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The Bar Top Trio + Donkey Kong Junior MAME+MaLa project w/ video
mike boss:
The guy I purchased the cabinets off of says he flips a ton of these little units.
When he sold them (which could be a pitch I guess) said they could easily be rotated.
I've taken apart two of the three cabinets.
I can clearly see that in one of the cabinets the monitor at some point was vertically mounted.
However cabinet two is a different story. The monitor and chassis are completely different.
I would assume I could turn everything on its side, however I'm unsure.
I'll need to post some pictures to provided a clearer idea of what I'm talking about.
There was some.......extra material I guess you would call it in the cabinet. A shelf of sorts that the coin box rested below.
I removed that from the cabinet to create extra room.
I may have to get a little help from my father in law but I'm sure I will be able to mount the monitor in the correct orientation.
In the even that I can not, I do believe that the 48-in-1 board has an option to rotate the image. So perhaps I can leave the monitor in the horizontal state
and simply change the options. I am aware it will be a smaller picture.
Kevin Mullins:
That particular cabinet looks like it's possible..... I was looking at your first mockup pic thinking it was an older Merit / Megatouch type unit which has no room at all to turn them.
And no.... the 48in1's do NOT have an option to flip the orientation.
mike boss:
In cabinet number two the monitor chassis was attached to a big metal bracket.
On the top of the cabinet were two pieces of wood that left a gap at the top of the cabinet.
The chassis on its metal housing simply slid into place.
I've included a picture.
For my installation I'm going to remove the chassis from the metal housing.
I've traced out a piece of plywood that I will need to cut in order to mount the monitor vertically.
This is the bracket that was in the 1st cabinet.
I just traced it onto a piece of wood so that I could use the same template in cabinet number two.
I checked to make sure the monitor would fit vertically and that the hole was the correct size.
The only thing I need to do is make it about a quarter inch shorter.
mike boss:
The most daunting part of this process will be the wiring of the cabinets.
I've never done anything like this before.
I will even need to do some soldering for the very first time with this project.
I'm trying really hard to study things as I take them apart but these cabinets are a mess inside.
I keep referring back to the Bob Roberts tutorial, which does seem easy enough, yet still a little daunting.
I've only gutted two of three cabinets but neither has had the power distribution block or the AC filter as per the diagram.
I've contacted a local seller of arcades and arcade parts trying to see if they have these items available.
Also to see if they have new power switches as the switches all seem buggered.
( I honestly don't know if arcade games require some sort of special power switch )
As much as I tried to pay attention when I took these suckers apart they really were a mess.
I think with some patience and some help I'll be able to get these guys done.
This was the mess of wires I was dealing with.
I wish I had taken a few more pictures just to know what was going where.
I got things gutted and cleaned up.
My understanding is three wires come in from the plug, the black would go directly to the fuse, and from the fuse out to switch.
So once the ground (green), white, and black (coming off the fuse) have gone to the switch I then attach the white & black wire from the isolation to the switch.
I also splice in the black and white connections that goto the power supply.
mike boss:
For some reason I'm getting really thrown by the fact that the two wires coming off the isolation transformer have quick disconnects on them. It's making me think they were plugged into the power supply, but I can't see a reason for that. Sadly that is where I wish I had paid a little closer attention.
When I get back cabinet three I'll need to really observe carefully which wire went where.
In the meantime in Photoshop I did a draft of how I need to wire the cabinet. I believe I've covered all my steps.