Hey guys,
Ive found a dude who will cut our shit for us for roughly 35 bucks.
You just need to take him a psd for them, or take him your stick and he will custom cut the lexan sheet for you!!! AWESEMO!!!
PLUS PLASTICS
30a Allens Road
East Tamaki
Manukau 2013
New Zealand
09) 273-5162
Nice! Can we grab the sheet from him or do we need to get that separately?
You buy the lexan from him as well
Im picking mine up today while i run some errands
Sweet. I might give him a call later this week.
That is pretty damn awesome. Nice find Lenny!
Meet with him today.
the plexi is 12 bucks, and cause the cuts are simple, no more than 20 bucks to have it cut... just take him your design on a .PSD file (Photoshop, GIMP) and they can cut for you.
5 mins up the road is a printing place that prints the artwork on high gloss paper for 3 bucks.
So thats 35 Bucks all up for a cut plexi, and some sweet artwork all in the same spot.
Niiice!
They do plexi and lexan?
yeah they do plexi as well. but that costs more. think thats like 45 or 50 including the cutting.
Fuck that is cheap as though! Again, good stuff Lenny. This might be sticky material. You will have to give us a verdict when you get your stuff from him ;) (if you havent already)
Dam Lenny that's a mint as find brah.
Quote from: stereomonkey on January 19, 2010, 02:28:53 PM
Fuck that is cheap as though! Again, good stuff Lenny. This might be sticky material. You will have to give us a verdict when you get your stuff from him ;) (if you havent already)
lol im assembling my stick atm.
Nice! Post up the results when your done boss
dang you beast leo , good find . This might be me on sat , wonder if hes open then ?
Since I don't have a clue what any of this is, is this to put custom artwork on a stick? So if I give this guy one of the TE layouts he'll print it and put it on my stick?
Keens to get some artwork printed, does anyone have any SF designs they havent used that they wouldnt mind me using? Cant be Fd making my own, ive got a TE extended plexi.
The dude in this topic is not for printing. This is for the clear plastic cover that goes OVER the artwork. Much like your TE extended plexi.
Also you have more fun and satisfaction with your final artwork when your done. Doing your own is the best feeling ever ;)
OK I think I get it... Not gonna draw myself or else it'll be just slightly better than what Lenny did in the ART thread lol.
Its not hard. Dont know if you saw my one in the stick artwork topic but i did that on a photoshop demo with very little photoshop experience.
So what was the verdict?
I'm in AKL Saturday till Sunday for a 21st...and if I get time to get out those ways(Have no idea where anything in AKL is...except Wendys, Queen St, K-Rd)I'll try make a mission.
I've already got a Plexi...but a spare would be handy.
Quote from: B BOY DRAW2 on January 22, 2010, 02:12:23 AM
So what was the verdict?
I'm in AKL Saturday till Sunday for a 21st...and if I get time to get out those ways(Have no idea where anything in AKL is...except Wendys,
Brrrroooo WHAT ABOUT K DIZZLE
Quote from: B BOY DRAW2 on January 22, 2010, 02:12:23 AM
So what was the verdict?
I'm in AKL Saturday till Sunday for a 21st...and if I get time to get out those ways(Have no idea where anything in AKL is...except Wendys, Queen St, K-Rd)I'll try make a mission.
I've already got a Plexi...but a spare would be handy.
Bro can i come to the 21st, i'll bring a phat box.
Quote from: Smoofologist on January 22, 2010, 09:28:59 AMBrrrroooo WHAT ABOUT K DIZZLE
K DIZZLE!? is this cool kid talk and I didn't get the memo!!?
Basically I know Queen St, K-Rd, Yifans and the square.
I was coming up to all the Hip Hop Summits every year...but basically I don't have a clue where shit is in AKL.
Quote from: weazzyefff on January 22, 2010, 11:36:09 AM
Bro can i come to the 21st, i'll bring a phat box.
Haha...unfortunately it's not my friends 21st...the cousin of my lady is having the party...and unluckily for me...it's a suit and tie affair.
I can talk the talk...but faaaark...I live in shorts!!!
Quote from: stereomonkey on January 21, 2010, 09:57:48 PM
Also you have more fun and satisfaction with your final artwork when your done. Doing your own is the best feeling ever ;)
Sigh, CBFd learning to use photoshop, awhile ago I tried finding the template and it was impossible hence why I asked this thread if anyone has some spare artwork they wouldnt mind me using. Did you use a template with your EX2 artwork? Then find a image you like and lay it over then print?
Quote from: B BOY DRAW2 on January 22, 2010, 01:14:29 PM
K DIZZLE!? is this cool kid talk and I didn't get the memo!!?
Basically I know Queen St, K-Rd, Yifans and the square.
