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Title: My first Gut and Mame
Post by: SOAPboy on October 18, 2004, 06:45:25 am

This was the mighty CapCom bowling cab when i bought it... 25 bucks, monitor, pcb, ect..

problem was, monitor was so burnt in it wasent worth keeping in the cabinet (and it suuure made it lighter for the 3 flights of steps this bad boy had to go up), and the pcb was fryed.. all in all for 25 bucks, nice cab..

(http://s88080780.onlinehome.us/arcade/1.JPG)

(http://s88080780.onlinehome.us/arcade/2a.JPG)

(http://s88080780.onlinehome.us/arcade/3a.JPG)

there she is.. before any work..

now mind you, this is my first hack job on a cabinet.. in fact, i already want something different.. i kinda like the cab, but i dunno, something feels odd about it..

anyways coin door one side "clean" other side uncleaned

(http://s88080780.onlinehome.us/arcade/4.JPG)


my crappy CP layout.. which i intend on making a new one, but i was in a hurry to get the joystick in and test em..  ^_^

(http://s88080780.onlinehome.us/arcade/8.JPG)

yay wired.. man, my wiring skills suck anymore :(

that and i used speaker wire.. sad i know, but well, i had it laying around and didnt think to use something smaller.. next time i think its going to be something a bit smaller..

(http://s88080780.onlinehome.us/arcade/20.JPG)

(http://s88080780.onlinehome.us/arcade/21.JPG)



now some questions..

you see that gap.. WTF do i do with that? right now i just have contact paper over it to hid and "protect" the wires.. but imo it sucks..

and the ipac.. how exactly should i "mount" that.. right now its being held in by thumb taks.. i didnt really want to screw it down in fear of snapping the board because of the solder points on the bottom, but i didnt want it to lose so it could shake around..  i WOULD however like it mounted to the cp because i like everything together..

last pic..

credit buttons.. sadly i couldnt do anything about the 2 holes in the front where the stupid bar was to hold the coin door shut or protect it or whatever these looneys think there doing..

so i filled the holes with coin buttons, was going to do side mounts, but hell theres already 2 holes there right? hehe

(http://s88080780.onlinehome.us/arcade/22.JPG)

zoom..

Title: Re:My first Gut and Mame
Post by: RayB on October 18, 2004, 10:44:44 am

Can you post shots of the side view? Your coin "doors" tell me this cab might have been a real old one, or a Nintendo cab (doesn't seem to be Nintendo shaped though), that's why I'm wondering. Did you see any evidence inside of what it used to be before Capcom Bowling?

~Ray B.

Title: Re:My first Gut and Mame
Post by: DYNAGOD on October 18, 2004, 11:11:20 am

bondo is your friend..  ;D

Title: Re:My first Gut and Mame
Post by: SOAPboy on October 18, 2004, 02:21:41 pm

Quote from: RayB on October 18, 2004, 10:44:44 am

Can you post shots of the side view? Your coin "doors" tell me this cab might have been a real old one, or a Nintendo cab (doesn't seem to be Nintendo shaped though), that's why I'm wondering. Did you see any evidence inside of what it used to be before Capcom Bowling?

~Ray B.

the orig manufacture stickers are on it.. 1982 SEGA..

monitor had track and field burned in and another game i couldnt identify because it was so burnt in..

ill get pics of the side tonight.. but now, its off to work ZOOM!