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Initial questions before taking the plunge!
PL1:
--- Quote from: JCHusky77 on April 06, 2013, 03:17:04 pm ---With regards to the joystick...from what I remember when i turned it over..when you moved the joystick, a rod touched different metal pieces which then activated the switch. There were four microswitches and the joystick did move in all 8 directions.
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Maybe you can pick the stick out of a lineup here or here. Could be a Happ Super. :dunno
--- Quote from: JCHusky77 on April 06, 2013, 03:17:04 pm ---Can you buy the microswitches by themselves?
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Yes, you can buy switches separately.
--- Quote from: JCHusky77 on April 06, 2013, 03:17:04 pm ---Are the button microswitches the same as the joystick microswitch? And is a microswitch a microswitch a microswitch? meaning if you have one, it works for all??
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Not necessarily.
Some switches have a lever arm like you describe on the joysticks, some don't.
Some switches require only 20 grams to actuate, some require 125 grams.
Switches are like cars -- They are similar in that they have 4 wheels and get you from point A to point B, but can be as different as a "Smart" car and a Suburban.
Choose your car/switch according to what you want to do with it.
--- Quote from: JCHusky77 on April 06, 2013, 03:17:04 pm ---Oh, i forgot to mention...he also have a small DMD screen about 12 inches long and like 2-3 inches wide....any idea where this came from?
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Might be from a pinball machine or a digital sign, but without pictures or part numbers it's impossible to say.
Scott
JCHusky77:
After doing some research..the cabinet in question that I may buy is an old Xevious cabinet. it still has the original side art and picture above the monitor. The guy who owned it changed the control panel into a bowling game and changed the bezel. But otherwise..its a Xevious Cabinet.
Is Xevious a game where it is sacrilege to gut the cabinet? Or worthwhile to restore if he has a working Jamma??
The joystick bottoms reminds me of the Happ Competition, however the handle was not blue, it was black and shaped more like Happ/ILs.
I wish I just took some pics while I was there 8( but alas...im new to the scene and wont make the same mistake! 8)
paigeoliver:
A converted Xevious is a great choice for a Mame cabinet. They often sell for around $200 in really nice condition, which tells me that the demand for them is low and thus there is no reason to try to turn a converted one back into Xevious.
A converted bowling game isn't the kind of thing you would want to restore either. There are a lot of different arcade bowling titles, but only a few that warrant any restoration work, the black and white ones from the 1970s (as they are all super rare), the DEDICATED version of Capcom Bowling, and the two different ones where you roll a cue ball into the cabinet and a sensor reads it and shows the bowling on screen (Super Strike and one version of Strata Bowling). All other bowling titles are not really worth trying to restore. Fix them up a bit? Sure, I have a Capcom Bowling conversion that I fixed up a bit (rebuilt the trackball, bought sideart), but I sure wasn't going to try to do a full restoration on it.
JCHusky77:
Oh, i was never going to restore a bowling game. Im just going to convert it into a Mame cabinet. the guy who owned it turned the control panel and bezel into a different one for his bowling game. The cabinet is Xavious..
Im going to try to get the cab and buttons and see what I can do.
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