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19-10-2012 9:02am

Aldi are selling hole punchers and conical drillbits and the like from next thursday 25th.

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_24108.htm

Might be useful for anyone drilling a control panel. I prefer using an exact measurement hole saw personally, but a conical drillbit is a handy thing to have for widening holes out a bit when stuff doesn't fit...

Steve X2 · 19-10-2012 9:06am

Deleted User wrote: »

Aldi are selling hole punchers and conical drillbits and the like from next thursday 25th.

http://www.aldi.ie/ie/html/offers/special_buys3_24108.htm

Might be useful for anyone drilling a control panel. I prefer using an exact measurement hole saw personally, but a conical drillbit is a handy thing to have for widening holes out a bit when stuff doesn't fit...

They should work in a decent Dremel, yes?
I've got a few adapters including a drill bit thingy.

The Last Bandit · 19-10-2012 9:11am

Not sure I'd use them in a dremel, there are designed for to run at a much lower speed and higher torque than the dremel is comfortable at. I doubt they're sufficiently balanced for 30,000 rpm either !!

Steve X2 · 19-10-2012 9:13am

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Not sure I'd use them in a dremel, there are designed for to run at a much lower speed and higher torque than the dremel is comfortable at. I doubt they're sufficiently balanced for 30,000 rpm either !!

Ahh, I've got a normal drill as well but I just love my Dremel

The Last Bandit · 19-10-2012 9:16am

Steve SI wrote: »

Ahh, I've got a normal drill as well but I just love my Dremel

Dremel's are excellent pieces of kit alright, was in B&Q yesterday and they were selling off the accessory kits cheap - 135 piece for €18 I think.

19-10-2012 9:51am

The Last Bandit wrote: »

Not sure I'd use them in a dremel, there are designed for to run at a much lower speed and higher torque...

Yeah, i have a conical saw that i use in a standard hand drill, and it's fairly quick to eat through wood and plastic and the like. Would be careful about using it at higher speeds, you might find you bite off more than you can chew.

They do need a lot of torque also, they are a bugger to control. Much better suited for use with a drill press if you have one.

The Last Bandit · 19-10-2012 10:08am

If the buttons don't fit you can always take a more direct approach

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TechnoFreek · 19-10-2012 10:39am

Think Aldi also have a scalpel set. Good selection for cutting out overlays was my first thought!
Go aldi!

They also have a cheap enough toolbox and soldering iron.

Andrew76 · 23-10-2012 9:21am

Probably a strange question this, when wrapping PCBs in bubblewrap (or anything for that matter) - do you put the bubbles on the outside or inside? I always put them on the outside myself. Maybe it makes no difference.

Steve X2 · 23-10-2012 11:48am

Andrew76 wrote: »

Probably a strange question this, when wrapping PCBs in bubblewrap (or anything for that matter) - do you put the bubbles on the outside or inside? I always put them on the outside myself. Maybe it makes no difference.

Bubble wrap in general is bubble side towards what you're protecting as the bubbles can adapt to the shape of the item better than the flat side(the flat side can distribute any impacts across multiple bubbles as well if they are facing inwards).
Plus the flat side is nearly always the more rugged side so should be facing outwards.

CiDeRmAn · 23-10-2012 4:44pm

I prefer to use a Tension Sheet...

o1s1n · 23-10-2012 6:14pm

So, myself and the missus walk into a bar in London - what do you know, they have a cocktail cab.

My excitement soon vanished though when I realized it was a home made MAME job.

Until the girlfriend uttered the following words -

'You know, I wouldn't mind one of these cocktail arcade machine thingies in the house, you can use them as a table'

Me - :eek:

So, anyone seen an Aero table for sale anywhere? :pac:

Andrew76 · 23-10-2012 6:21pm

You were probably thinking "ffs why couldn't you have said that sooner...". :pac:

Myrddin · 23-10-2012 6:25pm

Didn't you get a cocktail cab already from the Vec trade o1s1n? Or are you looking for an original now?

Note, Retr0 has two different versions of the word. Apparently he enjoys both...cocktail & cock tail

o1s1n · 23-10-2012 6:30pm

Andrew76 wrote: »

You were probably thinking "ffs why couldn't you have said that sooner...". :pac:

Hah, I know. Talk about mixed signals! At least I haven't seen any Aero tables sell recently. That would have been a killer.

