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Doctor Ugs:
Hello everyone,

 Been lurking for a bit over a month now, most of my questions were answered by searching the forums.I still ordered the project arcade book though (but only shipped on March 17th) and starting project this weekend.
I'm building 2 cabs(identical, one is for a buddy, he's coming down to help)

Question one regards crimp connectors
a) I'm planning to order this set of joystick/buttons from x-arcade. http://www.xgaming.com/arcade_bundle.shtml   anyone tried them?
b) What size crimp connectors do i need??  http://www.happcontrols.com/electrical_supplies/43105400.htm
c) Do i need insulated or not??

Question 2:
Coin doors, I live in canada, therefore i'll be using canadian quarters. Does an american coin door take canadian quarters? Coin doors are the thing i know the least about. I am planning to try to get some off ebay, but i'm a bit confused on the whole quarters issue.

I'll update you guys on my project , i'll start a thread in the projects forum.
And if any more questions arise, ill ask using this thread.

Ps: if this thread is in wrong forum, feel free to move it.


ids:

--- Quote from: Doctor Ugs on March 19, 2008, 12:50:11 pm ---Does an american coin door take canadian quarters?

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I've read an answer to this recently, I think American quarters are magnetic, and Canadian are not, so out of the box, the mech wont work.  However, you may be able to modify it.  Or just get Canadian quarter mechs (check the b/s/t forums, Happs, or theplaydiumstore.com)

Found this doing a quick search: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=72720.msg750036#msg750036

DrumAnBass:
From what I have heard, the X-Arcade parts are Chinese sourced clones of Happ/IL parts. You would be better off buying parts from Divemaster or Ponyboy in the Buy/Sell/Trade forum, or directly from GroovyGameGear and/or Ultimarc. They also have a lot more options in colors for both sticks and buttons, and a wide selection of different types of joysticks. Decide what types of games will be played the most on your cabinets and buy the most appropriate joystick. The X-Arcade sticks look to be clones of a Happ/IL Super, which is a great all-around 8 way stick. The most common crimp connectors are .187.

Ginsu Victim:
Keep in mind that the X-arcade has the loudest, clickiest microswitches of anyone. Both the buttons and joysticks are NOISY.

Do yourself a favor and order from somewhere else. Divemaster (www.arcadeemulator.net) is a good guy around here and has a nice selection. Also GroovyGameGear and Ultimarc are great sites with great support on these boards. All three are extremely helpful.

Doctor Ugs:
hi all, Thank you for the answers, things are moving along nicely, 8 hours today spent on project of 2 cabs.
Modified the old Lucid plans to my liking, got my base done, and the side panels are ready(just waiting for base to dry up, im leaving it 24 hours to dry as its cold up here)  ...multiply by 2 as we are building one each.

Ill be ordering my buttons from GGG soon enough. Thanks for that link dude.
as for the coin door ill go with a door from happs, which ill modify to accept canadian quarters. THanks for that link as well.

New Question:
Micro switches....
Cherry or micro leaf?
Is there really a diffrence, especially for games like track and field? I heard microleaf is quicker , but enough to warrant the extra bucks for the switches?

Tommorow , we'll take pics of the progress so far, and ill start a thread in the projects forum.

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