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Casing your old PCBs?
vib_ribbon:
kilgore,
pretty much what i had in mind but with another piece of plywood that goes over the top of the pcb. my main concern is actual physical contact with the board.
as explained previously, i swap boards so often that (i know it's wrong) i don't secure them to the wooden board inside the cab. so when it comes to plugging and unplugging the pcb from the JAMMA connector, i have to somehow hold/ lever the connector from the board.
if i make a 4 sided wooden case/ bracket for these pcbs, then the pcbs will be permanently screwed to the inside of the case and i don't have to make any contact with the actual pcb when i plug/ unplug the connector.
sounds like a plan?
koa68:
My cabinets have a false floor in them, all my PCB's are attached to their own MDF board. I just slide the boards in and out of the cabinets sitting them on this false floor. Again for storage I've made large storage boxes for them these are made so that the PCB with the MDF board just slide in and out of the storage boxes, just like a rack. The MDF that the PCB's are attached to also have a handle cut into them makes everything easy.
paigeoliver:
I always stored my boards in priority boxes and left them in the boxes when I would plug them in.
vib_ribbon:
--- Quote from: koa68 on June 24, 2005, 06:43:24 am ---My cabinets have a false floor in them,
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ChadTower:
--- Quote from: paigeoliver on June 24, 2005, 07:21:29 am ---I always stored my boards in priority boxes and left them in the boxes when I would plug them in.
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I've seen a lot of people do that, and as mentioned, I do it myself. Works well and is free.