Tron Scratch Build

wweumina

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I know scratch builds aren't as in favor as restorations here (and trust me, I agree), but I'm in Australia and options for restore are pretty limited. I've only seen one Tron come up for sale over here and it was $6,000 for a cab in need of a restore so I'm doing what I can and hoping you guys can help.

My woodworking skills aren't that bad, but for this project I wasn't going to compromise. I've been talking to a local CNC guy about cutting a cab and his plans are attached. Can anyone see any obvious errors? One concern is that some pictures make it look like there is zero lip from the back panels to side face edge which seems like it might be an issue with t-molding.

In these plans the guy has given a bit of lip (numbered 1 and 2 on the side profile pic), is this correct?

Any input greatly appreciated. Cheers.
 

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Your drawings are totally beautiful.......

I have a set of plans posted on the website. http://www.classicarcadecabinets.com/tron.html I have not cut a cabinet form the plans yet, so your millage may vary. It is on the agenda to do, but I have not made it there yet. Would you be ok if I posted a few of your pictures to the website for reference? I don't have any reference pictures.

Thank you
Brian
 
Yep. Sorry I should have credited those plans, they've been a great help. Thanks for all your work on that site!

I can't take credit for the pictures, they are the CNC guys work. I'll check with him about putting them up though I don't think he'd have an issue if you were to link to his site?

I think the main difference to the plans is whether the back panel has a 'lip' as per the question above. Does anyone have a thought on that?
 
Thanks, that would be great. We are only planning a small lip, it would just be good to confirm there is one.
 
Yep. Sorry I should have credited those plans, they've been a great help. Thanks for all your work on that site!

I can't take credit for the pictures, they are the CNC guys work. I'll check with him about putting them up though I don't think he'd have an issue if you were to link to his site?

I think the main difference to the plans is whether the back panel has a 'lip' as per the question above. Does anyone have a thought on that?

Thanks for checking on the pictures.... greatly appreciated. Good luck on the build and tell how it goes. If you have any pics of the build process you can send my way, LMK.

Thanks
Brian
 
Thanks for checking on the pictures.... greatly appreciated. Good luck on the build and tell how it goes. If you have any pics of the build process you can send my way, LMK.

Thanks
Brian

I've been in contact with the CNC guy. He is happy for you to include the pictures on your site. He'd prefer if he could attach a small watermark with his website if possible. I've had a go at adding that in with my limited image editing skills so if you want to shoot me your email I could get them over to you though you also might be able to get something less obtrusive worked out. He's done similar work on some other classic cabinets so you might be able to get some extra images for those cabinets if you contact him. I'll give you his contact email as well in case you want to work that out. His other classic cabinets are shown at:

http://www.arcadeworx.com.au/
 
In your case, I think scratch builds are great. Somewhere in the world, a TRON was parted out or smashed at one point and you're basically resurrecting one from said parts. Can't wait to see it.
 
Totally. Some purist get down on it as it's not an original cabinet, but the truth is your adding a game to the arcade universe that wasn't there before. I've built several Atari vector games just from collecting parts gathering dust on shelves and putting into new cabinets. Now they get to live again and be enjoyed for another generation.
 
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