chicago..someone that had some cabs to pick up from Brett was nice enough to haul the Journey from Chicago to his house so I could pick it up and not have to ship...he needs a junk Journey cab and he could copy it...
 
No journey cabs...I purchased a dedicated journey from another collector in Chicago..someone that had some cabs to pick up from Brett was nice enough to haul the Journey from Chicago to his house so I could pick it up and not have to ship...he needs a junk Journey cab and he could copy it...



cool... thanks for the info
 
Yeah, Nice to meet ya Bret. And Rick, I took care of the little wifey prob, I told her to :zip:! She then appologized and told me what a crappy day she had been having.
 
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