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Semi Slim Cabinet Scratch Build (COMPLETE!) with LCD Widescreen, LOTS of pics!
topher0002:
Thrown together to see how it looks again, coin mech and all
topher0002:
One side of the coin mech had 25cents and one side had 50 cents, I looked for the same sticker online and could not find one. So i took them both out (hint: if your not used to these things take a picture of how it looked before you took it a part and save yourself an hour)
I scanned a copy of the 25 cent sticker at real size, and printed at real size with basic Microsoft Paint. Printed it out and stuck it in, looks perfect.
Secondly I needed to replace a spring on one side because it would not depress all the way back out when compressed in. I took the other one with me to ace hardware and got a box of springs of different sizes, used the closes fit and worked perfectly.
In this cabinet I am not making this functional, its just for looks.
topher0002:
I wanted to route out a groove for the mounting plate so that I could mount the trackball flush with the Acrylic to be put over it later. I basically cut out a template of the size of the plate with full 1/2 inch piece of mdf. Then I lowered the bit (flush trim bit I believe) to about 1/8 inch lower then the template and routed out the square, turned out good but its maybe a fingernail width too low, but it honestly didnt matter much later.
I apologize, I forgot to take a picture of the routed out area before putting the plate in.
topher0002:
More CP Pics
topher0002:
The worst part of the whole project, the T-Molding. I got a router bit specifically for t-molding from ebay, it cut the slot too big for the t-molding i specically baught for arcade games. So I could not just hammer it in, I had to glue it in, I tried several things, the only thing that worked was a hot glue gun.....it sucked.
I went back after and used some all purpose glue that worked ok to hold it down a little better.
Then since my wood was 1/2 inch I had to use a knife to cut off the excess, part of it went ok but its "notchy" lots of nicks and stuff I dont like, but all I could do so its done.
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