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DonkeyKong Jr Bartop Project - Finished
DonkyKong:
Progress Day 7:
Once again not alot done this time around due to other commitments and bad weather.
I cut out and fitted the Handle Pocket and IEC Fuse Chassis. Both from Jaycar
No photo of them fitted as it pissed down with rain just after I cut the holes out. :(
DK
DonkyKong:
Look what turned up today :)
All for $68au shipped to Aust from (www.somaprint.cn) in China, It took 9 days from when I submitted the Artwork till when it arrived at my door today.
Good Price and Good Service I think.
Colour reproduction (which cant be seen in the photos) could of probably been better but at the price I am pretty happy with the result.
I will be using them again on future projects. Oh and BTW their communication and English is good so no troubles there.
I will post more Pics tomorrow when I fit them.
The Bezel Artwork is coming from mamemarquee.com and left the US Yesterday.
DK
DonkyKong:
Progress Day 8:
I was keen to get the artwork on so started on some late yesterday and finished the rest this morning.
The Marquee: Which was a bastard to put on the perspex, had lots of little bubbles but managed to get most out with a pin ---tallywhacker--- then squeeze the air out so looks ok now. This was applied to 1 piece of 3mm clear perspex then another 3mm clear over the top.
a small aluminum angle is screwed top,bottom,left and right set back 6mm to stop the perspex falling inside towards the marquee light and to hold in place some black T-mold.
The Control Panel / Insert Coin: This got no bubbles at all probably due to sticking to some white laminate which isn't perfectly flat like the Perspex.
The Mirror screws are probably not needed to hold the perspex down but adds a nice touch I think. (Thanks for the help spacies Mirror Screws)(Also Thanks to jockdownunder for perspex drilling help and metalskin for his insert coin artwork)
The Sideart: I was thinking of just putting the complete sticker on without cutting around the orange border and leaving all the white in place, But in the end i thought a job worth doing is worth doing well so I spent ages trimming around the orange border and stars.
Once done and before I even stuck it on I could see it was well worth the effort and looks great.
This also got not bubbles and once again stuck to laminate.
So the Bezel art should turn up next week but after the bubbles on the marquee I'm not looking forward to sticking that onto the perspex. Any advice or tips for applying on perspex would be very welcome ;)
DK
DonkyKong:
--- Quote from: spacies;171283 ---I noticed it as well. Glad you fixed it up. You always find things like that on bartops 'cos there ain't much room inside!
--- End quote ---
I am finding that out now as I'm doing the wiring etc
I've had to re-adjust a few things. I hope I don't have to move the monitor much as there ain't much room for adjustment in there now. :)
I've done away with the 48in1 and jamma idea as it performs below par to me (boots slower than windows and sound is horrible). I've cut up the jamma harness for the buttons,joystick etc. And now going the PC route with micro atx board.
The PCB (Amp) mounted on the back of the monitor is taken from a Logitech R10 PC speakers and runs off the 12volt from molex connector so does the marquee light and the insert 20c coin back lit led button.
(I bought a low voltage kit from Jaycar to run the Amp at 9volt as stated on the power brick but after testing with the multimeter it was putting out 12volt anyway so wasn't needed)
Keywiz down the bottom which is yet to be hooked up to the buttons etc. Then its almost time to fire up and do some testing.
DK
DonkyKong:
The Keywiz has been replaced with a I-Pac VE from another project I had planed as I couldn't map or find a hotkey program that would let me map 1up+2up = ESC so I could exit Mame back to Mala frontend.
Now, Where is that bezel art I am waiting on. :D
DK
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