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[ COMPLETED ] (Yet another) Pac Man Bartop- Christmas gift
opt2not:
I just wanted to chime in here and say I'm really looking forward to see you put this together. I think you've made a lot of good cost efficient choices, as well as the planning and vision of the cabinet is solid!
This should turn out to be a really great machine!
:cheers:
Well Fed Games:
Thanks!
Well Fed Games:
All parts cut and routed, except for a channel I will need on the interior of both sides for the glass (will figure that out later). Did some bondo on all the chipped pieces, and...
got the control panel done! I'm quite pleased that all my measurements matched up. I must have learned something on this forum!
Building a project from scratch is kind of fun, my last was more of a restore/conversion.
opt2not:
Lookin' good!
I don't know if you want to get too granular with the joystick look, but you could pick up a red shaft cover to mimic the original pacman joystick's all red ball and shaft.
I got a couple for my JLF's (fits JLW's too) from here: http://www.canadianjoysticks.com/products/Qanba-Shaft-Guard-And-Dust-Covers-For-Sanwa-Denshi-JLF-Series-Joysticks.html , but you may be able to find them elsewhere if shipping from Canada isn't your cup o' tea.
The only issue is the dust cover, you'll have to find a black cover that fits the thicker shaft, (or you could always drill out your sanwa ones). But then again, an original panel has the dust cover under, between the mounting plate and the CP.
Just a thought!
Well Fed Games:
Sorry, no pics- but got the controls wired this morning. Easy easy- kill it with soldier and hot glue! Hopefully I get some warm days to finish painting-- other than a bit of primer, not much going on there yet.
opt- thanks for the joystick thoughts. I think I am going to keep it stock at this point though. :cheers:
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