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Supper Chexx, one last try - 90 degree gearbox ideas?

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Mark70:


--- Quote from: NightGod on July 28, 2006, 07:58:50 am ---By the time you invested all the hours and money to buy the parts, I'm almost thinking it would be cheaper to just buy one for $2500 >.<

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The cost of the parts is the price you pay to enjoy the time spent building one.  Having one when you're done is just a bonous.

Mark70:

http://www.marvin3m.com/arcade/chexx.htm

Here's a "WOW" information page by some collector who knows his stuff.

RandyT:

Were I only wealthy enough to buy one of these......

These were one of my most favorite games at the arcades.  After growing up with the crappy little home versions, playing one of these let you know just how sound the mechanical concepts of the game were when enough money was thrown at it.

There was a,  IMHO, crappy home version for about $400 at Sears, but it just didn't feel close enough for the expense.

I hate to say this, but $23 each for the gearboxes, assuming they come with the player mounts and shaft interfaces, will probably end up being a deal. 

RandyT

Mark70:

I'm going to start making a list of must buy replacement parts from happ and see what the cost ends up being.

So far:

Dome (simply a must)
Goal / puck chute assembly (decided it's worth buying for both look and mechanical reasons)
10 gearboxes
8 short stick players
4 long stick players
2 goalies
player washers (these hold the players on the gearboxes, though I don't know how)

Other Non Happ Parts

Two arcade pushbuttons.  Maybe four if I want cheer and boo.
Some kind of gear assembly to move the goalie
Some prox sensors
solenoid to fire the puck
Something to I/O with the pc.  Probably an IPAC.  I guess the IPAC lacks output though?
Something else to relay to the solenoid

Maybe Parts List

-puck ramps (ramps in each corner and behind the net keep the puck in play.  Mayb be easy to fab)
-bearings which hold rods which drive the players (need to find out more about these.  I think it's like a ring with ball bearings sticking through towards it's center where the rod rides, twists and moves in and out)

No Buy List

Scoreboard (I'm convinced that I can use some kind of digital display to make this)
Motherboard (good old PC.  I figure a real old junker could run something this simple)


JackTucky:

I have one in my basement.  Got it brand new in box.  I love her.

Jacktucky

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