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Fuzzy Wuzzy Was a Bear - Done for now
theCoder:
Do yourself a huge favor and spend a few hours reading the write-ups people have posted in the "Examples" section. There are countless "don't do what I did" pearls of wisdom and lots of "I did it this way because...". Some of it you should take with a grain of salt (or in some instances a pound or two), but for the most part there's a lot of good info out there. It's also a great place to stretch your imagination and question your assumptions.
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: theCoder on May 11, 2006, 03:13:34 am ---Do yourself a huge favor and spend a few hours reading the write-ups people have posted in the "Examples" section.
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No doubt. I've gone over a couple hundred of these in the past year and a half. That, in addition to the "search" function has not only been enjoyable, but educational.
Here are a few pics of the CP. I used 5/8" plywood and 1/8" polycarbonate for an overlay. I'll use a slot cutter to mount the T-moulding to the front of the CP. The sides of the CP are contained within the sides of the cabinet, so no T-moulding is necessary there. The controls on the CP will be wired to a DB-25 connector that will in turn plug into a DB-25 connector on the cabinet, providing swappable panels.
You can see I've routed out the CP to make the trackball mounting plate flush with the top so I can put artwork and an overlay on it. I also top mounted the Ms. Pac / Galaga Reunion stick by cutting a hole for the base then routing out where the "lip" is. I freehanded the routing so you can see my handywork there. I figured it would be covered up by the art anyway so why make it perfect?
The controls are as follows:
TOP LEFT - Ms. Pac / Galaga Reunion for 4-way games
TOP RIGHT - OSCAR Vortex Spinner
BOTTOM RIGHT - Player 1 Happ Super 8-Way and 4 buttons
BOTTOM MIDDLE - Happ 3" trackball
BOTTOM LEFT - Player 1 Happ Super 8-Way and 4 buttons
You can see I chowed up the trackball mounting plate while trying to route the trackball hole in the polycarbonate. I'll be giving it a shot of black spraypaint for my own peace of mind, even though it shouldn't be visible because of the artwork. I sort of saw this coming before I started (there's a recent thread about this problem somewhere) but again, the thing is going to be covered up with artwork so I'm not losing any sleep over it. Unless it turns out looking like Poo Poo, then I'll lose a little sleep over it. The backup plan if that happens is to keep the polycarbonate overlay, cut a new CP, ditch the mounting plate all together, and just mount the trackball to the CP without it.
Dervacumen:
Got some real progress on the cabinet - the CP is done and now I can get to wiring it. I'm having trouble with my oscar vortex spinner, though. When I spin it it rubs slightly. If I turn it upside down, it spins freely. I'm going to check to see that the C-clip isn't wedged against the hole somehow, but has anyone else run into this? Any advice?
Another way to describe the problem:
The Vortex is mounted in my CP. If I pull gently up on the shaft, there is about 1 mm of play there. When I pull up (same as turning the thing upside down) the rubbing goes away. When it's right side up, the rubbing starts. It's very slight.
I think the bottom of the encoder wheel is rubbing against the frame near where the encoder board is mounted.
Hmmm.
Dervacumen:
--- Quote from: Dervacumen on May 21, 2006, 09:22:00 am ---
I think the bottom of the encoder wheel is rubbing against the frame near where the encoder board is mounted.
Hmmm.
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That was it. Just in case anyone else runs in to this problem, here is a pic of where the encoder wheel was rubbing, and a pic of the encoder board. I loosened the two screws, moved the board down a bit, and my spinner spins like there is no tomorow.
Dervacumen:
A few pics of the CP and how the cabinet is taking shape.
You can see the polycarbonate, my admin button panel and the CP all fit together.
I don't have the speakers or marquee done yet.
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