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misty37

Hi Cathal....have a friends father who repairs old tv's and did a bit of work on old Arcade Machines around the area dropping in this afternoon....wont go near the monitor as I know its dangerous! Regarding the control panel cant track him down. Am trying to upload a pic of the connector where the control panel attaches too

misty37

Having a nightmare trying to upload this pic!!!

up load it to imgur or some thing .
you cant post pics/links till you have 50 posts

o1s1n

Well we have a conclusion to the Xbox issue, it was indeed a dodgy scart cable. Got a new one in the post today and it works grand.

Silent Scope took me an age to calibrate. There are about a million buttons on the rifle.

It turns out you've to have the brightness on the TV waaaaaaaaaaay up to get it to register the gun's movement properly. Once it's sorted thought it's brilliant.

Ciderdude - it reminded me of your Guncon issues with your Trinitron. Try putting the brightness up to levels that seem stupid (and pretty much wash the picture out completely) just to see if it does anything. Then dial it back a bit.

Jack burton

Top Tip:

If the parking light goes on your VW Polo, instead of paying the pricey sum of €1-€2 just use a spare LED from your pinball machine. Then kick back and have a cupa tea and roll around in your money!

CathalDublin

It's all fun and games until 6v LED melts into 12v socket

Jack burton

CathalDublin wrote: »

It's all fun and games until 6v LED melts into 12v socket

Different voltages? LEDS are all the same no?....looks like I'll have to mull this one over :P



tbh I wasnt arsed going to get new ones today, just needed something to not get pulled over for

Jack burton

Jack burton wrote: »

Different voltages? LEDS are all the same no?....

They are,
and that voltage isnt 12!

edit - you'll get away with 12 if you have the right resistor

CathalDublin

I think the pinball LED voltage is about 6.3~6.5?
Someone put a 6v bulb into my sisters car and although it didn't blow it got very hot and melted the bulb holder.

reminded me of this
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/leds-whitewater-topper-oops

Jack burton

Looks like they pulled the teeth out of Gary Busey

o1s1n

Just noticed a comment in that thread about someone hating LED mods.

Are LEDs to pins as LCDs are to cabs? :pac:

Jack burton

Ah not as clear cut, of course everyone has their opinion but LEDs are pretty good.

They dont use as much power, run cooler, brighter, more colours (aswell as a white that actually white) last longer etc.

i'd say 90% of games that have been restored or serviced will have LEDs in them somewhere

LCDs are the devil!

Some people make a mess using coloured leds.
The dont fade in and out like bulbs either .
This reminds me,
fitted a new woofer in WhiteWater and Getaway tables.
As you can see the one in the getaway was a bit rough

eddhorse

So i dont have access to powder coating for my control panel, what are my options?

Optimus Prime

Could you get cpo artwork printed out and put it over it? thats what i did before. here is a couple ive done

Jack burton

eddhorse wrote: »

So i dont have access to powder coating for my control panel, what are my options?

I agree with keith, I did a cp printed before and turned out pretty good. Printer named some vinyl they use on floor or something but I forget it was a few years ago

eddhorse

Sorry should have mentioned, i have Silverline overlay to go on over it.

What to put under it to future proof?

CathalDublin

Tallaght powdercoating would probably powder coat it cheap enough
Otherwise
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Optimus Prime

eddhorse wrote: »

Sorry should have mentioned, i have Silverline overlay to go on over it.

What to put under it to future proof?

I wouldnt bother spraying it if i was putting that over it. just sand it down, clean it off and put the overlay on. I never painted any of mine if they where being covered over.

Putting the overlay on i use a spray bottle with water and a drop of washing up liquid, spray the back of the sticker and put it on. then i have one of these (Link below) i got off a friend of mine that works in a printers, he uses these the whole time they do huge wall murals and this is how they apply them. use this to rub out any bubbles under the sticker. because its wet underneath you can move it around and re-apply it if needed.

I usually line it up then with a blade cut holes where the buttons and joystick go so i can rub the bubbles out at the these holes too if needed.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Felt-Edge-Hard-Card-Tint-Film-Application-Squeegee-Tool-Grey-Plastic-/400808433754?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d520b585a

eddhorse

Thanks Guys,

Just worried that for longevity the underside will rust like the previous one that was there.

I'll see can I get it over to Tallaght Powder Coating and get a price. Definitely not doing it manually Cathal as mentioned :O

And Keith that looks great now, thanks for the Squidgey tips.

@eddhore

@eddhore,
do you make that?
looks the shizz

eddhorse

urbanledge wrote: »

@eddhore,
do you make that?
looks the shizz

Did i make the overlay or metal control panel?
Got the metal bent to the same size and shape of previous CP for €10 then drilled myself using template. Will look good hopefully when i get overlay on.
Should have went with better joysticks/buttons. Virgin decisions.

looks the bizz,
Did they weld on joystick mounts or are you going to bolt on?
Yea I had those buttons before and they suck arse

eddhorse

urbanledge wrote: »

looks the bizz,
Did they weld on joystick mounts or are you going to bolt on?
Yea I had those buttons before and they suck arse

No joystick mounts, any thoughts on that?
I was going to counter sink but its thin metal.

Yes plastic buttons was a bad choice. Lesson learned, not difficult to change.

I'd mark the spots,
drill the holes
put the bolts in from the top then mig weld them in on the top.
the grind them off with a grinder.
bit of work but its worth it!

BGOllie

Ciderman, there's a ton of game & watch and other goodies going for auction soon :

http://www.sheffieldauctiongallery.com/Catalogues/ss271114/page010.html

CathalDublin

LongZ wrote: »

Ciderman, there's a ton of game & watch and other goodies going for auction soon :

http://www.sheffieldauctiongallery.com/Catalogues/ss271114/page010.html

I want one of those omnibots :eek:

eddhorse

urbanledge wrote: »

I'd mark the spots,
drill the holes
put the bolts in from the top then mig weld them in on the top.
the grind them off with a grinder.
bit of work but its worth it!

Hmmm bit of work but do able.
May do some more research http://www.slagcoin.com/joystick/mounting_layering.html

The Last Bandit

Urbanledges method is probably the simplest and strongest solution - if you've access to a welder that is.