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| bobbyb13:
--- Quote from: Mike A on March 19, 2020, 02:08:12 pm ---I have a medium res monitor that is a backup for my Championship Sprint cab. It works, but it is dirty as hell and needs new caps, and a few pots replaced. I am going to get it all fixed up and throw it in my Championship Sprint cab. The monitor that is in the cab now is really clean, but the picture is dim. I am going to fix that and put it on my monitor shelf in the basement. --- End quote --- Wish I knew this much about monitors as my Rush 2049 plays blind after a recent relocation upstairs. Maybe I'll have time to learn at the rate things are going. --- Quote from: jennifer on March 19, 2020, 01:57:41 pm --- --- Quote from: bobbyb13 on March 19, 2020, 03:40:14 am --- --- Quote from: jennifer on March 18, 2020, 10:46:48 pm ---Jennifer is experimenting with spot curing resins with lazers, Not going very well however, Perhaps a bit more UV, less crazy...And working on some 6800 assembly. --- End quote --- Resin experiments sound fun. Trying a few of my own on another control panel for the behemoth today actually. I was thinking more of a jump to warp speed kind of look, but I couldn't thin stuff out enough to get the air compressor to spread it the way I wanted and wound up with something more like a minimalist Jackson Pollock. Still not sure how I feel about it, but I think the kids will like it anyway. --- End quote --- That's actually not very difficult (lot of tube vids on the subject)...Basically it is a mold filled with self leveling tabletop resin and pass a blowtorch over it fast and quick to pop air bubbles...It works well, although if you inlay fiber optics into it really jazzed it up, but it levels funny since it is a round object in a square track, cold weater helps with this as it slows down cure times. --- End quote --- Not sure why I never thought of looking for tube videos for inspiration- Fiber optic inlays sound extra interesting! |
| jennifer:
Your most likely not going to find anything on epoxy coated fiber optics...But the trick is use quality fiber cable, the cheap stuff is wrapped or something and has air bubbles looking voids in it (If you are looking at side glow options), keep the runs as short as possible and use a low watt light source to keep the light even, and keep the heat to a minimum as to not burn the epoxy with time...Hey Mike, That tube sounds like a good candidate for a rejuvenation. |
| Mike A:
You are right. That is a definite possibility. I need to find someone that has one, or I need to buy one. I have like 30 CRTs. It would probably be a good idea to get one and learn how to use it. |
| jennifer:
I am guessing that is the 23 plug, kinda hard to find (some on e/pay right now strangely enough) which fits the more popular of machines Bk460 - Bk470, but when you buy them usually that adapter is not included...Personally Jennifer uses a Beltron 8080a, a beast of a machine but really hard to find, and has virtually no support in parts, or plugs, and had to learn it the hard way after modding it with a Bk cable...The difference if anyone cares, is Bk uses volts to clean,and has a relativey low learning curve, Where Beltron uses amps, And is ugly to learn, Needless to say carfull man in the wrong hands, easy to fry a tube. |
| Howard_Casto:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on March 18, 2020, 05:49:23 pm ---No there was another one... I'll look it up tonight and post a link --- End quote --- Heh... I looked it up and it was one of your threads. http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=158253.0 :-[ My joystick came in the other day.... it's really odd and I thought is was a hodge-podge of spare parts as it has a data east esque red ball top for a handle, but I did an image search and found another one on quarter arcade. https://quarterarcade.com/red-ball-rotary-joystick-2 The cherry switches and overall design make me think it's a western stick, possibly wico?? It's odd because it reminds me of an older ikari warriors leaf switch stick on the bottom only updated to use microswitches. It even has plastic blades installed to mimic the feel and throw of leaf switches. That ball top is definitely odd. The only place I've seen those smaller red ball tops used is Australia. There's a company down there that manufactures some absolutely terrible data east 8-way knock-offs in red and blue. This is of a higher quality though so I'm pretty dumb-founded. Anyway, I'm going to hunt up a shaft and print out your ikari knobs to fix this one up and possibly make a stand alone controller box for it. I'll then use it as a guide to get the tension right for those data east sticks I want to build. It needs some maintenance but the turning feels about right from what I remember. Honestly I haven't touched a rotary game in probably 25 years. |
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