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Title: Mounting a Slikstik onto Midway cab?
Post by: Impostor on July 14, 2003, 04:20:19 pm

I'm deciding between building a CP or just buying the SlikStik for my Midway cab.  I've done all the readings on building vs. buying so I could go either way.  Anyways, on the route of the SlikStik, how would you mount it on a Midway cabinet?  I mean, the bottom of the Slikstik is like cardboard isn't it?

Thanks!

Impostor

Title: Re:Mounting a Slikstik onto Midway cab?
Post by: AlanS17 on July 14, 2003, 04:50:22 pm

What type of Midway cabinet are we talking about? The large 25" monitor cabinet for games like the MK series?

Title: Re:Mounting a Slikstik onto Midway cab?
Post by: Impostor on July 14, 2003, 05:05:05 pm

Yup.  The large type like MK.  Specifically, this one was a ded. Skins Game by Midway.

Impostor

Title: Re:Mounting a Slikstik onto Midway cab?
Post by: AlanS17 on July 14, 2003, 05:09:34 pm

I don't think it's a problem that a few L-brackets couldn't solve. Those slikstiks are pretty big, but so are the Midway cabinets. I bet it would make a pretty nice fit.

Title: Re:Mounting a Slikstik onto Midway cab?
Post by: Impostor on July 14, 2003, 06:27:00 pm

Just not sure if the cardboard bottom of the slikstik is a good sturdy thing to screw L brackets into.  I was thinking of 2 panel clamps installed 90 degrees, kinda like an L bracket.

Title: Re:Mounting a Slikstik onto Midway cab?
Post by: KevSteele on July 14, 2003, 08:04:57 pm

The bottom of a SlikStik isn't exactly cardboard -- it's more like 1/4" particleboard. Not sure of the name of the stuff, but it's like the material they use in pegboard.

When I attached my SlikStik to an Atari System 1 cab, I ended up mounting the bottom board from the Slikstik to the cab (using two small L-braces, and two 1" bolts with two 1" washers) then setting the SlikStik into place and adding two L braces on the back. Solid as a rock.

If you're concerned about the bottom board on the SlikStik, you can always mount into the bottom edges of the side panels on the SlikStik, which are 3/4 MDF.

Kevin