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Naomi Projects - Update : PCB Holder
Franco B:
I still have about a million things going on at once. I'm getting a little stressed but its better to be too busy than not busy at all.
I got the primed CP wet sanded and painted. It has come out really nice so far considering my lack of painting experience. I have let it dry and harden for the last few days before I wet sand it again prior to lacquering it.
I didn't have as much luck with the bezel cab front. When I was wet sanding it the primer was coming straight off as I don't think I had keyed it well enough. I should have just removed all of the primer and keyed it properly but I got annoyed with it and started removing all of the paint. It took about 20 mins to remove a tiny section of the paint so I decided to get the big guns out to remove the rest.
I used some Loctite 7200 which is a solvent gasket/seal remover. You have to be careful with this stuff as it will start to eat away at the plastic if you leave it on too long. You just have to spray it on, leave for about 20 seconds or so and then the majority of it will wipe off. I just a scotch pad and some 120 grit emery to remove the more stubborn parts. I also sprayed it with a water bottle as I was going along to wash off the solvent to make sure it wasn't eating away at the plastic. It took me nearly a whole morning to strip it due to all of the nooks and crannys but the end result should be worth it.
I then gave it a bath and scrub down with 120 grit to remove any final stubborn bits before giving it the final key with 320 grit all over. I also gave the back etc a good clean with a tooth brush as it was a little grubby. I don't think the GF wants her toothbrush back now :D
I let it dry overnight and I primed it yesterday ready for rubbing down and painting today.
I have the new CP cut. It took me three attempts in the end as the first one I had a hole out of position, the second one the endmill picked up some material on the way round and caused some huge burrs. It could have been salvaged but I wanted it to be 100% so I made a third. It cost me £30 in material alone but this last one is spot on.
I also got a new pair of Sanwa JLF's that you can see ready to be mounted.
I bought a 4 slot and 6 slot MVS mobo's off ebay. I ideally wanted to put a 6 slot in but I wasn't sure if it would fit. They were ending at the same time so I bought them both. After receiving them it looks like the 6 slot wont quite fit so I will have to make do with the four slot.
I also bought a 15k>31k converter to connect the Jamma/MVS to the 31k monitor
I also have a MVS>Jamma adapter on the way from jammaboards.com as the audio wiring on the MVS mobos is slightly different to Jamma.
My friend who designed the CPO for me has also done a marquee for me:
I am going to have the white logos cut out and the back piece of the marquee will be 3mm opal acrylic so that the letters should light up by the red LED strip.
I submitted the CPO to arcadestickers.co.uk to get a quote for printing.
There is still crap loads to do but it's getting there slowly :)
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You used her tooth brush? :applaud:
Agreed, that panel does look spot on for NEO-GEO. Can't wait to see that marquee lit up. Hopefully it'll look just as awesome as you've planned.
Franco B:
Well its kinda her spare one, we both have an ultrasonic one so I yoinked her spare :D
Yeah, I'm hoping that the acrylic should light up nicely. I'll have to see though. If it doesnt then the marquee should still look quite nice :)
HaRuMaN:
OOh I want that marquee for my candy.... noice
Franco B:
I'll ask the guy who made it for me if he minds me sharing it along with the CPO, I'm sure he won't. :)