#3687946 - 11/25/12 02:02 AM
Re: Mechpit for Mechwarrior Online
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Propnut, What fans are you using and any problems with noise with them being so close to you? The reason I ask is that I've been inspired by you, Choowy, and Dudley to take my pit from open to enclosed and I'm looking for ventilation designs and specs. Keep up the good work! I am using the guts out of a dual window fan unit. I am told that there is a helicopter rotor noise in the background when I speak in TS but otherwise it does not bother me. I thought about having one in the front of the pit sucking air out for good flow but I doubt I will need it. My shop has radiant heat flooring so it is a constant 60f in the winter, heat is no worries. The summer months get hot but again since I have concrete floors it stays pretty cool out there and the fan is enough for cooling then.
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#3696997 - 12/11/12 05:41 PM
Re: Mechpit for Mechwarrior Online
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I used to be on the multi monitor or huge monitor bandwagon but I find that with head tracking I really do not need a larger screen space, as a matter of fact it is a detriment to comfort and visibility. And as you mention, it allows for more control space.
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#3734000 - 02/11/13 10:22 PM
Re: Mechpit for Mechwarrior Online
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Hi Propnut,
Panel looking very good. Did you screen print text and lines ?
May just be 'cause I'm from across the pond, but should it not be "extinguisher" instead of "extinguser" ?
Sorry if I've just ruined your day .....
Cheers,
Andy DoH!!! Spellcheck Spellcheck Spellcheck!!! Now I will have to make another one...otherwise it will bug me forever, lol. Good thing I have lots of blanks and they only take 10 minutes or so to turn out on the CNC. The text: No, the lines and text are all engraved using a 1/32" bit on my CNC router table. That text is 1/4" high, I have done another panel (for Evochron Mercenary) that has 3/16" lettering as well. The paint that I used is awful, it sort of chips up with the cutter. It was very very cheap, I should have (and later did) spent a bit more money for a better quality rattle can paint. A different panel that I used with the better paint worked perfectly. Edit: I want to point out that the text and lines are all backlit. The base material is white acrylic (cast) painted white. All I do is engrave it by 1/32" deep and then, as Dudley has done, put cold cathode lights behind the panels.
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#3734363 - 02/12/13 04:20 PM
Re: Mechpit for Mechwarrior Online
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Propnut, What fans are you using and any problems with noise with them being so close to you? The reason I ask is that I've been inspired by you, Choowy, and Dudley to take my pit from open to enclosed and I'm looking for ventilation designs and specs. Keep up the good work! If you are like me... in the garage... The summer is to HOT and the winter is too cold to play... winter I use two space heaters to just warm it up fast and shut em down and the PC and electronics keep it warm enough in fact enev in the winter I have to run the AC if im going to play awhile summer I have a small 110 AC window unit either way insulating the pit is a good idea for noise factor alone not to mention weather sorry for the pic prop not trying to hijack your thread...propnut and choowy inspired my design
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#3734394 - 02/12/13 05:09 PM
Re: Mechpit for Mechwarrior Online
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Interesting Hotwire. Scroll back a couple of pages to see the discussion on heating and cooling. I have radiant floor heating so nice and toasty in the winter. In summer the heatsink in the center of the concrete floor keeps it nice and cool. By the way, love the warning sign outside the cockpit door
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#3734436 - 02/12/13 07:08 PM
Re: Mechpit for Mechwarrior Online
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Grats on the sale of the old and grats on the new Home...sounds like a new pit will be in the works soon...hope you budgeted in the home loan LOL
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#3855930 - 10/30/13 06:52 AM
Re: Mechpit for Mechwarrior Online
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