I was coming up to all the Hip Hop Summits every year...but basically I don't have a clue where shit is in AKL.
k dizzle is smoof-speak for kfc.
...any pics of the finished product?
SWEEEEET
Has anyone got a pic of the finished product?
I was pulling out my snap-ins to replace my buttons and my Plexi from Tek-innovations cracked from the LP to the LK button!!! :'(
FAAARK I'm pissed off with myself for not being more careful >:(
So yeah...would be nice to hear or see results.
Cheers guys...
:(
I haven't had a chance to get one yet but I really want too.
Sooo...has anyone got any good news bout these plexi's?
I'm comin' to AKL tomorrow for the OHAPAC festivities on the weekend and wouldn't mind knowing if it's worth the mish to pickup a couple?
...anyone...
.......
Quote from: B BOY DRAW2 on May 05, 2010, 04:45:50 AM
Sooo...has anyone got any good news bout these plexi's?
I'm comin' to AKL tomorrow for the OHAPAC festivities on the weekend and wouldn't mind knowing if it's worth the mish to pickup a couple?
...anyone...
.......
A bit late, but a mate just rang them up to get a few sheets for a custom stick he's building... will let you know how they go
keep us up to date as I want oen done.
Anyway guys.
Because I am such a nice fucking guy, and come nats it'd look fucking awesome if wee all rocked up sporting custom artwork, I have gone to this outfit and provided them with dimensions and an autocad file of the TE stick.
In turn they are going to do up a setup on one of thier machines which will mean that from now on they will be able to do the plexis for cheaper due to them now having a cad drawing to stick into the wossname and let the machine pewpew the plastic. So if you people want this shit on the cheap yo, then flick me an email and I will hook you up with the cad drawing... you basically wander down there, buy the plexi from them, and give them the file and it should result in you getting this for alot cheaper.
Just note that when I got it done up I did it for only six buttons (Cause real men dont assign PPP and KKK to the extra buttons) so you might have to get them to accomodate that.
PEACE!
Lenny,
I got a custom stick with the top custom cut out, but I want a new plexi thicker than the one I got currently, Could I just scan my current plexi and give them the scanned file for them to cut??? because havign to cut out a custom cover from plexi to fit exactly like my current one with hand is not gona work as the placement will vary even with teh slightest movement and the buttons\stick holes won't aline properly.
Quote from: zosla on May 17, 2010, 02:21:43 PM
Lenny,
I got a custom stick with the top custom cut out, but I want a new plexi thicker than the one I got currently, Could I just scan my current plexi and give them the scanned file for them to cut??? because havign to cut out a custom cover from plexi to fit exactly like my current one with hand is not gona work as the placement will vary even with teh slightest movement and the buttons\stick holes won't aline properly.
Just take the plexi to them and tthey can do it for sure. Dont know how much it will cost you though.
How much was it Lenny?
Nice job Lenny. I've been wanting to custom art my stick for ages, only problem is I'll have to get more buttons cause I'd need a different colour and I'm still not decided on Sanwa/Seimitsu.
But yeah I actually need those last 2 buttons for tetris and other games and yeah I sometimes assign them to PPP, KKK, throw, etc. So when I can be bothered I'll do the alternative I guess.
This thread is the single greatest thing I have ever come across. I'll prob mish it down to Manukau this weekend to see whats up, and prob get a panel cut for my Hrap3. Pity the autocad file thingy you gave mr Plus Plastics man was for the TE stick and not the Hrap :'O
So I went on down to Plus Plastics the other day, and he said it's dirt cheap for the plastic, (only $3) but the machine cost is going to be around $100 and the cost for making the autocad pic for the panel would be another $100. That's pretty insane.
I was wondering though, if any of you know of a way that I could get an autocad pic for a Hori Real Arcade Pro 3??
Either if you guys know anybody that has had one cut, or if you know somewhere where I could get one?
Otherwise I have to get one from Tek innovations lol.
thats dare as fuck
Quote from: originaljulz on July 06, 2010, 04:31:32 PM
So I went on down to Plus Plastics the other day, and he said it's dirt cheap for the plastic, (only $3) but the machine cost is going to be around $100 and the cost for making the autocad pic for the panel would be another $100. That's pretty insane.
I was wondering though, if any of you know of a way that I could get an autocad pic for a Hori Real Arcade Pro 3??
Either if you guys know anybody that has had one cut, or if you know somewhere where I could get one?
Otherwise I have to get one from Tek innovations lol.
$100 for machine costs doesnt sound right. After getting the initial autocad done, it has only cost me like 30-40 bucks for my TE cuts.
Quote from: The Lenny 2.0 on July 06, 2010, 04:53:36 PM
$100 for machine costs doesnt sound right. After getting the initial autocad done, it has only cost me like 30-40 bucks for my TE cuts.
