Something old, something new….
I got a hold of an original Tempest Control Panel with all the original controls in it. That’s right, an original Tempest spinner and two Atari “volcano” buttons. Sweet! I […]
I got a hold of an original Tempest Control Panel with all the original controls in it. That’s right, an original Tempest spinner and two Atari “volcano” buttons. Sweet! I […]
After too long. Way too long. We are finally back on track. Let me recap… February 2009: For my 45th birthday BFG offers to buy me a Tempest cab or […]
I managed to get a coin door from an original Atari Tempest cab. Actually, I now have several of the same model of coin door, but one of them I […]
That would be 1/18th Which happens to be the scale of the model I just got of the Cowboy Cab! Justin Whitlock makes scale models of classic arcade cabs and […]
So, I’m in meetings all day, mostly out of my office. When I come back this afternoon, this was on my desk! The speaker grill panel back from the powder […]
More progress on the back panels. Last night I laid out and drilled all the holes for the screws to attach the back panels to the cab and for the […]
Another part that can be worked on….the speaker grill. Decided to go with a perforated aluminum for the speaker area on the cab. The perfed material is about 50% open, […]
Well, since we are kind of on hold with cutting out the sides and the CP on the CNC Router, I decided to work on stuff I could be making. […]
It is great to make things! I find it very satisfying to spend time working and then be able to hold the finished work in my hands. We made it […]
Well, the weather is not cooperating. We are caught in the ice storm that is currently crippling the midwest so it is unlikely we will get to the CNC Router […]