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bobbyb13:

--- Quote from: javeryh on June 11, 2022, 07:52:12 pm ---
--- Quote from: leapinlew on June 11, 2022, 05:21:53 pm ---
https://www.harumancustoms.com/products/cocktail-kits/midway-style-cocktail

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Yeah - it looks pretty good but it’s 1/2” material, the coin cutout doesn’t look like it would fit a traditional Midway door and the top pattern isn’t accurate - you can see the cutout is more rectangular than it should be.

Don’t get me wrong - Haruman makes great stuff but I’m just lookin for something a little closer to the real deal.

Thisis the best I’ve seen but that price is almost double what it should be…

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Wow! Really?
That is half what it would cost to make one out here.
Don't think I could even buy just the material for that price actually, never mind build it.

You could always be the guinea pig for this.
https://www.classicarcadecabinets.com/galaga-cocktail.html

I would swear I saw reliable looking plans somewhere on the interwebs.

Zebidee:
Mike's Arcade site are hosting the Kyle Lindstrom Pac-Man/Ms Pac-Man cocktail plans, which are as good as any I've seen. Uses 3/4" (18mm) plywood or MDF with a 1 inch piece for the top IIRC. According to the site they have many of the metal parts too.

https://www.mikesarcade.com/arcade/cabplans.html

I like these plans so much I asked a local carpenter to make it up for me. The idea was to free-up my time as I was busy with early GreenAntz development and a pool build. However that was a mistake. He barely looked at the plans (I even translated all relevant parts to Thai for him). He went off-spec so many times that I eventually snapped, gave up compromising my dreams for his laziness. I sacked him and was angry for about 6 months, though I finally cooled down. I nearly burned the shell he created, but relented, and some of our chickens enjoyed sleeping in it for a while. I won't show a photo as it is kinda embarassing.

While I was still angry I built the shell for the Aussie lowboy cab I'm working on at the moment, partly because I love the Aussie lowboy design, partly to direct my anger as positive energy, partly just to show how it should be done. I'm certainly quite proud of how that one is coming along, now I have some time to put into it again :D

I may go and do the cocktail myself, properly, one day.

javeryh:

--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on June 11, 2022, 10:48:30 pm ---Wow! Really?
That is half what it would cost to make one out here.
Don't think I could even buy just the material for that price actually, never mind build it.

You could always be the guinea pig for this.
https://www.classicarcadecabinets.com/galaga-cocktail.html

I would swear I saw reliable looking plans somewhere on the interwebs.

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I meant the eBay listing is double what it should be - Haruman's is priced probably too cheap! $750 seems like a lot for just the shell. No components or art, which would easily double that but maybe $1500 is just what a brand new one should cost...

The Kyle Lindstrom plans (hosted at Mike's Arcade) are the ones everyone has seen and they are supposedly 99% accurate if not 100%.

--- Quote from: Zebidee on June 12, 2022, 04:24:25 am ---Mike's Arcade site are hosting the Kyle Lindstrom Pac-Man/Ms Pac-Man cocktail plans, which are as good as any I've seen. Uses 3/4" (18mm) plywood or MDF with a 1 inch piece for the top IIRC. According to the site they have many of the metal parts too.

https://www.mikesarcade.com/arcade/cabplans.html

I like these plans so much I asked a local carpenter to make it up for me. The idea was to free-up my time as I was busy with early GreenAntz development and a pool build. However that was a mistake. He barely looked at the plans (I even translated all relevant parts to Thai for him). He went off-spec so many times that I eventually snapped, gave up compromising my dreams for his laziness. I sacked him and was angry for about 6 months, though I finally cooled down. I nearly burned the shell he created, but relented, and some of our chickens enjoyed sleeping in it for a while. I won't show a photo as it is kinda embarassing.

While I was still angry I built the shell for the Aussie lowboy cab I'm working on at the moment, partly because I love the Aussie lowboy design, partly to direct my anger as positive energy, partly just to show how it should be done. I'm certainly quite proud of how that one is coming along, now I have some time to put into it again :D

I may go and do the cocktail myself, properly, one day.

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That sounds like something that would happen to me! I have paid for carpentry before and it never works out quite the way I envision...

I actually still have the printout of those Kyle Lindstrom plans in my miscellaneous arcade box in the basement from about 20 years ago now. Saint's book is what sent me down the rabbit hole and those plans were one of the first things I really studied and thought maybe I could build something myself. 20 years later and a ton of experience in the shop and now I am not so sure! :lol

EvilNuff:

--- Quote from: Mike A on February 08, 2022, 01:06:16 pm ---Please can we all stop with the Pi shutdown thing?

It will only get corrupted if you shut it off while it is writing to the card. And not even always then.

Keep an extra card handy.

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Slightly old but just saw this. 100% false. About 5 years ago I was building a bartop with a pi and killing power, even while not writing to the card, would sometimes corrupt the card. Now it is less likely but it *does* still happen.

Mike A:
You got me.

One guy in his entire lifetime had it happen once.

Consider me chastised.

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