Next time you're in the area...!
It's going to be interesting for me since I really pulled together most of my collection before I had the space so after a quick check of each of these games before I bought them I really have never played most of them. I think out of my entire collection, Tron and Monster Bash are the only two I've actually played.
Quoted from NJGecko:OK....so as I predicted we probably slid a day. Lots of trimming done, but probably at least another day of it, so paint may not be till Saturday or Monday. But so close...so very close...
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It's so close I can taste it ...
Looks great.By the way don't ever leave your coin door open and walk away.At least not with the power on.Here kitty,kitty 
Quoted from JoeJet:Can I ask why you put the outlets (or as Slippery Pete would say - the "Holes") so high?
That's one of the "pinball" walls. I put them at that height so you wouldn't have power cords from the machines hanging down in sight. Looks better and keeps them out of prying kitten teeth.
I've got the whole house on a surge protector at the panel so I will be plugging machines right into the plug mold.
Quoted from NJGecko:That's one of the "pinball" walls. I put them at that height so you wouldn't have power cords from the machines hanging down in sight. Looks better and keeps them out of prying kitten teeth.
I've got the whole house on a surge protector at the panel so I will be plugging machines right into the plug mold.
Greg,
I didn't know you were going to do surge panels. I would have recommended getting metered ones. You can monitor power consumption and amperage per circuit right on the display of the panel.
Quoted from Pinchroma:Greg,
I didn't know you were going to do surge panels. I would have recommended getting metered ones. You can monitor power consumption and amperage per circuit right on the display of the panel.
I'm an IT guy, I know all about metered PDUs 
When we had our generator installed we had a surge suppressor put in on the main breaker. These plug molds each go to their own breaker on that panel. For my purposes it's sufficient I think.
Now if I had the room that YOUR basement has....
Quoted from NJGecko:Looks better and keeps them out of prying kitten teeth.
Good idea! Mine all go down to surge protectors which are right in kitty strike zone.
Putting the outlets up like that also helps if God forbid you have a flood. Don't ask me how I know this 
Chris
Quoted from SilverUnicorn:Don't ask me how I know this
Do you have white hair? 
Quoted from spfxted:Do you have white hair?
LOL, nope
We had our outlets in the basement placed about 3 feet off the floor. My wife wondered why I asked them to do that, and the guy that did the electric was a little confused, but when our basement flooded, it became crystal clear that it was a good idea.
Chris
Quoted from NJGecko:I'm an IT guy, I know all about metered PDUs
When we had our generator installed we had a surge suppressor put in on the main breaker. These plug molds each go to their own breaker on that panel. For my purposes it's sufficient I think.
Now if I had the room that YOUR basement has....
Lol that basement is probably a year or 2 from being finished. So far quotes to finished it have ranged from 74,000 to 110k
Christmas shopping, like everyone else in jersey apparently.....everyplace is crazy today. I am stayin' home!
lol--I was gonna throw out the "faux wood flooring" one but figured you had enough--and your'e under enough stress anyway...........GLWTGR.............
Quoted from smokey_789:lol--I was gonna throw out the "faux wood flooring" one but figured you had enough--and your'e under enough stress anyway...........GLWTGR.............
Parquet wood too, right?
Crew of 5 showed up, spent most of the day...!
So as things stand, they got a lot of the details done today. Tomorrow they are going to sand. Monday still sounds like paint, so it's going to be a pinball filled holiday!
Now I gotta figure out if I have all the right legs and bolts and things....
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Painter came this morning. The spackle still hadn't set from Saturday 100%. I can't disagree, it's been brutally humid lately, and I don't want him laying paint down over wet spackle, but man it stinks.
Quoted from NJGecko:*sigh* another few days gone....
Painter came this morning. The spackle still hadn't set from Saturday 100%. I can't disagree, it's been brutally humid lately, and I don't want him laying paint down over wet spackle, but man it stinks.
Spackle crew should have left appropriate hardware to dry out the compound. They normally leave a space heater in the room with a strong fan that will keep warm air moving around the room and dry it out. Obviously, they have to come back anyway, since wet spackle hasn't been finish sanded yet.
Yep, we are on good track. And when I got home the spackle was indeed still not set, but two days of 85-100% humidity would do it. It wasn't hot enough that we turned the AC on in the house. So last night we broke out the dehumidifier and some air handling equipment and everything was nicely set this morning.
Just waiting for the update on what I get to go home to...still hoping for a woz unboxing....
Quoted from NJGecko:So as things stand, they got a lot of the details done today. Tomorrow they are going to sand. Monday still sounds like paint, so it's going to be a pinball filled holiday!
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Any particular reason you didn't have the ductwork primed or are you planning to have that done?
Leaving it exposed. We kept the sheetrock tight to the ceiling and left it exposed to give more headroom and to add to the "it's a basement" or "quasi-industrial" look. Later we may paint it a contrasting color contrary to the advice I was given to powdercoat it
They did some final sanding this morning. Lots of vacuuming afterwards and now (THANKFULLY!) I only hear two things from the basement:
Blaring salsa music
and brushstrokes
And at least they took some containment measures for the dust...
I swear there will be pinball sounds coming up from that room in the next 36 hours....
2013-12-26 09.17.21.jpgQuoted from NJGecko:Leaving it exposed. We kept the sheetrock tight to the ceiling and left it exposed to give more headroom and to add to the "it's a basement" or "quasi-industrial" look. Later we may paint it a contrasting color contrary to the advice I was given to powdercoat it
I'll bring over the rattle cans of lime-green.
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