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javeryh's Woodgrain Cabaret Copy
bperkins01:
Looks great :applaud:
You may have mentioned it - do you have a link to the material you used for the wood grain sides?
I'm restoring a Ms. Pacman cabaret and it looks pretty close .. hmmm...
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: javeryh on January 13, 2021, 05:00:48 pm ---Today I managed to install the volume knob. This was relatively easy once I decided where to put it and also realized there were mounting holes in the PCB... I actually cut a block of wood and started carving it to match the surface of the board so everything would sit flush until I had an "aha" moment. I wasted 2 hours on it... I can't get out of my own way LOL.
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Plywood offcuts are actually really great for this, and I've become pretty good at it. You can carefully carve/drill out a single layer ("ply") and then use that to slide your PCB in for a neat finish. I've used this for panel-mounting volume controls (i.e. external access) to arcade cabs, even USB and audio ports (the carved plywood holds PCB/pot firmly behind the panel).
I could post photos but don't want to muddy your thread with my crap.
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: bperkins01 on January 13, 2021, 05:09:20 pm ---Looks great :applaud:
You may have mentioned it - do you have a link to the material you used for the wood grain sides?
I'm restoring a Ms. Pacman cabaret and it looks pretty close .. hmmm...
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Restoring? If you have original woodgrain veneer remaining, even it it is scratched to hell, it could probably be restored to former glory.
Cab #4 from left in my sig was a piece of steaming meadowmuffin when I got it free, could barely see there was woodgrain under the scratches. By time I was done it looked like new furniture.
bperkins01:
Mine is vinyl...
Its a mess.. Its not laminate..
The stuff on javeryh's cab looks pretty close..
Zebidee:
--- Quote from: bperkins01 on January 13, 2021, 05:57:43 pm ---Mine is vinyl...
Its a mess.. Its not laminate..
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You're right it looks pretty bad, but are you sure that's vinyl? I'd have to see it for reals to be sure. What is that yellowish area near the screw (which I assume is there to hold in the layer)? Is that substrate for the top layer of a laminate?
Not trying to argue bperkins, your pic is good but not enough, and I don't have enough experience with original Ms Pacman cabs. I know that vinyl woodgrain was in use in the early 80's because we had a System 80 computer (TRS 80 clone) that had vinyl woodgrain on the sides. Yeah, woodgrain on a computer how high-tech is that! Anyway, I dunno, what is left of the woodgrain look on that Ms Pacman looks better than ordinary vinyl.