Dig Dug feet

[Editor]

I got a free, savorily healthy Dig Dug.




Since this pic, I've replace the T-molding and bought a new monitor. The wood is deteriorated around the bottom so the molding is a bit tenuous there.

There are no feet except for the castors. The manual has a part number for the leveling feet, and there are also undocumented holes for feet toward the front. I have no measurements of what might work, and the biggest stuff they have at the local hardware store is too small/stubby.

If anyone could take pity on and old drunk with minimal skills so he can play fancy arcade games, I would appreciate it.

I am good at answering questions.

[Ken Layton]

The machine uses common video game leg levelers: 3/8-16 threads by 2" long.

Bob Roberts and arcadeshop.com sell them as does virtually every arcade game parts supplier/distributor.

[Editor]

Sweet! Thank you, sir.

Come to the source, get answers!

[Editor]

Buh?

I screwed in the new feet. They started pretty easy but then got really tight. I was only using hand power, but that seemed appropriate.

The ends are barely visible inside the cabinet, certainly not enough to apply the nuts.

The cabinet is probably a good inch off the ground, which is pretty sweet overall, but I'm worried I'm doing something wrong or that the feet will rip out of the cabinet or something.

Sheesh, could I use a different word than cabinet? I am shaming my user name.

[SirPeale]

Sometimes what happens is when they put the mounting hardware on the cabinet it gets too close to the wood.  And when you screw in the leveler it's rubbing against the wood, and it's harder than heck to get it to turn.  I pop it off, recenter it and replace it.

[Kevin Mullins]

Could also be boogered up threads (one of them highly technical terms) if the cabinet has been moved around alot and "dropped" on the legs.
A crude way to chase the threads would be to use a bolt of the same thread diameter/pitch and run it through using a wrench first.

The ends are barely visible inside the cabinet, certainly not enough to apply the nuts.

The nuts go on the outside where the feet are.
Wasn't sure how you were doing it by that statement.

[Ken Layton]

The leg levelers screw into "T-Nuts" that have been pounded into the cabinet bottom. Chances are that the T-nut threads are ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up.

After making sure everything in the cabinet is properly secured, get a strong helper and lay the cabinet down on it's back. Now get a 3/8-16 tap and thread it into the T-nut just as if you were inserting the leg levelers. This will fix the ---fouled up beyond all recognition--- up threads.

Unscrew the tap and screw in the new levelers. They should zip right in there easily. Now you and your helper can stand the cabinet back upright again.

[MaximRecoil]

I would remove the original T-nuts and get some of the large leg leveler mounting plates like these. I did that with both of my Dynamo cabinets because on one machine, one of the T-nuts had pushed up through the MDF and in the other one, one of the T-nuts was missing. Plus the overall shape of the remaining T-nuts on both machines was pretty sorry.

Those plates are a much more solid arrangement than T-nuts.

[SirPeale]

Oh, and make sure to oil the threads.  It makes going in easier, and protects from rust for a little while.

[Editor]

The nuts go on the outside where the feet are.
Wasn't sure how you were doing it by that statement.

Well crapzilla. I figured the posts go in the cabinet and the nuts go inside to secure them.

What's the purpose of them on the outside? Seems like they would just be like big spacers, like a bunch of washers.

In other business, will it hurt the cabinet to leave them screwed out an inch? They seem solid but I don't want to hurt anything while moving it around.

[shilmover]

The nuts go on the outside where the feet are.
Wasn't sure how you were doing it by that statement.

Well crapzilla. I figured the posts go in the cabinet and the nuts go inside to secure them.

What's the purpose of them on the outside? Seems like they would just be like big spacers, like a bunch of washers.

In other business, will it hurt the cabinet to leave them screwed out and inch? They seem solid but I don't want to hurt anything while moving it around.

They are just that, spacers.  should the cab be an a surface that is not perfectly level, you can tweak the nuts (can't believe I just typed that!  ) to level it.

[Kevin Mullins]

Picture yourself trying to level a cabinet by yourself..... where are you ?
On the outside of the cab right?

The nut acts as a "lock-nut" up against the piece that the leg is threaded into.

So you would break the lock-nut loose..... adjust the leg in or out a bit to suit your needs....and then lock it back down again with the nut.

All being done from the outside of the cab.   

An inch total off of the floor seems about normal. (nut+foot+any minor adjustment)

you can tweak the nuts

[pocketpal]

you can tweak the nuts

EDITOR HEARS YOU LOUD AND CLEAR! 

[Kevin Mullins]

you can tweak the nuts

EDITOR HEARS YOU LOUD AND CLEAR! 

pocketpal

 

[SirPeale]

As an added bonus the nuts also act as a stabilizer.  Adds to the support holding the bolt into the thread.

You want the levelers as far up as they'll go.  But you do want the nuts on the outside.

When you have the cabinet in the place you want it, you'll then use them to level the cabinet.