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Naomi Projects - Update : PCB Holder
Kaytrim:
another necro bump for you Franco. Let's see some progress...
Michael
Franco B:
Damn you and your encouragement (x3!) :D
I've just come back to work today after two weeks on the sick with some severe dental pain but all is good now :)
I have made a fair bit of progress with the stools and other parts but I thought I would wait until they are nearly finished until I posted some more pics but if you are interested I will post what I have so far.
Edit: Damn, I thought I had my transfer cable here with me but I haven't, I'll get some pics up tomorrow.
Franco B:
Okies, update as requested.
Lots o pics alert!
I have been really undecided about what to do with the cabs in relation to the monitors. I did toy with the idea of selling one of the cabs and using the money to buy a tri-sync Sanwa PFX and have all of the consoles/mame etc in the same cab but I can't really justify spending £700 on a monitor when I have a lovely 31khz monitor in one and I have an excellent 15khz monitor that I can put in the other. I will then use the one with the 31khz monitor for Naomi games, Dreamcast and Xbox 360. That way I get to keep two cabs too :)
Seeing as I'm replacing one of the monitors with a 15khz I am going to remove the JVS setup and rewire it for Jamma. I can then use an ArcadeVGA for Mame along with a J-Pac to wire the controls. I can then play my MVS carts in it along with Jamma boards and I also intend to put my Saturn in it too.
This is the JVS I/O board which needs removing:
I/O board removed and getting the monitor ready for swapping:
I then removed the 31khz monitor and unbolted it from the mounting frame:
I then bolted the 15khz monitor to the frame and mounted it back onto the cab. The only slight problem I have is that the new monitor has a slightly different curvature to the old one so I will need to modify the bezel so that it sits flush. I don't have a pic of the new monitor in place at the moment but I managed to just squeeze one in my Jamma Woody and they are awesome monitors, especially for £50 each :)
On to the stools:
Now I have the plastic parts cut I need to make up some MDF discs and rings to house the lumin discs and give the stools there depth.
I template routed a ring for the disc to sit in to keep it central:
Lumin disc in place:
I then needed to make some MDF discs to make up the bulk of the stools. As you cab see the PCB enclosure protrudes from the back of the disc so the discs has to have a cutout to clear the enclosure.
I find the best way (for me) to route out a square is to use a couple of pieces of aluminium section and then use a template bit to follow them. I just cut two of the edges and then move one piece of the section around to cut the other two sides. The radius of the cutter forms a natural radius in the corners:
This is the first piece on top of the disc and MDF ring. As you can see there is a gap at the disc sits slightly higher that the MDF ring:
To get the two sections of MDF to sit flush I had to counterbore the MDF disc with a pattern bit:
Setting the tool height:
Mid routing:
Finished counterbore:
As you can see they sit flush now:
Then it was just a case of building up the sections:
Pic of the disc from the other side:
These are the clear 8mm thick acrylic discs that I cut out. One will sit below the spacie and the smaller one will sit on top of it flush with the black acrylic:
The top MDF ring will be bolted with recessed machine screws to the top black acrylic ring and then the lower MDF layers will be screwed into the layer above it. I could glue them but then I would never be able to get to the lumin discs If I ever need to get them out.
Obligatory t-moulding slot picture:
I have also pretty much finished the stainless columns and couplings. They just need a good polish:
That's it for now :)
Epyx:
Wow...sure leave us hanging right when the sexy steel is about to meet the cuts of wood!
Franco B:
Heh heh, we'll there won't be any wood on show. There is a 10mm thick black acrylic disc on the top and bottom of the stool and a third one will be the stools base.
Inbetween the two discs will be two bands of black/chrome pin stripe t-moulding and then in the center of that I can't decide on carbon fibre or black or white leather. Any thoughts?