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My humble project :) **The Ghetto-Cab**

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Blanka:
Do you need so much empty space above the trackball for Golden Tee then?
I thought this way you have space to rest your palms while spinning or Pac-manning. In your setup, the hands rest on the buttons for those functions.

TelcoLou:

--- Quote from: Blanka on May 05, 2008, 03:54:09 pm ---Do you need so much empty space above the trackball for Golden Tee then?
I thought this way you have space to rest your palms while spinning or Pac-manning. In your setup, the hands rest on the buttons for those functions.

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I was tossing around the idea of 3 mouse buttons above the trackball area, not sure though ...

TelcoLou:
Newest revision ... re-revised  ;)

TelcoLou:
WOW, it took forever to get my CP from arcadesrfun .. he's really over-worked with orders, but after seeing the quality of his work, it was worth the wait. I actually got it on Thursday, but had to "test it out", set up the inputs, etc ... you know how that goes  ::)

Soooo, I had to cut an "L" shaped notch off each of the cabinet's side ears to fit the panel (sorry purists, but I'm never going to re-convert this already-been-converted-to-hell-and-back cab to centipede). Next, I mounted a series of shelf brackets to carry the load (this thing is HEAVY!):



Not seen in the picture is 2 small shelf brackets mounted from behind the panel, securing the back side to the cabinet's  inside supports.

I think she looks very nice  ;D :



Here's a close-up:



... the spinner knob is a repro Tempest knob that I bought from groovy game gear ($12+ shipping); blue-LED lit trackball, 2 8-way sticks and a 4-way, on the right side of the CP are admin buttons (black) for ESC, TAB, and Pause. I've got an extra button on the front, left side of the panel that I'm not sure what to assign it to ... for now it toggles on/off the crosshairs in lightgun games (which are fun to play using the trackball).

The transition between the panel and the monitor glass was made from a 3/4" piece of foam board covered with faux-leather contact paper, and simply wedged in place. it sits nice and snug, and looks great (IMHO).

So there ya go ... my ghetto-cab, nearly almost sorta completed  ;) Still need some touch-up painting and some real marquee art, lighted coin return buttons, and other things I'm sure I'll find down the road.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some high scores to conquer  8)

TelcoLou:
In response to a topic in the main forum, here's a pre-Christmas Ghetto-Cab bump:



Yay for led Christmas lights! Next up; printing out "Free Play" on clear vinyl to stick on the coin-release "buttons"

Oh .. I also swapped out the dedicated 4-way stick for a top-fire 8-way stick.

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