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Bob's Arcade Cabinet 2nd attempt!
BobtheAddict:
Hello everyone,
This weekend I decided to take everones advise and apply the T-Molding to my control panel. I attempted to apply the molding myself and I was unable to stretch and apply the molding. So I called up one of my buddies for assistance. We ended up using a razor blade and cutting v's in the molding so that the molding would curve the corners. Next, we used a heat gun and applied it to the bent corners and it worked like a charm.
I will post some pictures tomorrow but I wanted to thank everyone for their assistance.
BobTheAddict
BobtheAddict:
I finally got around to taking a couple of pictures and wouldn't you know only one picture came out good. :angry:
Oh well, here you go. Now all is left is to start the wiring process.
BobtheAddict:
Good evening everyone,
This weekend I decided to tackle the wiring harness for the control panel. I have spent a lot of time looking at examples from other members and I finally came up with a game plan. I can see every member put a lot of time into their wiring job and I wanted to make sure I do the same.
The first thing I did before wiring the control panel, I grabbed a roil of wire I had laying around and started laying the wire. I used 22 AWG wire and I could tell since the wire was pretty stiff, I was going to run into an issue with keeping all the wires together.
Here are a couple of pictures of my original wire job and some new mock up wire examples.
BobtheAddict:
Now that I had the layout completed, I wanted to reduce the bulky wire with a thinner gauge so I could control the bend. I decided on going with 26 AWG wire. The next issue I ran into was keeping all the wire neat and clean while hooking up the quick disconnects to the micro switches.
My buddy gave me the idea of cutting the wire in 2 foot length and zip tying in place. This allowed me to keep the wire harness tight and allowing me to pull the slack out to hook up to the micro switch. Here are a couple of pictures of the wire in zip ties and hooked up to the micro switches.
BobtheAddict:
I have been working on the wiring now for the last two weeks and have about 8 hours into it so far. Can't believe it is taking me so long to hook up the wires, but it will be well worth it once it is completed. Here is a picture with the control panel mounted to the base and the wiring job almost complete.
Time to quit for the night and have a few brews and watch the lakers game.
BobTheAddict :cheers:
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