Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: tron84 on June 28, 2013, 11:23:36 am
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First off there are some Really talented cabinet builders here. I wish I had room for cabinets but I dont, one day. I would love a room full of them because I grew up in the golden age of arcades. So I have to make controller's.
I was not sure where my post should fall, since it is complete now & falls under a couple of things.
I already have a dual stick setup. I was missing a dedicated 4way joystick & was needing one bad. So I picked up an original Pacman joystick. ;D This felt wrong making a controller out of it, to me. One day it will go into a cab. It was so rusted & broke, I could not let it be forgotten or destroyed over time. To me this was the best 4way joystick ever made & designed ;D :applaud:
So here it is how I got it. The grommet is busted & the joy is rusted.
(http://i.imgur.com/4yPteCz.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/CuMhxt5.jpg)
Starting the rehab.
(http://i.imgur.com/MnHfsdt.jpg)
This is as much as I could get it cleaned.
(http://i.imgur.com/ngJ97fO.jpg)
New centering grommet put on. The other plate cleaned up ;D
(http://i.imgur.com/IrQnS7f.jpg)
Now I wanted to keep the joystick in metal, since it is a short shaft.
(http://i.imgur.com/vULcWuI.jpg)
The original leaf switches were shot on this. I had to get replacement size leaf switches for it. I also used the classx leaf switches from GGG , for the buttons.
(http://i.imgur.com/7Wry3GZ.jpg)
So here it is put together ;D I hand cut the pacman logo name out of a purple chrome vinyl.
(http://i.imgur.com/4nZska6.jpg)
Made PacMan on the dust washer.
(http://i.imgur.com/Ts7IEIy.jpg)
Then I made a stencil type for the side ghost's. One side is red, the other side pink. It is hard to tell from the pic but the ghost's are metallic. I did it this way, so it would let the metal thru the color ;D Plus who does not like shiny things :o ;D ;D hehehehehe
(http://i.imgur.com/a6TQi1r.jpg)
So that is what I came up with & built. Hope ya like it. Thanks for looking :cheers:
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A mere shadow of it's former terrible self. Nice work!
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I like it - the pac-grommet is particularly clever!
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Very nice work. I like to see something good made from something that would otherwise get thrown away.
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A mere shadow of it's former terrible self. Nice work!
Thanks Randy. :cheers:
I like it - the pac-grommet is particularly clever!
Thank you AGarv... Yes, Bally/Midways design of this joystick is some very fine engineering!!! ;D They just do not make them like this anymore.
Very nice work. I like to see something good made from something that would otherwise get thrown away.
Thanks monkey puzzle. :cheers: I feel the same way. I could not let a piece of gaming history just rot or be thrown away. I am sure there a lot of members here, that like me grew up in the pacman days ;D It was a small part but every piece counts :cheers: