Recent content by FranWood

I know a Sega button layout when I see one! Arcade machines etc are another hobby of mine :D Can I ask what the controller is for? Has it been repurposed?

It might not be a quick fix but I liked John McGrath's approach shown in his wireless dust extraction control from multiple switches video.

Thanks for the replies all, much appreciated. So it sounds like there are a few accessories that would benefit require 96mm centers. What I guess I really should be asking, myself more than anyone, is apart from being a lovely nice round number, what benefit would 100mm spacing give me over...

Morning all. I'm getting some panels CNC routed from the Sydenhams / Avonply.com for an office desk. I also want to get a MFT top CNC cut so I figured whilst I'm paying for delivery of the other panels I may as well get them to cut and ship a MFT top for me. I've got a couple of questions...

I used to do this a lot when template routing acrylic sheets. I would use a 3/8" bit with a 1/2" bearing on which leaves 1/16" of stock on. I would then remove this last 1/16" with a standard 1/2" flush trim bit. I actually have a video of this from some years back: Normally I would locate...

This is not exactly a new video but it popped up again recently and thought I would share in case anyone had not seen it. Some of the techniques are a little 'interesting' but it's a fantastically creative video non the less :cool:

Its completely off topic but I work in Haddenham and the inlaws live there too. Small world! I'm currently living in Fairford Leys but I'm moving to Upper Arncott next week.

I've bought a few bit from banggood including some of the [200mm and 400mm T-Rulers] which look really nice, I've not had chance to use them in anger yet. Delivery was fairly quick and I didn't pay any customs fees. I've just ordered about £300 of woodworking bits from them in one of their...

I have a lot of love for Space Invaders. The first ever arcade game I played on was Space Invaders on a cocktail table in a hotel in Blackpool. I've made a few Space Invader things since. This is a clock I made from 3mm black and white acrylic. It was mainly made on my router table using flush...

Bonus points if anyone can ID these: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A Up, Down, Left, Right. You should hear a noise like a ring being collected. Then, hold A and press Start. There's a major clue in the second one ;)

I found Doom and Doom 2 pretty scary back in the day when I was a young'en. I can remember playing them both at my friends house and for a start he didn't have a sound card so all of the SFX were output from the internal speaker in bleeps and bloops which was pretty lackluster. I remember going...

Ouch, I feel your pain. I think you're going to struggle make that invisible. What's the reason for now wanting to start again? Is it material cost? Could the material be repurposed for splashbacks etc or for another project or possibly sold on?

Slightly OT here but great stuff, I love the bottom lit acrylic. A laser is definitely on my list of things to get. Ideally I would like something fairly large format like a 1080 with a 80-100w laser. May I ask what laser you have?

This was going to be my suggestion too and something I often use. Just stick the Amazon url of the item into the box at the top of uk.camelcamel.com and you can see the price history and decide if it's a good purchase at this time.

I've been into gaming for a fair few years. We got a Spectrum +3 with a whopping 128k of RAM one Christmas which I'm guessing was approx 1986. That got me hooked and I've always had various consoles and computers since then. Growing up I always had an interest in arcade machines and I got into...