Author Topic: astroone Donkey Kong Cab Restore (Read 14019 times)

astroone · « **Reply #40 on:** June 14, 2012, 10:37:05 pm »

Did a wheel wire brush and paint on the pcb holder

astroone · « **Reply #41 on:** June 14, 2012, 10:39:44 pm »

I finally started started taking everything out the day of bondage wait was that bondo

astroone · « **Reply #42 on:** June 18, 2012, 10:51:29 pm »

Ok Progress report started sanding and Priming the Cabinet ran out of primer 2 spray can's at 12 oz = 24 look's like 36 oz

emphatic · « **Reply #43 on:** June 19, 2012, 05:58:56 am »

Very nice work!

astroone · « **Reply #44 on:** June 19, 2012, 11:41:04 pm »

Thank You
Well got some more painting done today it was windy getting the rest of the primer on but eased off this evening before sundown got the black inside trim painted plus did some extra patching amazing what you can see doing primer

astroone · « **Reply #45 on:** June 19, 2012, 11:44:31 pm »

Ok I also realized there wasn't enough of those 3 Oz can's of spray paint to do the entire cab I only have 10 can's which comes up to 30 Oz so I decided to get a gallon of paint at Home Depot the lady there who color matched it sure did alot of work to get it on was about 2 hour's

astroone · « **Reply #46 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:57:11 am »

Ok here it is

yotsuya · « **Reply #47 on:** June 22, 2012, 12:59:30 am »

astroone · « **Reply #48 on:** June 24, 2012, 05:10:52 pm »

Here's my son having a blast he missed playing on the cabinet when I was working on it

Next on the list will be trying to get the rest of the part's hopefully it will be a fully restored donkey kong in the near future
for now mame will do but you have gotta admit it look's alot better than it used to

astroone · « **Reply #49 on:** June 28, 2012, 07:37:43 pm »

Added some New Button's on the Control panel

astroone · « **Reply #50 on:** August 20, 2012, 12:47:56 pm »

Update I got a Donkey Kong Board from ebay
Hopefully it will test out in working condition I'll find that out sometime this week

TGov · « **Reply #51 on:** September 03, 2012, 11:04:46 pm »

What angle is that monitor mounted at? It looks a lot steeper than most DK cabs.

astroone · « **Reply #52 on:** September 04, 2012, 02:32:42 pm »

I actually have a pc monitor sitting on top a piece of plywood it's higher up than where it should be.

astroone · « **Reply #53 on:** September 20, 2012, 02:18:30 pm »

OK Board's were tested with problem's and is out for repair

astroone · « **Reply #54 on:** October 08, 2012, 02:00:50 am »

Ok I got Some Update's Donkey Kong Board is repaired

Plus Got Mikes Video Arcade Video Inverter plus a cga/ega/yuv to vga converter

astroone · « **Reply #55 on:** October 08, 2012, 02:04:26 am »

Took me a little while to get the inverter's going I had to use the wiring harness pin out's plus I got some great advice from klov

http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/spies.cgi?action=url&type=pinout&page=Nintendo_Classic.html

astroone · « **Reply #56 on:** October 08, 2012, 02:08:25 am »

After Going through it all here it is

IT"S ALIVE ALIVE

johncl · « **Reply #57 on:** October 08, 2012, 03:04:45 am »

Very nice work, love that you put so much effort into making it more "genuine" with regards to using real PCB and all. Its as authentic as possible for the actual game now.

Just wondering about the color, shouldnt it be blue tint to the color? On your pics it looks a bit cyan, but perhaps its the camera? I am seeking out the right color for my DK bartop project, but that will be red.

astroone · « **Reply #58 on:** October 08, 2012, 08:33:56 am »

That's the way the color came out for some reason here's 2 photograph's

Before

After

steveh · « **Reply #59 on:** October 08, 2012, 12:16:10 pm »

Color looks pretty close to me. Good Job on the cab. It really blows me away how great the projects come out on here. I hope my project can look half as good as these when i get done.

astroone · « **Reply #60 on:** October 19, 2012, 03:51:35 pm »

Got a new update I bought a Donkey Kong Control Panel in real good shape cleaned and oiled the joystick the red jump button does need to be replaced plus it need's the catches but this is way better than the panel I built
original part's are the best

astroone · « **Reply #61 on:** October 19, 2012, 03:58:17 pm »

Added a coin microswitch near the coin release button just push the coin release and it add's credit's this also save's me from having to drill a hole in the cab to add a coin switch

astroone · « **Reply #62 on:** October 19, 2012, 04:39:37 pm »

Added some coin catches that I got for free

LeedsFan · « **Reply #63 on:** October 21, 2012, 03:48:19 am »

This has turned out really nice.

For finishing touches you could add the little stickers that are missing from the cab. They are available at Mike's Arcade here.....
http://www.mikesarcade.com/cgi-bin/store.pl?sku=INSTDKLONG


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