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Mame Cab Build (Northcoast Kit) (Complete, Updated 6/1/11)
WindDrake:
And finally, it's complete.
The regular bulbs in the coin door and trackball are underwhelming. I've got LED Replacements on the way to solve that issue. Other then that, this bad boy is finally done!
WindDrake:
So, I was unhappy with the regular lights in the cabinet. The Trackball was dull, and the coin door lights were definitely unacceptable brightness with the red and blue reject inserts.
So, I got LED's to fix this. I hit up SuperBrightLEDs.com for some wedge-base bulbs.
I used these in RED and BLUE for the coin door. The WLED-x6, as I wanted plenty of light. I also got white, but the extra wavelengths lower the total light seen once the red or blue plastic strips everything else away. With Red and Blue LED's, you don't waste luminosity.
Much better!
I used these (WLED-xHP6-DAC) in BLUE for the trackball, as a regular 6-bulb LED doesn't have a wide enough beam to get at the trackball, as the normal bulb is mounted sideways through the hole. I did, however, have to modify the bulb holder to turn L-Shaped in order to shorten it up, so that the LED paddle shined into the illumination hole completely. I also got white, but the blue was just a smidge brighter. Remember, the pics here will show a lot of glow because there is no UV filter on my smartphone's camera.
Lights on, and now, lights off.
I'm waiting on fans still, as the cab is very warm inside, which meant I had to clock the Athlon II X3 450 down to 3.2ghz (Stock) from it's 3.76ghz Overclock. Some of the 3D games pushed it hard enough to get it to puke. I'll have more pics once that's all in.
rcub3:
4 player CP FTW!
BTW, did you have any problems with the drawer? I am working on the same cab, but my keyboard drawer seems to not be wide enough (the rails won't stay in their tracks because of this).
WindDrake:
Yeah, I have the exact same issue. Going to eMail Northcoast now about it, actually. Thanks for reminding me.
rcub3:
Great! Let me know what they say. I'm surprised bc everything else fits perfectly with everything else.