The Coin Door LightsHow could I forget about the coin door lights?!?!? No arcade machine is truly complete without lighting up the coin door return buttons. Shortly after getting the cabinet in a playable state, theCoder hooked me up with some LEDs for the return buttons. He wired two LEDs controlled by a circuit board and ran it all to a regular power plug and sent it to me for FREE!!! All I had to do was plug it in and mount the lights behind the yellow coin return buttons. The only snag (if you could even call it that) was figuring out how to mount the LEDs so the light is evenly distributed. This really couldn't have been any easier and it looks great - especially when there no other lights in the room other than the marquee.
Unfortunately, the only pictures I have are of the installation and not the end result. Since the LEDs kind of pulsate slowly and randomly, there's no good way to show them off with a picture.
In this first picture you can see the green circuit board, the plug and the two white LEDs:
I used scotch tape (seriously) to secure both lights in place behind the coin return buttons in a place that seemed to evenly distribute the light. Pretty easy.
Thanks
theCoder!!
The Coin BoxOK, I think we can agree that this is getting a bit tedious, right? I'm forcing myself to cross the finish line within the next week. I am about to have a few free days to work on my new project and I want this one to be complete or else I fear, much like my first project, it never will be (I'll finish it eventually!). Most of the time I used to spend working on these things has been getting sucked away because of Rock Band. I'm addicted.
Anyway, I finally put the coin box in the cabinet. There's no magic here - I took a cardboard box and wrapped it in duct tape to give it some added strength. Then I printed out the marquee and stuck it to the front for show. The only consideration was making sure it was big enough to catch quarters/tokens from both coin mechs. Here it is:
Try to contain yourselves.