NEO GEO Evolution (EVS-1) - Experimenting with DIY trackball

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wp34:
Your cab looks a little beefier than the normal slim build. I like that. That notch in the back turned out great as well. :cheers:

Nephasth:
I really like your approach to rotation with the linear actuator. :applaud:

DNA Dan:
Nice work! Keep at it. I want to see that 27 incher on there.

SNAAKE:
nice doggie :cheers:

BadMouth:

Progress has slowed, but I expect to have the rotating mech working and installed this weekend. I would have had it done this past weekend, but some unexpected guests showed up on short notice and stayed all weekend. Toward the end of last week, I had found time to remeasure everything, draw up a more accurate template for the monitor mount, and transfer it to a new piece of metal.

I reassembled the rotating mech yesterday. Soooooo close to being perfect without external limit switches, but not quite. There was a fair amount of play in it from all the nuts just being finger tightened. They would loosen up the more I messed with the assembly. So this evening, I attached the bearing to the bracket using copious amounts of red loc-tite & JB Welded some nuts in place on the side of the monitor bracket that I won't have access to once it's attached to the monitor.

While waiting for that to set up, I fine-tuned the control panel layout:

The buttons in the top corners are Left Player Start and Right Player Start (will be printed on the artwork)
The red button in the center is Exit and the smaller 24mm buttons on each side of it will change the gamelist.
The top 2 inches of the CP will be inside the cab and will not move.
The rest of the CP will slide 8.5 inches to the right so that player 1's Left Player's controls are centered when playing vertical games.
(It won't be automated)

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