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| bobbyb13:
Ok, so it is an illness. But the wife hasn't said stop yet! Some background for anyone who hadn't seen the start of this latest batch of mayhem. I got six (yup, six) mostly rotten cabinets a few months back and have been sorting through the guts. The boxes were termite eaten (a few still infested) but it seemed like most of the internals were ok so I figured I would have some project material. The one I REALLY wanted from the pile was the Rampage. Fond memories of playing this one with my sister eons ago. But of course the box was toast- really toast. Cockroaches, mice, and best of all termites. Looks like it got to see some moisture too at some point considering how the powr supply looks. I never got it to power up (in fact I watched something that wasn't an LED light up like one on the Sounds Good board when I powered the thing up) but I dissasembled it lovingly so that I could build a new box for it. Probably 2 months ago I went through the whole thing and measured pretty diligently to get dimensions and angles proper, cut a bunch of interior panels, and worked on the CP a bit. Shortly thereafter I saw a post from someone needing a harness for a Rampage and figured I could send mine (already removed!) to Ken at goldenage and he can make the pattern to repro it for anybody. So off it went and this project went on the back burner. Got tired of looking at the old one rotting outside and cut the side panels for it last week. Then the pump in the pond died and that ate my life for 5 days so another halt to progress. Until today! While I was trying to clean up the disaster that the workshop has become from other crap not as fun, I figured it was a great opportunity to make some headway on this thing finally. So I routed the T-molding slot in the side panels and then put this together. This one has been fun since I finally got to use the router table I built 6 months ago. A few interesting parts here to have the speaker panel and grill capture both the marquee and bezel glass at the same time. The metal part of the control panel is not really that bad (although the joysticks are little rust blobs and will require a lot of work and maybe parts replacements) but there is some rust on that too. Anyone have any experience with ospho on these things? I figured it would work but no clue if it will destroy the overlay on the other side if I get any leaching through. Would prefer to keep the original overlay on this if possible. If I get cooperation from the universe tomorrow I will be painting this baby. |
| leapinlew:
I know the feeling! I took on 3 Donkey Kong cabinets this summer. Working on the last one now and it was in the worst shape. I had to rebuild the sides, floor and back, but I was able to reuse the control panel and marquee, so that's a time saver. I took the sides and repurposed them into some Arcade1up risers. I'll paint them back, but this is them getting test fitted. Definitely re-use what you can, you might be able to use Ospho and keep the overlay. Do you need to use it at all? I would be inclined to take a sander to it and spray rustoleum over it. That might be kind of ghetto, but... it's the underside of the control panel. |
| bobbyb13:
Nintendo cabinets are such a classic. Where did you find 3 DKs all at once?! Sadly it looks like I'll be running out of room before I get to build one of those. Great use of beat up panels. Seems I mostly find cabinets that are so far gone that none of the wood is salvageable. I think you're right about the sanding and Rustoleum for my CP. In between I think I will just lightly brush it with ospho instead of flooding it and see if it looks like it is helping. Really only want to do this once! I still need to mock up and test fit the whole CP assembly to make sure I get the kick panel set in just the right place. It is very Dynamo-like in form so if I don't recreate it well it is sure to be wobbly and creaky or cock-eyed. |
| bobbyb13:
Before putting any paint on this I wanted to get the kick panel in it's final resting place- which meant making sure the CP asembly was going to be right. The factory arrangement for this is pretty cool (and apparently a Midway staple.) A few locating pins and a bracket that serves to both support the lateral edges of the control panel and also get the hold down clamps in the perfect spot too. Simple and slick. There is a hinge on the bottom of the front metal skirt of this panel assembly (easy control maintenance for sure) so getting this in the right place so that it captures the bottom edge of the bezel glass and sits on the side supports well is pretty important. With the front skirt bolted to the underlying plywood and the metal plate on top I marked the height that the kick panel needed to sit at and drilled a few holes to secure that too. Got the height right it appears. Time to get some paint on this thing. I will steal a little time to start that today while I am waiting for the pond to fill up. |
| leapinlew:
That's looking awesome. Are you buying this wood? I couldn't believe the cost for 2 sheets of 5/8ths MDF. So, what's the deal with the pond? Pics of the pond! |
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