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bobbyb13:
Guess I don't really mean THAT authentic :lol

I have vowed to only smoke if I have been set on fire :)

Material costs for pretty much everything have gone insane- and that is for what little you can find.
As far as electrical work goes, if you priced a job more than 6 months ago and didn't already buy the material, you are going to lose your ass on anything you do.

It is crazy. But on a more fun note...!

Decided I couldn't wait and needed to start on something to make this less of just a black box.
The coin door looks easy to fake and I happen to have a silly assortment of masking tape sitting around for board work anyway.

The colors won't be absolutely correct, but I don't plan on having very good lighting where this thing is going to live anyway!

Hopefully by tomorrow afternoon I can get the red onto this too so I can stuff that panel in also.

Then I guess it is time to try to hang a screen in it and see if I measured reasonably so I can begin on a bezel.
:o

Mike A:
No coin door? :'(

DaOld Man:
Great work Bobby!! You work a lot faster than I do.

Nice workshop.
Not to change the subject, but you do know they sell switch and receptacle covers at walmart? :lol

bobbyb13:

--- Quote from: Mike A on May 25, 2021, 07:10:52 am ---No coin door? :'(

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I'm actually negotiating on the shipping for a REAL Williams coin door from the mainland at the moment so I'm holding off on making a hole.

--- Quote from: DaOld Man on May 25, 2021, 10:21:15 am ---Great work Bobby!! You work a lot faster than I do.

Nice workshop.
Not to change the subject, but you do know they sell switch and receptacle covers at walmart? :lol

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Thank you sir!
I would be even farther along if the two naughtiest goats hadn't taken out some fencing with a big rock and then escaped yesterday.

Like everything else in my life (and my life itself?!) the shop is still a work in progress but eventually I'll decide exactly where all those boxes will stay- and then get some plates?!
Damn electricians :lol

While I continue to not be able to make up my mind... I just need to remind myself not to go shoving things in those boxes!

Zebidee:

--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on May 25, 2021, 01:30:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: Mike A on May 25, 2021, 07:10:52 am ---No coin door? :'(

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I'm actually negotiating on the shipping for a REAL Williams coin door from the mainland at the moment so I'm holding off on making a hole.

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Coin doors seem to be what most people on BYOAC want, but I've taken a different view - that they take up valuable real estate at the front of your cab. Unless you want to run it commercially of course. I often put a custom recessed control panel there instead for volume control, USB/audio ports, pause and admin buttons. And a big, obvious, LED-lit button (or freeplay!) for credits.

Modern kids (ok, pretty much anybody under about 40 years!) don't really understand credits for games either. They grew up playing games on home consoles.

So I think that that coin doors are appropriate for original or recreation cabs, or cabs being put into commercial environments, but less appropriate for a customised multigame/multisystem/multipurpose cab intended for a home living environment. If it makes you happy to have a coin door then definitely do it, am just highlighting that there are other (creative) options.

--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on May 25, 2021, 01:30:53 pm ---
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on May 25, 2021, 10:21:15 am ---Great work Bobby!! You work a lot faster than I do.

Nice workshop.
Not to change the subject, but you do know they sell switch and receptacle covers at walmart? :lol

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Thank you sir!
I would be even farther along if the two naughtiest goats hadn't taken out some fencing with a big rock and then escaped yesterday.

Like everything else in my life (and my life itself?!) the shop is still a work in progress but eventually I'll decide exactly where all those boxes will stay- and then get some plates?!
Damn electricians :lol

While I continue to not be able to make up my mind... I just need to remind myself not to go shoving things in those boxes!

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I noticed your cat objecting to the boxes too - exiting stage right.

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