Janky Kong - The Final Frontier

[harveybirdman]

Nothing like seeing a repaired CRT fire up... Great Job!

[pbj]

Good work, man.  It is supremely satisfying to get an old CRT going.

[yotsuya]

Nothing like seeing a repaired CRT fire up... Great Job!

Nothing like seeing it fire up with no fire!

[yotsuya]

Good work, man.  It is supremely satisfying to get an old CRT going.

Yeah, especially since the tube is burn free.

[rablack97]

 

[yotsuya]

 

Yep,  baby, I practice on these machines, pretty soon,  we talkin' playoffs!

[jugger18]

 

Yep,  baby, I practice on these machines, pretty soon,  we talkin' playoffs!

You guys must be drunk

[yotsuya]

 

Yep,  baby, I practice on these machines, pretty soon,  we talkin' playoffs!

You guys must be drunk

No, we just have a sense of humor.

[yotsuya]

Janky Kong updates from the phone, so one photo per post. It was a good day today, I took the day off work and so I put in a LOT of time with the monitor. I tested the monitor with my TPG, but as I was putting the PC together (more on that later), I plugged in a JAMMA board, hooked it up to a PC supply,  and fired it up. Everything looked great. Then, a couple minutes later, I smelled something. I looked up and saw smoke. Yeah, this happened...

[yotsuya]

I'm not sure what caused it to melt. I assume something was shorting out in the bundled up power harness.  I don't know where power was getting to the unused part of the harness, unless power was getting pushed out through the board. Oh well, damn cheap Chinese harness.

However, I made the best of it. The wires for the speakers, door, and player controls were all unharmed,  so I clipped them off and rolled my own harness with an extra Bob Roberts DIY crimp 'em yourself kit that I had. I made my own ground wires to eliminate the issue. So that was good.

But what is this...?

[yotsuya]

"That" is a custom board of my own design. I wanted to make an "all-in-one" plate that would function like a PCB. I got measurements and designed a board that would allow me to install the motherboard,  hard drive, AND J-Pac in one convenient place. Here it is with the motherboard installed...

[yotsuya]

Here it is with the motherboard and hard drive...

[yotsuya]

And now complete....

[yotsuya]

So with it all wired up, I plugged the J-Pac into the harness, fired it up, and....

[wp34]

Nice!

[harveybirdman]

Art!

Can't say enough about the dedication to make this look and feel like actual arcade hardware!

As you would say,  here's someone who gets it....

Top Shelf bro!

 

[yotsuya]

Art!

Can't say enough about the dedication to make this look and feel like actual arcade hardware!

As you would say,  here's someone who gets it....

Top Shelf bro!

 

Thanks, brother!

I gotta admit,  when I had the Dell LCD in there, I really hated how it looked. But now... the chuff be flowing.

[yotsuya]

Some pics from the end of the night... the last one I'm chuffed by, I printed that sticker out myself!

[vwalbridge]

That VS control panel and buttons smell minty through my monitor.

[yotsuya]

That VS control panel and buttons smell minty through my monitor.

The CP is in great shape but nowhere near mint. Half the buttons are original, the others are repros from Mike's Arcade. I need to lube up the P1 joystick. Any suggestions?

[vwalbridge]

White Lithium Grease

(I think you can also get it at Home Depot)

-Specifically designed for moving metal parts
-Low odor
-Doesn't run or drip
-Doesn't attract dust (this is the best part)


A while back, when operating my garage door it sounded like the world was coming to and end. This stuff applied to the garage door springs and rollers fixed that right up. Great stuff.

WD-40 can eat it.

[yotsuya]

White Lithium Grease

(I think you can also get it at Home Depot)

-Specifically designed for moving metal parts
-Low odor
-Doesn't run or drip
-Doesn't attract dust (this is the best part)


A while back, when operating my garage door it sounded like the world was coming to and end. This stuff applied to the garage door springs and rollers fixed that right up. Great stuff.

WD-40 can eat it.

That looks good. Do you think I need to disassemble the stick to use it?

[vwalbridge]

I'd probably take the joystick out and disassemble it. Then spray the parts with Carb and Choke cleaner to blast out the gunk...then lube it with the lithium grease. (Only for the metal on metal parts)

If you don't take it apart and there is gunk already in there, then you are just going to put more grease all over the gunk.

[vwalbridge]

Pillow balls....

[yotsuya]

Sounds good... and keep your hands off my pillow balls.

