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Terminator 2 Cabinet to ??? Project - [It's Alive]
Yohan:
I made a little progress on the new coin door volume knob plan. I had an old receiver that was collecting dust. It doesn't have hdmi or the newer blu-ray sound specs and so it was replaced last year. I really think it is overkill for my arcade car speakers but it's free and I still have so many things to buy. After taking it apart it looks like it will work well!
The A, B, & Com are labeled and my plan is to unsolder A, B, & Com as well as the two circled spots. I believe that the circled solder points are just to keep the potentiometer on the board. So I will then solder wires in A, B, & Com. I will connect the pot to the coin door (it already has a threaded part and a nut) I think that a larger washer will be necessary as the hole in the coin door is probably bigger. Then solder wires on to the pot posts. Some quick disconnects on each end and I should be all set! The volume knob is massive so I will be on the lookout for a smaller one but the smaller input select knob will work for now.
Thanks again for the great idea!
emphatic:
Glad to be of assistance. :cheers:
Yohan:
The cabinet gets to see the sunlight.
After three coats of paint and all of the dirty work out of the way, I'm ready to have the cabinet inside. I rented an appliance mover from U-haul. It was only $10 and well worth it. I have also purchased a new mirror and front glass. Now the installation of everything begins.
thatpurplestuff:
Really excited to see where you take this project. I am in the midst of planning a mirror cab that is a bit of a hybrid between Terminator 2 and a few other cabs, so it's nice to see someone else actively working on a mirror cabinet. Good luck!
Oh btw when you are are replacing your mirror, not positive but I think T2 used a "half-silvered" mirror, not just a standard mirror you would get at the store. It allows light through one-way to show a damage effect behind the mirror when the player gets shot. Supposedly you can pick them up at a glass shop, but I'm just going off of info that I've read online. Of course you might not even be interested in that effect, but I figured it couldn't hurt to tell you.
Yohan:
--- Quote from: thatpurplestuff on August 03, 2011, 12:01:43 am ---I think T2 used a "half-silvered" mirror, not just a standard mirror you would get at the store. It allows light through one-way to show a damage effect behind the mirror when the player gets shot.
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My wife and I took a good look at that mirror trying to figure out how it was different from a regular mirror. The damage effect isn't something that we wanted to keep but the mirror has a tint to it. I would guess that it achieves the same effect as smoked plexiglass. I wrestled around with the idea of what tint do get. I ordered it from this site https://www.miror.com/mirrors.asp for $38. In the end all of their tints seemed dark so I decided to play it safe and just go for the clear mirror. If it doesn't work out well, I read about another idea. Someone took their front glass and put a light car window tint on it. I'll let you know how it works out and I'll post pictures. :)
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