Yeah that's what I thought. I think I mentioned that in the last email I sent him.
So I think I could put the price back down to around that, but that would still need me to find an autocad file.
How much did it cost you to get the autocad for the TE stick, Lenny?
K so I made a post in the custom artwork thread, but ima copy pasta it here just in case anybody was interested:
"
Anybody interested in getting plexiglass panels cut for their Hori Real Arcade Pro 3s?
It looks like a lot of you guys have them, and might want to put custom artwork into them. Till now it looks like everyone who got one got it from Art's Hobbies, but I was thinking of getting one from the place Lenny mentioned in his thread (Plus Plastics).
The problem with that is, they charge a lot for making the autocad image or w/e needed to cut the plexi, and this is by far the biggest chunk of the price. The plus side is that once you have that, future cuts will be cheap as chips.
So rather than pay huge $$ for the designing charge by myself or just buying from Art's, my bright idea was to ask around, and see if any of you guys want to split the cost. The panels themselves would also end up cheaper than buying it from Art (less than the $70NZD he charges), and as well as that members of the NZism forums could ask for the autocad and buy it cheaper in the future as well.
What do you guys think?
Good idea or no?
Anybody keen?
I hope so because I could just get it from Art, but then the cycle would just continue and we'd keep needlessly wasting our money.
P.S. I already have one person interested so as it is, they will already cost around the same as ordering one from Art. It's just with every person interested, the price will be reduced by a lot.
"
The benefits of having a community of like-minded individuals I suppose, huh.
I have autocad, if you can give me the exact dimensions I can probably make the file up for you.
Oh wow thats awesome bro.
The guy just emailed me and said he took it to one of his subcontractors so it's only gonna cost me $45 for both.
I'll take you up on that offer if you're still keen tho.
You da man.
Quote from: Rorooze on July 07, 2010, 01:32:31 PM
I have autocad, if you can give me the exact dimensions I can probably make the file up for you.
hmmm... how good are you on the old autocad there rory? Im thinking of getting a full plexi case from arthong, but if you can rock the autocad half decent we could try and do it ourselves and just take it to a plastic place to get it cut out... We could be rocking mean sticks come nationals lol..
There might be a kiss and a cuddle in it for you if you play your cards right.
Yeah I really wanna do my stick up real cool like those ones on srk, but I'm no tekkie and I'm too scared to do shit to my stick which is still pretty new.
Orly? It seems like all these stick manufacturers keep modders in mind when they make them. It's easy peasy to mod an Hrap3, anyway. It's my first stick, and I've already modded it. (Just needa put plexi over the art and I'm done :D)
I ain't gonna be humble, I'm S-rank at AutoCAD. lol.
Hook me up with the file TE file lenny!
Julz, you'll need to hook me up with the HRAP dimensions on a sketch or find something on the net if you want a CAD file making up.
http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/layout.html has heaps of layouts and I could easily turn any of those into AutoCAD files if you tell me which one is the HRAP layout :P
I have no idea where I would go about getting a sketch for the hrap panel online. It looks like it would be harder to do that the TE stick, because the bottom is curvy, as opposed to each 4 sides being straight.
I'd need to get my metal panel back from the plastic place before I could check if any of those layouts in your link are for the Hrap3.
One of those PSD templates which are to the dimensions of the panel (which you use for making the artwork) won't be any help right? Coz I have lots of those lol.
The PSD's would probably be OK because I could scale off the 30mm diameter buttons. I don't do photoshop though :p
Surely someone knows what one of those layouts are for the HRAP? I think it is one of the SEGA layouts but not sure which one?
Those of you that got their plexis from Art's Hobbies- how thick was the plexi?
And Lenny, how about the plexi you got from Plus Plastics?
So the guy at plus plastics cut one out by hand for me, since the autocad would cost too much (I still don't get why it costs so much).
It was only like $45 so I suppose I can't really complain, and the cuts are actually relatively accurate. Its just the thickness is bugging me. It's at least 2mm thick, (prob a bit more like, 3 or 4.) So when I put it on top of my metal panel, my snap in Sanwa buttons don't 'snap' in, they just sit there with the snappy tab bits constantly pressed in.
Any ideas on what I can do to solve it or if I should just leave it like that (I don't like that idea, since I feel like once I take the buttons out again, the tabs will be permanently pressed it, and won't snap in again)
its different for me cause I got the plexi to replace the bezel ont he TE so it sits at the right thickness.
Quote from: originaljulz on July 12, 2010, 07:33:21 PM
Those of you that got their plexis from Art's Hobbies- how thick was the plexi?
And Lenny, how about the plexi you got from Plus Plastics?
