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| Tithis:
I'm pretty happy with how its turned out, not much left. --- End quote --- Sometime next week I'll be reinstalling with substrings iso. Having issues with attract mode freezing in videos that sounds like it might have been fixed. |
| javeryh:
Man, that is one pretty machine. The Midway cocktail cabinet has been my holy grail ever since I started with this nonsense but I haven't built one yet or found one to restore (prices are insane). I'm leaning towards this being my 2022 project. I'm not sure but after seeing these pics I got a flood of nostalgia from when I was a kid and used to play on one of these all the time (Ms. Pac-Man). I even think I could find a spot for it on the first floor in the office now that we have started to get rid of the kids' toys. Hmmm... |
| kooky:
Great thread - thanks for coming back and picking it up after a few years. I just picked up an empty Midway cabinet for fairly cheap and I知 planning on fixing it up. I知 going to make it JAMMA with the plan to use a 20th reunion PCB for Galaga/MsPac. How did you glue the laminate? I have a Home Depot nearby and they still sell that same pattern. |
| javeryh:
--- Quote from: kooky on January 12, 2022, 08:50:51 pm ---Great thread - thanks for coming back and picking it up after a few years. I just picked up an empty Midway cabinet for fairly cheap and I知 planning on fixing it up. I知 going to make it JAMMA with the plan to use a 20th reunion PCB for Galaga/MsPac. How did you glue the laminate? I have a Home Depot nearby and they still sell that same pattern. --- End quote --- Where did you get your cocktail cabinet from? I don't even know where to begin looking. I'd love a kit but the ones I've seen are not exact copies. For the laminate, you just need a roller and some contact cement. Roll on the cement like paint on both surfaces and wait 20 minutes. Then put the laminate down making sure you are as exact as possible because it bonds instantly. Then use a j-roller or a rolling pin or whatever to apply pressure and get the air bubbles out, if any. The excess hanging over the sides can be trimmed with a router. |
| Tithis:
--- Quote from: javeryh on January 18, 2022, 03:58:50 pm --- --- Quote from: kooky on January 12, 2022, 08:50:51 pm ---Great thread - thanks for coming back and picking it up after a few years. I just picked up an empty Midway cabinet for fairly cheap and I知 planning on fixing it up. I知 going to make it JAMMA with the plan to use a 20th reunion PCB for Galaga/MsPac. How did you glue the laminate? I have a Home Depot nearby and they still sell that same pattern. --- End quote --- Where did you get your cocktail cabinet from? I don't even know where to begin looking. I'd love a kit but the ones I've seen are not exact copies. For the laminate, you just need a roller and some contact cement. Roll on the cement like paint on both surfaces and wait 20 minutes. Then put the laminate down making sure you are as exact as possible because it bonds instantly. Then use a j-roller or a rolling pin or whatever to apply pressure and get the air bubbles out, if any. The excess hanging over the sides can be trimmed with a router. --- End quote --- Only bit I'd add is also grab some long thin dowels. The two pieces of laminate on the players side of the cabinet have to largely pre-cut besides for the speaker holes and area for the control panel. When the contact cement is dry and you are ready to put the laminate on you put the dowels between the cab and new laminate. This way you can align the laminate perfectly up close before actually having them make contact and stick. |
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