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MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on September 19, 2007, 07:13:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: pinballjim on September 19, 2007, 10:18:25 am ---8 way classics, it was on top.

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Dustwashers, like plexi over the CP, didn't show up until the "lets slap this crappy game into a classic cab" era.
All the dedicated classics had the dustwashers below the panel.
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Ikari Warriors, Victory Road, and Guerilla War all had dust washers on top. In fact, it would be impossible to mount them below without performing some sort of hack, because the base of the LS-30 is flat and fits flush against the underside of the metal CP.


--- Quote ---Here's a quick list off the top of my head:

1942, 1943, Berzerk, Bosconian, Circus Charlie, Cloak & Dagger, Crazy Climber, Discs of Tron, Gauntlet, Gunsmoke, Gyruss, Jump Bug, Jungle Hunt, Kangaroo, Rampage, Robotron, Scramble, Smash TV, Street Fighter, Super Cobra, Super Zaxxon, Time Pilot, Time Pilot '84, Tron, Up 'n Down, Vanguard, Venture, Xenophobe, Xevious, Xybots and Zaxxon.
Even the Neo-Geo, PlayChoice, and .vs cabinets shipped with them underneath.
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You are wrong about PC-10 and VS. machines. Those came with metal CP's and the joysticks had a plastic plate that sat on top of the base of the joystick with a raised circular section in the middle. This circular section fit up through the joystick hole in the CP. On top of that raised circular section sat the dust washer. Not only is this not "underneath", but the dust washer actually sits a little higher than most top-mounted dust washers, because it sits on the raised plastic which is a little higher than the level of the top of the CP. The same goes for other metal CP Nintendo machines, such as Punch-Out.

Also, the wooden CP Nintendo machines (DK, DK Jr., Popeye, etc.) had both top and bottom mounted dust washers, not to mention plexi CPO's.

Edit: BTW, it looks like Rampage had top-mounted dust washers too - [link]. There may be more but most flyer pictures don't show a good enough picture of the CP to tell.

mountain:

--- Quote from: Neverending Project on March 03, 2008, 11:58:06 am ---Wouldn't the paint wear away if it is on the bottom of the dust washer, and hence rubbing constantly with the CP surface? Just a question, really, since I have never tried it.


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I use a piece of felt between the dustwasher and the control panel.

javeryh:

--- Quote from: Neverending Project on March 03, 2008, 11:58:06 am ---Wouldn't the paint wear away if it is on the bottom of the dust washer, and hence rubbing constantly with the CP surface? Just a question, really, since I have never tried it.

And javeryh... I am sorry to hear about your recent loss. Those pieces of acrylic and I shared some special times. I feel we really bonded. They were psyched to be traveling so far to end up on such a fine machine. I am sure they remained proud until the end, and they can rest well knowing that their loss will be for everyone's gain.

And now, a moment of silence for the acrylic dustwashers that never were...
 :'(

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I was so sad - I seriously spent about an hour sanding the edges up to 600 grit to remove all of the marks from whatever was used to cut them and to make the edges super smooth.  In hindsight I should have tried drilling the hole first but I really thought they were the perfect size and weight.   :'(

Thanks again though...

Minwah:
Lets talk about using carriage bolts to hold joysticks in.  ALL the classics did that....





 ;D

mrclean:
Sorry to pull this topic from the grave.. but it is almost halloween.. I was thinking about doing this to the sanwa / u360 dustwashers unless someone already made these ? I'd like to have my artwork exposed. Any one know the size of the shaft / and possibly the outside circumference of the dustwashers so i can get the same size as the black stock one but obviously make them clear !

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