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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: gShooter on August 08, 2010, 12:11:19 am
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Long time lurker, first time project. I bought this cab today via a local dealer for $50 after buying a Tekken 4 last month for $50 as well. Pretty sweet deal considering it's an original Galaxian cab and it included the original bezel, marquee, coin doors, and control panel. After about 2 hours of work, the cab is essentially stripped. You can see from the picture below, somewhere along the line it had the sides painted black and a pale blue on the front. After removing the coin door and mechs, you can still see the original Galaxian graphics and white cabinet color under the coin door frame. I figured posting it here would motivate me to complete it a little quicker than it I hadnt plus get some great feedback.
My plans are:
1. clean everything up
2. correct all surface damage
3. either repaint or laminate the surfaces
4. install new 19'' monitor
5. since there isnt a pcb, install new multicade board
6. install new cp with trackball
7. install new JAMMA harness
8. install new power supply
9. install light source for backlighting the marquee
10. install a few modern AC accessories
Galaxian Cab #19,267
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/7585/cabsml.jpg) (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/cabsml.jpg/)
Coin Door
(http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9347/coindoorsml.jpg) (http://img25.imageshack.us/i/coindoorsml.jpg/)
Coin Door Removed
(http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/1725/coinholesml.jpg) (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/coinholesml.jpg/)
Control Panel
(http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/9311/cpsml.jpg) (http://img576.imageshack.us/i/cpsml.jpg/)
Control Panel stripped
(http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3518/cpstripped.jpg) (http://img838.imageshack.us/i/cpstripped.jpg/)
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nice find! other than the trackball, what kind of cp are you going to have in there?
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Something simple.
1 - 8 way
3 - buttons
1 - trackball
2 - buttons for 1/2 player select
I really want to get the coin mechs up and running so I can use it as sort of a piggy bank for myself. I'll give the wife the keys to the machine when complete.
Havent figured out yet exactly what size trackball I should use, but I have some time I think before I get there. Ordered the board, harness and power supply yesterday. New monitor came a few days ago. All in all though, this is panning out to be much cheaper than I had originally expected.
I think it will be awesome to have a bunch of the old style vertical games in a Galaxian cab.
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Are you getting new Galaxian side art?
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Are you getting new Galaxian side art?
That would be the last step along after I had every thing up and running.
UPDATE:
- Ordered the new powder coated CP
- Ordered new CP overlay
- Ordered new buttons (5 red - 2 white)
- Ordered lime green t-molding
Still shopping for:
- Joystick
- Trackball
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21 Sep 2010
Spent a fair amount of time this weekend on the cab.
All the parts have arrived. Waiting till the paint process is complete.
- all surface damage repaired, replaced
- replaced inner 2 partitions (1/2'' birch plywood)
- sanded, filled, primed (2 coats) inside and outside of cab
- control panel overlay and controls installed (still cant find 3'' carriage bolts easily)
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26 Sep 10
- First coat of white on the sides, front, and back today after 2 coats of primer.
- Also purchased a pair of shielded/amp speakers - Logitech X-140's for a decent price
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-970264-0403-X-140-2-0-Speakers/dp/B000IF4788/ref=sr_1_7?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285551064&sr=8-7 (http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-970264-0403-X-140-2-0-Speakers/dp/B000IF4788/ref=sr_1_7?s=gateway&ie=UTF8&qid=1285551064&sr=8-7)
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Pics!
what track ball are you going to use? I need to pick one up
for my metal CP.
Crayola
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I bought an Atari 2.25 inch at Arcadeshop.com. I also splurged and got the JAMMA trackball harness, powder coated cp (1 joystick, 5 buttons, trackball), and cp overlay. Very friendly, quick shipping.
Hardest part has been finding 3'' carriage bolts which I finally found at grooveygear.com at a decent price.
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I am curious, which Arcadeshop.com control panel did you get for your Galaxian? The panels I see there are Galaga/MsPac panels, and from Crayola's experience I thought those panels are not a direct replacement for Galaxian/Pac cabs.
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I am curious, which Arcadeshop.com control panel did you get for your Galaxian? The panels I see there are Galaga/MsPac panels, and from Crayola's experience I thought those panels are not a direct replacement for Galaxian/Pac cabs.
This one is the one I purchased along with the overlay.
http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/multicade-ur-panel-tb.jpg (http://www.arcadeshop.com/pics/multicade-ur-panel-tb.jpg)
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gShooter,
Have you tried your new CP on the Galaxian cab? I am very curious to know if it fits, if it does I may order one myself!
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It fits fine. I'll post some pics tomorrow.
- Finished almost all of the white and black painting today. Just have the shelves left. Gotta work the powered speakers (X-140s) in the shelf tomorrow. If all goes well, might even get to play a few games.
- swapped out the screws for carriage bolts on the trackball (carriage bolts from Crow River)
- swapped out the pushbuttons for convex pushbuttons
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I tried an original Galaga control panel on the Galaxian cab.. didnt fit.
Never tried the multicade ones arcade shop sells. They might fit.. dont know
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03 OCT 2010
Got a fair amount done today....not as much as I wanted, but a solid amount.
Here are the pics I promised:
Speaker Installation
(http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/4808/spkr4sml.th.jpg) (http://img411.imageshack.us/i/spkr4sml.jpg/) (http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/3483/spkr3sml.th.jpg) (http://img337.imageshack.us/i/spkr3sml.jpg/) (http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/5686/spkr2sml.th.jpg) (http://img843.imageshack.us/i/spkr2sml.jpg/) (http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/4409/spkr1sml.th.jpg) (http://img690.imageshack.us/i/spkr1sml.jpg/)
* The speaker install went fairly smooth. For the future, or next build, I will buy a hole saw. The Porter Cable jigsaw I have will be going back for the Dewalt I should have purchased.
Control Panel Dry Fit
(http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/1062/panle3sml.th.jpg) (http://img178.imageshack.us/i/panle3sml.jpg/) (http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/3531/panel2sml.th.jpg) (http://img819.imageshack.us/i/panel2sml.jpg/) (http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/9510/panelsml.th.jpg) (http://img844.imageshack.us/i/panelsml.jpg/)
* The control panel is pretty simple. There is a small 1/8-1/4 inch gap along the edge of the panel. I think that a small strip of auto door edge molding will make it snug.
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Why did you strip the control panel if you were getting a new one?
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I was bored and waiting for parts plus I had a free powder coat spot.
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Close up of the install
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1315/img0343p.jpg)
Both of the speakers installed
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/9057/img0342r.jpg)
The backside
(http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/1791/img0344qu.jpg)