FLYNN'S ARCADE (Project Code Name: Overambitious) - FINISHED

[wirenut]

Dude speakers really??  What happened to the Transducers? 

[AlienInferno]

You're going to hide that awesome IO panel on the back?   

Nah man.  Your stuffs looking great so far.  Keep it up.

[yotsuya]

Dude speakers really??  What happened to the Transducers? 

Transducers are probably better suited for small bartops. With a cab, you want to turn that mother out.

[ChanceKJ]

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[yotsuya]

Dude speakers really??  What happened to the Transducers? 

Transducers are probably better suited for small bartops. With a cab, you want to turn that mother out.

Dude speakers really??  What happened to the Transducers? 

Yep! The transducer is for my PacMan build.

I just recently caught the tutorial on the Griffin PowerMate mod, might have to mod one of those and adjust my plans for the front I/O.

I have a PowerMate if you can't find one.

[ChanceKJ]

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[JeffB13]

Where did you get these switches?

[ChanceKJ]

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[wirenut]

Dude speakers really??  What happened to the Transducers? 

Transducers are probably better suited for small bartops. With a cab, you want to turn that mother out.

Dude speakers really??  What happened to the Transducers? 

Yep! The transducer is for my PacMan build.

I just recently caught the tutorial on the Griffin PowerMate mod, might have to mod one of those and adjust my plans for the front I/O.

The transducers were kind of a joke.  But I am new, maybe I'm not allowed to joke yet? 

Although if I ever get to do a dream build, there will be transducers in it.  (High End Ones)

I just broke down my Power Mate yesterday.  It would look really good powder coated black on your rig.

[JeffB13]

An aliexpress.com vendor. Search for "Vandal Switch". There are MILLIONS of variations. I picked those ones out based on my needs. These were latching/momentary, 12v, blue LED, 25mm, black, single/dual polarity. The options are endless.

Ebay has them too.

Great.  Thanks.

[ChanceKJ]

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[wirenut]

The Pcb looks about 3.5 cm or 1 3/8" wide and just over 3cm tall.  Let me know if you need any other measurements...

[ChanceKJ]

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[wirenut]

That's a sweet re-purpose using the lego fiber!  I've been trying to figure out how to utilize the LED on my build too, but I think I'm just going to have to let it go.

[jaharr01]

Your cab is looking great Chance  can't wait to see that bad boy finished.

           Jay

[ChanceKJ]

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[mcseforsale]

Wheel slots look great. 

AJ

[ChanceKJ]

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[ChanceKJ]

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[mcseforsale]

I dunno man.  After that great start with the wheel notches, I'm just not impressed.

























KIDDING!  THAT THING IS AWESOME!!  That panel work is amazing!

AJ

[Nephasth]

Looks like you might have some marquee shadow issues.

[mcseforsale]

I wouldn't worry.  Just sandwich the marquee in between 2 pieces of plexi and scuff up the back piece with some 00 steel wool to make it opaque.  Should do the trick.

Plus, you can use some CCFLs which can overlap.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/14551/lit-305/Logisys_6_Dual_Cold_Cathode_Kit_-_White.html?tl=g6c75s1570

That's what I'm running and there's no shadows.




AJ

[jaharr01]

I did my marquee box like that I just put reflective aluminum tape on it. Hey Chance have you ever tried auto body filler to fill imperfections? It's a bit messy but it seems like it works better than wood fillers

  Jay

[ChanceKJ]

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[jaharr01]

bondo on burgers? I tried some of those cold cathode lights and they were too dark. +1 to LED's, I used 2 of those under the cabinet fluorescent fixtures. I really like your cabinet with all of the meticulous detail.I think it will look great. What do you think you will build after this? Pinball maybe?

[ChanceKJ]

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[jaharr01]

Yea it's no fun and boring if everybody has already done one.

[jaharr01]

        There was a guy where I live and I saw he had 2 arcade machines in the back of his truck. He didn't seem like the restorer type, but I waited several days and asked him about them. Apparently he was moving into a building and it had around 75 arcade games sitting all dusty in storage. You name it, it was probably there. He didn't know if they worked or not. He was giving them away, I about fainted. but then he said he promised them to a guy about an hour away. He said if I would have come a day or so earlier he would have gave them to me.I even offered to buy them but he said he promised them to the guy and he wasn't going to back out. What a shame, but I did avoid a divorce by not bringing them home.

Jay

[mcseforsale]

Screw that, she can sleep in the car.

AJ

        There was a guy where I live and I saw he had 2 arcade machines in the back of his truck. He didn't seem like the restorer type, but I waited several days and asked him about them. Apparently he was moving into a building and it had around 75 arcade games sitting all dusty in storage. You name it, it was probably there. He didn't know if they worked or not. He was giving them away, I about fainted. but then he said he promised them to a guy about an hour away. He said if I would have come a day or so earlier he would have gave them to me.I even offered to buy them but he said he promised them to the guy and he wasn't going to back out. What a shame, but I did avoid a divorce by not bringing them home.

Jay

[ChanceKJ]

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[Generic Eric]

What a shame, but I did avoid a divorce complete arcade by not bringing them home.

Jay

FIXT

First the hidden access door on the front. Nothing crazy, just mounted the hinges.

Will there be a pull out tray behind that access door?

[ChanceKJ]

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[Generic Eric]

Nope.  Although the tray would be a more elegant solution over the silly and awkward drawers that people put under the CP.  For the future if I plan on putting light guns on the cab I'll hide them in here with cable retractors.

One of the Dynamo cabinets had a pull out tray that held the power supply and game board on the same piece

[EMDB]

Nope.  Although the tray would be a more elegant solution over the silly and awkward drawers that people put under the CP.  For the future if I plan on putting light guns on the cab I'll hide them in here with cable retractors.

A drawer is just an elegant tray 

[ChanceKJ]

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[wirenut]

Also, I needed to move and reinforce the USB cable from the top to the back of the PowerMate PCB. Unless you have experience with soldering wires 30 AWG and smaller, don't do this. Just don't. Save your sanity.

I'm with you man.  I moved my wires around, but did not reinforce while I "tested" and then I ended up braking one of the already soldered wires. 

Not looking forward to re-soldering it. 

[thrasherx]

The cab is coming along nicely.  I may have to borrow your speaker panel and marquee design.  I've been running (mental) circles trying to figure out  those two things.  It seems as though our builds are very similar.  Yours is cleaner.  I debated using plywood vs mdf.  Cheers.

[jaharr01]

May i ask Chance is this a permanent spray booth or is it just for this cab? i wondered because there are easier and cheaper ways of spray painting without a spray booth. Aren't you going to have full vinyl on the side anyway? Dust is the main enemy of paint. You can softly wet everything down ( not what you are painting of course) and eliminate 90% of the dust. Tack cloths also work but you probably know that.