[vwalbridge]

Sounds good... and keep your hands off my pillow balls.

I expect a full report when you are done.

[Vigo]

Yeah, white lithium is a good go-to lube. I personally opt for Super lube in most cases because it is well rated for plastics, wood, and rubber as well as metal. I doubt white lithium would corrode plastics, but I generally only see it advertised as a metal-to-metal lube.

I also love to use it on stuff that I touch routinely, because it is a food grade lubricant. I won't worry I am ingesting something i shouldn't if I eat nachos after touching something I lubed up.

dry spray

grease

[vwalbridge]

Yeah, white lithium is a good go-to lube. I personally opt for Super lube in most cases because it is well rated for plastics, wood, and rubber as well as metal. I doubt white lithium would corrode plastics, but I generally only see it advertised as a metal-to-metal lube.

I also love to use it on stuff that I touch routinely, because it is a food grade lubricant. I won't worry I am ingesting something i shouldn't if I eat nachos after touching something I lubed up.

dry spray

grease

I've heard super lube is great too. I'll have to try that sometime.

[yotsuya]

Yeah, white lithium is a good go-to lube. I personally opt for Super lube in most cases because it is well rated for plastics, wood, and rubber as well as metal. I doubt white lithium would corrode plastics, but I generally only see it advertised as a metal-to-metal lube.

I also love to use it on stuff that I touch routinely, because it is a food grade lubricant. I won't worry I am ingesting something i shouldn't if I eat nachos after touching something I lubed up.

dry spray

grease

I've heard super lube is great too. I'll have to try that sometime.

I'll let you guys know what Mrs. Yotsuya thinks.... 

[Vigo]

White lithium got me in the game about caring about my lubes. It took me down a trail from only having a can of WD-40, to having everything from teflon to graphite. Haha! Is it OK to be a "lube snob"?

WD-40 can eat it.

Agreed!! Although, WD-40 is getting into the game of offering real cool products. Picked up a can of this the other day and looking forward to trying it out on everything from NES cartridges to leaf switches.

[Vigo]

I'll let you guys know what Mrs. Yotsuya thinks.... 

  For those certain uses, KY is still king.

[vwalbridge]

White lithium got me in the game about caring about my lubes. It took me down a trail from only having a can of WD-40, to having everything from teflon to graphite. Haha! Is it OK to be a "lube snob"?

WD-40 can eat it.

Agreed!! Although, WD-40 is getting into the game of offering real cool products. Picked up a can of this the other day and looking forward to trying it out on everything from NES cartridges to leaf switches.

Oh yea, WD is definilty getting with the program now. They have a full product line of lubes. They have even have a WD version of white lithium

I'm curious of your results with the contact spray lube.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Yots, watch 34ks video here: 
He uses the WD-40 Lithium grease shown here:  http://www.walmart.com/ip/40842973?wmlspartner=wlpa&adid=22222222228028406339&wl0=&wl1=g&wl2=m&wl3=61182034809&wl4=&wl5=pla&wl6=96573185529&veh=sem
vwal, are you saying the WD40 brand is not good to use?

D

[Vigo]

I'm curious of your results with the contact spray lube.

Sure, I'll see about giving it a go this week and let you know. 

One thing about WD-40, they have really nice nozzles these days. I hate constantly losing those red tube thingies that direct the spray.I might stock up on their white lithium.

vwal, are you saying the WD40 brand is not good to use?

I think he is critiquing the original WD-40 formula as a general purpose lubricant. WD-40 can corrode and it only lubricates for a short span. WD-40 works better as a rust buster when removing tough bolts. I would think that many of the WD-40 brand products would be fine.

[vwalbridge]

vwal, are you saying the WD40 brand is not good to use?

No... I'm sure the WD brand of While Lithium Grease is fine. I just don't like the traditional/general WD for anything.


...and that video by 34K is great.  Just change the playback speed in YouTube to like 1.5 because it a little long.

[ChanceKJ]

I've always used Dow 33. Figure if its been good enough for 15 years on my paintball guns, it would work well on my sticks.

[yotsuya]

I've always used Dow 33. Figure if its been good enough for 15 years on my paintball guns, it would work well on my sticks.

Do you put it on your pillow balls?

[ChanceKJ]

huh? 

[yotsuya]

huh? 

Bro, did you even read the last 15 posts?

[vwalbridge]

huh? 

Bro, did you even read the last 15 posts?

Yea Chance...everyone knows not to play with their joystick until they lube up their pillow balls.