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superbigjay:
All right, here'a a status on the project...

These are the parts I have right now:

4'x8' Sheet of Stainless Steel 1/40in thick (see picture)
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It will be used to laminate the side pannel of the cabinet.
got it from a friend who works in a metal sheet distributor

Happ coin door (see picture)
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got it used on ebay.
It needs some minor paint touch-up, but seems in good order.
It came with 2 different US coin mech. I had to modify them to
accept canadian quarters. The modification was simple enough.
Can and US quarter are similar in size, but differ in weight.

What I did on the "more recent coin mech" (black and grey) is to remove
the small magnet from its enclosure. Instead og throwing it away, I decided
to "stick it" on the other side of the metal piece that was holding it.
It can accept both CAN and US quarter, but I don't care since US money
worth more than CAN ;)
Note that any washer with the right size would also work in this case,
but since the arcade will my in my living room and that it will be my money,
that shouldn't be a problem.

For the one that seem a bit older (golden one), I tried to remove the
magnet, but in this case, all quarters (CAN and US) were rejected.
Eliminating completely the magnetic field in this case didn't work, since
the quarter needs to be slightly deviated from its trajectory to fall in the
right apperture.
So I just added Glue (from a hot glue gun) to increase the distance
between the magnet and the "coin chute" (where the coins pass...)
The adjustment was done with trials and errors
==> put glue
==> try CAN quarter
==> If the quarter is held by the magnet, increase the distance (add glue)
==> If the quarter goes through but is rejected, decrease the distance (remove glue)
The you get to the point where the CAN gets accepted all the time :applaud:
In this case, only CAN quarters are accepted.

translucent yellow push buttons and USB trackball (see picture)
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I got some transluscent pushbuttons and a usb trackball from Tornado Terry's.
I must say that the shopping experience with him was more than pleasing!
Fast respond time, Fast shipping!
The package was delivered at my work:
- I work on a computer all day
- I receive an USB trackball
==> It didn't take long to verify if the trackball was working or not >:D

These are the part that are ordered, but not received yet:
- LED strips to illuminated the circular logos on the side of the cab
I'd like to thank Knievel for the idea (it was supposed to be a yellow neon,
but they seem to be almost impossible to find these day!)
- Bag of yellow LEDs to illuminate the pushbuttons and trackball.
- Joysticks (2 happ 360 and 1 reunion stick)

That's it for now folks.

This weekend I'll try to fix the :censored: door for my work place...

Jay.

superbigjay:
Here're the pic for the trackball and pushbuttons.
I was exceeding the 512K limit...

Also, I've included a picture of an uromastyx around which the whole
living room theme is based...

cheers!

Kaytrim:

--- Quote from: superbigjay on March 22, 2007, 09:22:00 am ---
Also, I've included a picture of an uromastyx around which the whole
living room theme is based...

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So that is why everything is yellow. :dizzy: I was thinking that you liked bananas. :laugh2: Have fun with this build, I'll be watching.

TTFN :cheers:
Kaytrim

theCoder:
Have you thought about building the vivarium into the base of the cab?

How are you going to treat the stainless steel? Keep it smooth & shiny, or sand some cool swirly patterns in?

What about lighting the trackball? I had great success on my last project drilling three holes in the bottom of the trackball case, and glued the led's right in. No need for an extra third party retainer or bracket.

Good luck on the build.

zenmasterbooty:

--- Quote from: theCoder on March 22, 2007, 11:14:07 pm ---Have you thought about building the vivarium into the base of the cab?

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The little guy would love the warmth, but the blasting sounds of the games echoing through the cab would stress him to an early grave.

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