A tiny update, but the artwork for the control panels arrived today from GameOnGrafix.
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This has been a very busy week working on the cab. Firstly, my new monitor arrived Many, many thanks to a friend on Aussie Arcade for his assistance in getting it to my door!
I was not going to continue the quest with sorting out the jumping on the VGA monitor. The solution set me back around $240 for the monitor and chassis (with postage) but it puts an end to the problem and I can get the cab complete Plus it means I can play Wonderboy (and now Bubble Bobble too) with an awesome display Since the monitor had arrived, I organised a mate to lend a hand with it’s installation the following saturday (and any issues that were to be encountered).
So first up was to pull the VGA monitor and frame out, and put in a new one. I spent the first night building a new frame. It was done the same way as the first – a flat panel, with a huge hole cut in the middle. I added some raised parts for the actual monitor frame to attach to. Primed and painted with a few coats (over the rest of the week).
With most of my energies devoted to my Pacman cab project this week, I didn’t get time to work on the construction. The main piece of news on this project is I ordered 40ft of white t molding and also the slot cutter from t-molding.com. I had been waiting for them to get the slot cutters back in stock, so once they did, I placed my order so I wouldn’t miss out.
I expect the postage will take around 3 weeks to arrive, but no real hurry 🙂
I managed to sneak away to the garage for a little bit this weekend, so have a few minor things to update with. Firstly, I cut out the left and right panels to their correct sizes, and also rounded off the lower corners as per my design.
A minor update – parts purchased from a few places. In2Amusments and AustinAmusments being the main two online stores I’ve purchased from. Initial planning has paid off as it has helped save on postage by grouping parts together where possible to limit the number of orders required.
Also the control panel artwork has been purchased from GameOnGrafix – I hope to have that in a week or so.