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| Shun:
Thanks Harvey. I'm slowly but surely getting there :D. Its finally time to work on the control panel! Video here: Fitting the control panel is probably the second trickiest part after mounting the monitor/tv. I started by adding the wooden batons for the front/coin door panel, I then cut the front panel to size to. I could then use this panel to make sure that the control panel would line up correctly. Using my sketch up model, I measured and cut the two pieces of wood for the control panel. It took a couple of attempts but I got there in the end. I then marked where the control panel should go to see if they would fit with the front panel in place. Once I was happy, I screwed the two pieces of the control panel together at a right angle. I then cut two square(ish) blocks of wood for the CP to sit on in the cab. I used the width of the CP to figure out where these would go. I then glued and then screwed (oo er ;)) them in to place. The control panel will now sit nicely in place, but we need some way of making sure that it sits in the right place every time. On the original machine there are some metal pins attached to the under side of the CP which slot in to two metal brackets with holes in on the main cabinet. The pins are similar to those used on window casement stays and luckily Screwfix had one of these for just over £3 which came with two pins (http://www.screwfix.com/p/antique-casement-stay-black-250mm/72539). For the slots, I just drilled a hole in to some square dowel and cut two pieces to size. I screwed the pins on to the bottom of the CP and then placed the CP on to the cab. I could then glue the slots to the cab using the pins on the CP. Once dry, the control panel now slots into the correct place. I also got another goodie through the post... a new old stock Pac-Man Cabaret Control Panel Overlay! I'm going to use this to figure out where the joystick and buttons go. I also need to fit the latches to the control panel blocks. |
| ridge_woods:
Hey Shun! Its Ridge from your channel. Just registered over here on this forum. I do still have that overlay,so contact me when you get your panel made, and we can get a custom size cut and fit to your panel. |
| Shun:
Two new parts of my build are up on Youtube if anyone is interested: A Pac-Man Is Born: Part 15. Control Panel clamps and button holes - A Pac-Man Is Born: Part 16. Creating the CP metal overlay - I managed to get hold of some Control Panel clamps and fitted them. Seems to keep the control panel securely in place. I also drilled the holes in the CP: To make the metal overlay, I created a simple metal brake which I used to bend some custom 1mm sheet steel that I bought: Then drilled the holes in the metal. This was quite tricky and I had to hammer the metal flat after the step bit caught on the metal. But with the CP overlay on, no one will ever see the dents ;D: Zoomed out pic: Next up, on to the control panel wiring :) |
| matsadona:
Any progress? :) Looking good so far by the way :applaud: |
| leapinlew:
Love the joystick. I have one too and it is the 4 way joystick of choice to me. |
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