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Title: ARC - Smash TV 25" Conversion
Post by: nipsmg on January 14, 2019, 04:36:32 pm
After a couple of iterations of building completely custom cabs and parting with them, I decided I wanted a cab again, but lack the time or motivation to build one totally from scratch.

I obtained a 25" SmashTV that was converted to Tekken 3 for $175 locally.

(https://i.imgur.com/NVmrMWll.jpg)

I'm converting this to drive GroovyMame via a PC mounted inside, using a WG K7000 25" chassis and a donor tube.  The tube in the cabinet was consistently blurry, and even after a recap of the k7000, I couldn't get it to converge. The plastics on the tube were brittle and broken, and the convergence rings were broken as well.  I found an RCA donor tube and did a tube swap, and have a MUCH, much better picture now.

Some details of what features the completed cabinet will have:

More to come....
Title: Re: ARC - Smash TV 25" Conversion
Post by: nipsmg on January 14, 2019, 04:37:06 pm
Sneak peak at CP art:

(https://i.imgur.com/tSPa0Kr.png)
Title: Re: ARC - Smash TV 25" Conversion
Post by: Ian on January 15, 2019, 05:44:35 pm
Man it would have been cool to see that converted back to a Smash TV. But that game gets old quick. Good luck with the build. Will watch!
Title: Re: ARC - Smash TV 25" Conversion
Post by: leapinlew on January 15, 2019, 08:46:05 pm
Small money! Big prize!

Good job. Those kinds of scores are getting rare.