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found a DK cabinet...UPDATE: Picked it up Tonight!!!!
severdhed:
yeah, i think i'll just make a new panel so i can use happ buttons. i want to keep it looking stock, but i'm hesitant to not have an exit button for mame on the panel. i think i'll play around with the control panel overlay graphics and see what i can come up with.
i did get a little progress done this evening...and i do mean little. i wiped down the outside of the cabinet to remove some of the dust and dirt. the top of the cabinet was absolutely filthy, and it could probably use a fresh coat of black paint.
i looked around the inside a little, i found the missing front board to the black base. i dont think i am going to reattach it, but rather make a new base. i took the marquee off and there is a light fixture there, but it is 100v, which is pretty stupid. i'm going to just rip it out, along with the power supply that is in the bottom of the cabinet, and just replace the light with the $6 one i got at walmart. since i am using a PC, i have no need for any of the electronics/power components of this cabinet.
i also played around and modified the coin mechs so that they will accept the steel washers that i use in my other cabinet for tokens. i dont like these coin mechs as much as the ones in my midway coindoor, since they are much more difficult to modify. i got them to accept the washers, but now quarters dont work. in my other cab, i can use washers, tokens, quarters, nickels..and just about anything else that general size. these seem to need to be tuned in for one specific size. that is OK, since i dont ever use anything but washers in it anyway. i will probably still try to set them up so that the reject buttons will add coins to mame as well. Thats what i did on my other cab and it is a nice feature. although it might be a little harder to pull off with these mechs.
i'm all for keeping this thing original as possible, but i need it to be cost effective and functional. i thought about putting pause and exit buttons on that little board underneath the control panel, like javeryh did, so that they would be hidden, yet easily accessible... but then i realized that they would be at perfect height for my 8month old son to press while i'm in the middle of a game.
my wife is going away tomorrow night, so i have to watch the kids, so i probably wont get much done..but I am hoping this weekend i can get the inside of the cabinet wiped down, get the crap stripped out of it, and start working on mounting the monitor. I'm not sure how that is going to work...i have never decased a PC monitor before, do they even have those mounting holes in the corners like arcade monitors? if not, i guess i'll have to figure something else out. there are 5 bolts through each side of the cabinet, which i assume mounted to the monitor somehow, but i'd rather not use those if i dont have to, so that i can pull them out, fill in the holes and make the sides nice and smooth.
i have a piece of 5/8" MDF in the basement that I am going to try to use to make a control panel. i know that it is a little thicker than the original, but with a little routing, it should work fine as a temporary solution. i'll probably just use a roundover bit on the front edge. i will eventually get a real control panel overlay, but i need to buy new tmolding first, then a new marquee, then the control panel. and since i can't start till after Christmas, it could be a while until that happens.
also, when modifying the coin mechs, i noticed that one of them was missing a piece to catch the rejected coins. i found out though that the one that is there sucks. it is really poorly designed and difficult to get the coins back out of it....so i just took it off so they match. i noticed in some pics of other cabinets that some of the coin mechs on these cabinets have a U shaped metal bar there instead of that stupid thing i have. i dont know where to get those cheap, and i dont want to spend a bunch of money on them, especially since they arent necessary. i may try to fabricate something for there, but for now, i'll just leave them off.
I just want to thank you guys for talking me into picking this up. I am very excited to get this thing fixed up.
bkenobi:
I thought you said it was metal. If it's wood, you probably would be better off using a hole saw or Forstner bit or spade bit to make a template out of some scrap wood. Then, clamp it to your existing holes. That way, you can get the hole size you want without worrying about the bit shifting during cutting. I'd practice first so you don't screw up your CP though.
TheShanMan:
Sounds like you didn't read what I wrote about the marquee light? You need to make modifications if you're going to switch to a standard one. Or just get the right bulb and starter. Go to the DK group on CoinOpSpace.com. There are a couple of links right there to discussions on the subject. That'll tell you what you need to know.
Did you read my writeup on modding the coin mechs? Hopefully you found that on your own because it took me quite a while to understand these things before I could get them to work with tokens. I mentioned it because I didn't want you to have to waste time figuring out what I had already figured out. :)
The coin mech part you're missing is called a "bugel" and can be bought extremely cheaply from the manufacturer. Only problem is they now have a policy that you can't open an account for an order under $50. So you'd have to do like me and find someone who already has an account order them for you.
severdhed:
--- Quote from: TheShanMan on August 28, 2009, 09:15:56 am ---Sounds like you didn't read what I wrote about the marquee light? You need to make modifications if you're going to switch to a standard one. Or just get the right bulb and starter. Go to the DK group on CoinOpSpace.com. There are a couple of links right there to discussions on the subject. That'll tell you what you need to know.
Did you read my writeup on modding the coin mechs? Hopefully you found that on your own because it took me quite a while to understand these things before I could get them to work with tokens. I mentioned it because I didn't want you to have to waste time figuring out what I had already figured out. :)
The coin mech part you're missing is called a "bugel" and can be bought extremely cheaply from the manufacturer. Only problem is they now have a policy that you can't open an account for an order under $50. So you'd have to do like me and find someone who already has an account order them for you.
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i did read what you said about the light..however i just figured instead of buying new bulbs and starters for the existing light...if i just put in a new one that i already have, as long as i dont plug it into that little power outlet in the cabinet it should be fine. i'm going to need power to the cabinet for the PC and monitor, so i will mount a power strip in the cabinet and plug that into the wall. then i can use my regular $6 light from walmart. i will remove the nintendo power adapter thing that is in there, since i dont need it.
i was going to read the write up on teh coin mechs, and i may still do that...but i wanted to see if i could figure it out myself. (i'm just that way..i find it more rewarding if i figure it out)
i'm fairly certain i can make it accept just about any coins i want, but i will have to fabricate a small piece to add to it. by removing a few pieces that were originally there, and adjusting the position of a few pieces, it easily got it working with the washers. do you have a link to that writeup on the coin mechs? i'd love to look through it.
TheShanMan:
Sorry - I was forgetting that you're mame-ing it. Disregard my marquee light comment then. :)
Here is my post on modding the mechs (just one post out of the whole thread will show).
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