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O'Boyle's Arcade - by the "book"
Spyridon:
I'm using 2 of the Super Joysticks and the Ms. Pacman/Galaga stick for the 4-way. I looked on Happ's website and they have an exploaded view of the stick. I guess I was hoping I didn't have to take it apart, but looks like that's the way to go.
Looking back at my posts, I didn't list everything I was putting into this, so here it is:
(All ordered from PonyBoy: numbers represent Happ numbers)
50-6084-1125R Pac-Man/Galaga Joystick
50-6084-00 Super Joystick Black (2)
56-0300-10TI12 Trackball Assy 3”
55-1102-00 3” Trackball Mounting Kit Zinc
95-2657-00 Slikstick Spinner
50-0465-00A Skirted Knob Assy.
49-0059-00 Panel Clamps (2)
49-1000-00 Marquee Retainer 36” (2)
58-9155-L Horizontal Pushbuttons Yellow
58-9144-L Horizontal Pushbuttons Purple
58-9166-L Horizontal Pushbuttons Black
58-9100-L Horizontal Pushbuttons Red
58-9122-L Horizontal Pushbuttons Blue
40-0038-01 Coin Door
Spyridon:
I routed out the recessed area for the track ball mounting plate today. Since this was the first time using a plunge router for me, I decided to try it out on a scrape piece of wood first.
I used the mounting plate to trace out an outline for the cuts. Had to read through the router instructions to learn how to set the depth of the cut
I cut it freehand and it worked out pretty well. Here is a shot of the recessed plate in place. I did see that I cut it a little too deep, so I will adjust that on the real thing
Here is a shot of the final work on the real control panel. I got smarter after the test run and used a clamped down straight edge to get nice even edges.
Not perfect, but a pretty good fit. I'm very pleased with the way it came out as this part kind of scared me going into it. Turns out the router is pretty easy to use. I now have the confidence to move on to top mounting the joysticks.
GAtekwriter:
You did the edges and insides all by freehand? No template or guide? Nice work! Gives me hope as the Control Panel is the part I'm definitely having some anxiety about. Can you provide a photo of your entire CP at this point with AND without the hardware attached?
Jim
Dmod:
--- Quote from: GAtekwriter on October 23, 2007, 12:45:46 pm ---You did the edges and insides all by freehand? No template or guide? Nice work!
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Yeah... what he said! Congrats dude.
No way I come that close to a straight line freehand. If that was easy for you, I may need to upgrade my borrowed 20 year old router.
Spyridon:
--- Quote from: GAtekwriter on October 23, 2007, 12:45:46 pm ---You did the edges and insides all by freehand? No template or guide? Nice work! Gives me hope as the Control Panel is the part I'm definitely having some anxiety about. Can you provide a photo of your entire CP at this point with AND without the hardware attached?
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The practice one was all freehand. For the real control panel, I clamped my straight edge down for each side. This allowed me to run the router against the edge and get a nice straight line. Just needed to be careful when you got to the end of each side so you didn't go past the outline. It really went pretty easy, I just had to take my time. Probably took me an hour to cut it out as I was very careful.
I'll take a picture of the whole control panel, but other than the recessed area for the trackball plate it looks the same as the pictures above. I didn't actuall install any hardware yet. The trackball plate is just sitting in there upside down to test the fitting.
I was most worried about the control panel as well, but so far so good (crosss finger...knock on wood...etc.)
I still need to cut out the area for the trackball. Guess I'll use the router for that and the same method. Won't have to be as careful on the edges though. After that I'm going to top mount the joysticks, so that means more fun with the router.
Thanks for all the compliments. I'll keep taking photos as I go along.
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