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roknrol:

--- Quote from: DeLuSioNal29 on May 11, 2016, 01:13:25 pm ---Good to know that Yotsuya does those.  I'm looking for a Midway coin door on my Super Pac and don't really have the time to refinish one...  I need to see if HE has time to do one (but I need to find one first!).

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Not to thread dump ... But here's one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bally-Midway-Coin-Door/262425654453?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131003132420%26meid%3D871f074480db4311afb4143c37b23905%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D282029711075

Not sure the reserve and it may not be the condition you're looking for.
Shun:
Thanks for the comments guys. With regards to the coin door, I think I am going to strip the paint and sand the rust away and then either paint it myself or get it painted professionally.
Shun:
Sooooooooo, I've been pretty bad at updating this project on here and on Youtube.
I forgot put update 19 on here back in September  :banghead:. So, better late than never, here it is:

A Pac-Man Is Born: Part 19. Bezel and Marquee -

I got the piece of metal that will be the Bezel retainer, professionally folded to the correct angle as I thought this may be too hard to do with my home made metal folder. The guy only wanted £2 for this  ;D
Also, I received the plexi for the Bezel and Marquee. The Bezel will be made up of a smoked plexi that the artwork will be attached to and a clear plexi to protect the artwork. Here is a quick test fit of said plexi:



And without the protective plastic:



Looks pretty good with the CRT behind it.

The Marquee will be two pieces of clear plexi that sandwich the artwork.

Speaking of artwork, that arrived not long after and I stuck the Marquee artwork to one of the pieces of plexi and put the other one on top. It even stays in place without any retainers  :laugh: The light from the LEDs appears to work quite well as well:



Lastly I attached the Bezel artwork to the smoked plexi. This was a bit of a pain to do, but I got there in the end. The bezel is sitting a bit too high up in the picture below but this has since been rectified :



Part 20 will follow shortly...
Vidiot:
Coming along nicely!  :applaud:
Shun:

--- Quote from: Vidiot on February 21, 2017, 07:48:42 pm ---Coming along nicely!  :applaud:

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Thanks. I'm getting there slowly but surely. Here is the latest update on the cab:

A Pac-Man Is Born: Part 20. Big update -

This is a catch up from the end of last year when I was too busy/lazy to post any updates and also recent work carried out on the cab.

Firstly, I add a couple of pieces of wood behind where the Marquee plexi will sit, so that it sits out further from the LEDs.
Then I got some cheap Aluminium L brackets, cut them to size and attached them with some security screws:



Then with some bigger security screws, I drilled two holes in the metal Bezel "retainer" and used the screws to hold it in place:





I wanted to work on the back of the cabinet next, but its such a pain having to drag the cabinet around with the monitor etc in place. So I decided to put some castors on the bottom of the cab. These might not stay on the cab but it makes it much easier to work on:



I then decided to redo the lower back panel with the holes for the vents. Someone kindly on my youtube channel linked me to a diagram that they had created with the correct dimensions. So I went out and bought a flush router bit and after creating a template, I routed out the correct size holes in a new piece of MDF. Before:



After:



Then I added some mesh behind the holes:



I then did a test fit of the back panel and created a whole so that the back of the CRT wouldn't hit it. I am going to try and replicate the "bubble" on the back of the original at some point. The back panel isn't quite perfect yet so will need some additional work:



Also, I took my control panel metal to a metal fabricator who kindly sharpened the fold/bend with a proper metal folder. This looks much, much better now:



Finally, I glued the front panel in place with the help of some wood screws for added strength:

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