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My first conversion and real build
KDOG:
I like it. Where did you get it printed at?
TeamTEOR:
--- Quote from: KDOG on November 11, 2007, 11:17:55 pm ---I like it. Where did you get it printed at?
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Talk to Scott over at http://www.mamemarquees.com
Great guy to work with, and is very quick to email back during business hours.
TeamTEOR:
Ok, just got back from the Betson office. The new 25 inch monitor fits like a glove! It is not the Kortek monitor that I thought they were going to give me, but a BilLabs monitor, and yes, it is still tri-sync unit. It is sitting in the cab right now, but I need to go and pick up some washers so I can screw it down into place properly. They did not have the 25 inch bezel in stock, so they will order it up for me. Pictures with the unit turned on later tonight if I can get things done in time.
Tom
*****Update
HA! One thing to note, if anyone is picking up a BilLabs monitor, you will need an appliance power cord. It comes with a 3 way molex power adaptor, 1 plugs into the monitor, and the other two plug into whatever type arcade power cord you have. One the wire harness it is made with three wires, one is green and the other two are purple. The green is ground, and purple are for the 110v-240v AC power. I am going now to ACE Hardware to pick up the power cord, washers and screws.
leapinlew:
:applaud:
TeamTEOR:
OK, I know that I took the easy way out on the control panel, I didn't make any templates to carve things out all pretty, but this is my first one, and I want to get it operational so I can see if it is something that I am going to stick with.
I took out about a quarter of an inch of the MDF with my router on the bottom of the wood for the joysticks and the buttons. I probably went a little crazy on clearing the wood for the buttons as well, but I wanted to make sure I had enough of the threads used to fasten them down. Since I am rather embarrassed about the sloppiness of the routing on the bottom I won't show a picture. Give me a break here, I never used a router before this project, I feel I am doing pretty good so far. I know that I am not done, a couple more panels and a juke box are in my future, I'll get better and do nicer jobs.
In any case, when routing, do it outside, wear a mask, and have a shop vac on hand to clean up things as you go (you will thank me for that advice). So here is what the top side of the CP is looking like so far. I used a set of paper templates that I found one another builder's website, once they were taped into place I used a fine point nail set to mark the center point for each drilling location. If I had not done that I would have been lost as the paper likes to shred with that spade type drill bit. I used a 3 foot level to make sure my workbench outside was level, then I used the bubble level on the end of my drill to make sure I was drilling straight down.
The black joystick is perfect, the blue one is feeling rather ODD, so I am going to order up another one, and keep this one as spare parts. Since the black one is perfect I filled in the screws over the course of the evening, in the morning it will gets its final sanding. Keep in mind here the buttons were just sitting in place for the picture, they are already out so I can finish the prep work. I do have a control panel artwork to top the CP, but will use it for the trackball. I want to order up one for this one in the fighter theme. I am wondering if I can sneak in the spinner on the lower part of the panel in the center. I did pick up some extra red buttons along with some extra player 1 & 2 buttons so I can work on the other panels as well.
I am not sure if I touched on this before, on the back door I cut some new wood to make it look nice, painted it down and to make it easy for removal I installed a simple 3/8 inch bar knob at the top of it. It feels really solid, and I no longer need to pry out the door with a small screw driver. I was chipping the wood, and not I need to re paint two or three spots.
Feel free to jump in here guys with any ideas.