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Crackington Cocktail Cabinet (Made in Cornwall, UK)
BobA:
Hey sorry I cannot answer those questions. I am not the builder just trying to help you out on an old thread.
jimmy2x2x:
ahh, didn't realise its vintage!
rchadd:
--- Quote from: BobA on July 07, 2010, 04:36:49 pm ---From the interior view it looks like he has wires to the CP area that are fixed so he probably uses a connector to swap to different control panels. Maybe a male and female DB 25. The encoder will not know if the cp is swapped out so hat swapping is easy as long as nothing is shorted when connectors are exchanged.
Just my best guess
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yes that is correct
i used DB25 femail sockets on the cab for player 1 and player 2 on both the sides and on the front
the control panels have DB25 plugs
the pins of the player1 and player2 sockets go to the same ipac inputs.
this works fine as only one control panel for each user.
for the trackball the X and Y wires use different pins on the connector and they go to the optipac, but the fire buttons go to the ipac
rchadd:
--- Quote from: jimmy2x2x on July 07, 2010, 05:43:23 pm ---Great looking cocktail, well done!
To change the control panels, you remove the glass top and uncouple the db25 then replace?
Also are those metal hooks from the control panels the only things holding them in place, how solid are the panels when in use - is there any movement?
Thanks
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yes thats it - i just lift the lid, unplug the panels and move them and plug back int.
the aluminium brackets are the only way they are mounted. i made some notches in the top and the fit it pretty tight so no side to side movement. the control panels are pretty heavy (made out of MDF) so they stay pretty stable
jimmy2x2x:
Thanks for that, Hows the cab holding up - It was almost 6 years ago from the first post in this thread!
do you still own it?
Do you still play it?
Made any modifications?
Cheers