So the guy at plus plastics cut one out by hand for me, since the autocad would cost too much (I still don't get why it costs so much).
It was only like $45 so I suppose I can't really complain, and the cuts are actually relatively accurate. Its just the thickness is bugging me. It's at least 2mm thick, (prob a bit more like, 3 or 4.) So when I put it on top of my metal panel, my snap in Sanwa buttons don't 'snap' in, they just sit there with the snappy tab bits constantly pressed in.
Any ideas on what I can do to solve it or if I should just leave it like that (I don't like that idea, since I feel like once I take the buttons out again, the tabs will be permanently pressed it, and won't snap in again)
you could make some little grooves where the snap in bits go to make the plexi thinner at that location, use a dremel or something?
Was he going to charge to make the autocad file or to cut using an autocad file?
A what now? And yeah lol was gonna charge me $100+ for the autocad >:O
Like, to make it. If I could have gotten my hands on an autocad for my stick, he wouldn't have charged me for it.
A dremel is kind of like an electric toothbrush which grinds stuff down. You could probably use it on the plexi to groove into the plexi to make the plexi at the hole locations thinner.
I see I see. So you mean, where the snap in tab bits would go, file away that point on the plexi. Like this.
You dont want to do that. Your buttons wouldn't be secure.
He means around the edges of the button holes, use a dremel to file it down so that around the edges of the buttons, the panel is thinner, thus allowing the snap in portions enough room to do their thing.
Eg:
(http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q192/SuPeRwILLyMaN/buttons.jpg)
The diagram at the top is a cross section of how the button holes look currently, whereas the bottom would be how it would look post-dremel.
If you go this way, make sure not to file down wider than the lip of the buttons, otherwise the filing will be visible on whatever art you put under the plexi.
Lol damn I figured that's what he meant. Christ that's gonna take a lot of work then.
Thanks for the clarification BIRRY WONG!
Quote from: Rorooze on July 13, 2010, 08:45:55 AM
Thanks for the clarification BIRRY WONG!
You have a few grammatical errors in this post. Allow me to correct them
Quote from: Rorooze on July 13, 2010, 08:45:55 AM
BIRRY WONG
Wait I just thought of something. Since the plexi is going over my metal panel, the metal panel will still be pressing the tabs in, even once I sand the plexi down.
My buttons clip in on my TE even though I have a metal plate under my plexi. But Im using seimitsu's so I dont know if that makes much difference.
Maybe get some screwins instead?
Yeah that's what I was thinking. It's a pity if I have to, because I just forked out $60 or w/e for some nice new green Sanwa buttons and a balltop. :'(
You could cut the holes in the metal panel wider so that the buttons are just attached to the plexi.
Lol yeeeeeh I am so not going to file away at my metal panel.
I'm gonna buy mine from here when i've done my art seems alot cheaper than artshobbies i think he ships to new zealand saw an international mail option not 100% sure though think off the top of my head works out to be around $45-50 NZ incl shipping
http://shoryuken.com/f177/laser-cut-te-plexi-european-fighters-out-there-230852/
http://wp1114205.wp150.webpack.hosteurope.de/wordpress/?page_id=164
thought i'd share correct me if i'm wrong and doesn't ship to NZ
Is that the German guy? I remember looking at his site. Not saying he doesn't, but I don't remember a ship to NZ option lol.
I just PM'md asking if he ships to New Zealand on shoryuken and he replied its no problem
Yeah I looked on his site last night, and went through putting it into my cart etc, and he has international shipping. Where abouts are you located? I'm considering getting one too, since the one I got before was too thick. Lemme know when you're getting one etc. (The guy does discounts if ordering multiples, and we could split shipping.)
i'm from wanganui but it won't be a couple months until I start and finish my artwork don't even have an idea on what its going to look like hoping to get one around november.
Hmm ok lol that's a bit out from Auckland then. Ah well. I would have bought mine around the same time as well.
OH SHIT...I know this is a little late...
But I got some plexi's from the German dude! they're thicker than Art's Hobbies!!!
so only screw ins will work with the German plexi...and it took ages to get here with fuck all communication.
It got here in the end...but Art's is way more reliable!!!
I've had a few from Art's and out of...say...7 that have come from Art's only 1 has arrived broken...and Art just sent me another one at no charge.
...anyway...just a reminder that the German ones will only take screw ins.
Bro, next time you want one just go to a local plexi cutter and I can send you the CAD file for laser pewpew. Probably cheaper than shipping from overseas :o
I have a couple of 1.5mm standard plexis if anyone's keen. (standard ones are the ones that go inside the bezel on the TE.) Mate wants me to charge like $40 for them, but ive already paid for them and i dont really give 2 shits if i make a profit, but ill break even if i can sell them for $25 each.