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whammoed:

--- Quote from: sofakng on July 26, 2004, 09:16:14 am ---Can I pickup PCB mounting feet at Radio Shack or Home Depot?  I've mail ordered so many times...

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Unfortunately I haven't seen these in any stores. :(

whammoed:
You can also buy some small plastic rigid (pvc) tubing from home depot, cut it in short lengths, and get some screws that pass all the way through.  Just put them in between the motherboard and cabinet and screw it down.  Not as elegant but it is functional.  I have mounted keyboard hacks using this method.

APFelon:

--- Quote from: Peale on July 26, 2004, 09:17:34 am ---
--- Quote from: APFelon on July 26, 2004, 08:18:06 am ---When I MAME'd my Wrestlefest machine...

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I'm doing one right now!  Do you have some pictures of yours?

I wanted to do a 4P CP, but couldn't find the room.  I'm thinking about removing the front panel and taking one of the coin doors out.  Kind of senseless having two doors with only a 2P CP.


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I do have pics, but it really isn't much to look at... It's just a Wrestlefest cabinet with a Street Fighter style button layout. Aesthetically just like the old Wrestlefest machine, just with a Athlon 2100+ inside instead of the Wrestlefest PCB. I still have the Wrestlefest marquee on it... Heh. I have always been a fan of function over fashion.

APf

Chris:

--- Quote from: whammoed on July 26, 2004, 09:45:27 am ---You can also buy some small plastic rigid (pvc) tubing from home depot, cut it in short lengths, and get some screws that pass all the way through.  Just put them in between the motherboard and cabinet and screw it down.  Not as elegant but it is functional.  I have mounted keyboard hacks using this method.

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Home Depot has nylon spacers for this purpose in their specialty hardware drawers.  Definately not as easy to deal with as a proper mounting foot...

Hey, I just had an idea... what about T-nuts and the small brass hexagonal spacers used for motherboards?

--Chris

sofakng:
I've sent an e-mail to Bob Roberts to see what his prices are...  That's probably the way I'd prefer going.  If I don't do that I'll try that plastic pvc piping.

How did you guys mount the power supply? ...and how did you secure the PCI cards?

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