EnterNow wrote: »

Didn't you get a cocktail cab already from the Vec trade o1s1n? Or are you looking for an original now?

Note, Retr0 has two different versions of the word. Apparently he enjoys both...cocktail & cock tail

Yeah I do have that Ikea one. It's great and all, but nothing beats the real thing. Ideally I'd like to keep the Ikea one as a dedicated Dreamcast vertical shmup machine and then have a real cocktail for vertical PCBs.

o1s1n · 27-10-2012 7:01pm

Hah, was looking at some photos Ronnie posted last November, lots of cabs, 'work in progress'.

Spotted my one!!!

And on a site note, check out the amount of Capcom Mini Cute's and Jaleco Ponys!

Andrew76 · 27-10-2012 8:16pm

Jayzus, must be atleast 50k worth of cabs in the pic alone. :cool:

TechnoFreek · 27-10-2012 9:01pm

Not a whiff of an Egret in there either unless my eyes deceive me!

Andrew76 · 27-10-2012 9:43pm

I can see a trio of E2's towards the back behind that little blue NeoGeo jobbie. If they're not E2 then E3. I think.

TechnoFreek · 28-10-2012 7:56am

Andrew76 wrote: »

I can see a trio of E2's towards the back behind that little blue NeoGeo jobbie. If they're not E2 then E3. I think.

He's definitely worked his way through those cabs so as I only queried his stock with him recently as he had no egrets. Although I suppose they'll always be first to go!

CiDeRmAn · 28-10-2012 1:42pm

Progear is CPS2 afaik. Very expensive too.

Optimus Prime · 29-10-2012 4:44pm

Fixed the sound on the SF2 CE Jamma PCB i got a couple of weeks ago, popped off one of the chips on the middle board, and took the same one of the working SF2 CE Hyper i have, it worked! So have a working SF2 CE Cab now completed!

Anyone else see the 4 Player XMEN cab for sale in the liquidation shop they have in tallaght? its working, in good nick. they are looking for 700 for it.

o1s1n · 31-10-2012 4:07am

700 for a 4 player XMEN? Someone has to buy that...!

Well done fixing that board. I love when changing chips about like that works. Shame home console carts arent socketed!

So, I got onto Ronnie about getting either an Aero Table or a Jaleco Table Pony. A long shot, and as I was expecting, they just don't seem to exist. Said he could get one, but it's in bad shape. (and costs over a grand)

I think I'll ask if he has any standard Pony cabs. Probably another no, but worth a shot. The screen angle on them looks idea for shmups. I need something for shmups!!

31-10-2012 10:25am

keithgeo wrote: »

Fixed the sound on the SF2 CE Jamma PCB i got a couple of weeks ago, popped off one of the chips on the middle board, and took the same one of the working SF2 CE Hyper i have, it worked! So have a working SF2 CE Cab now...

And a knackered hyper PCB. Shame. Great game that....

I know next to nothing about running jamma PCBs. What does a board like that even go for these days? If I was ever buying a jamma board to put in storage in the hope that I'd one day have a cab to put it in, that would be the one.

What else is needed in the cab to run them? I presume the harness powers the PCB? Is it just as simple as plugging in the connector and hooking up the video and away you go?

Myrddin · 31-10-2012 10:27am

Deleted User wrote: »

And a knackered hyper PCB. Shame. Great game that....

I know next to nothing about running jamma PCBs. What does a board like that even go for these days? If I was ever buying a jamma board to put in storage in the hope that I'd one day have a cab to put it in, that would be the one.

What else is needed in the cab to run them? I presume the harness powers the PCB? Is it just as simple as plugging in the connector and hooking up the video and away you go?

Plug the pcb into the Jamma harness
Plug in the kick harness for your six buttons
Turn on cab & behold

Optimus Prime · 31-10-2012 10:34am

Its not knackered at all, simple swap of that chip back over and it works 100% , i just need to do a bit more research on that chip and get a spare one. I wouldnt wreck a board just to get another working, if this swap had not of worked i just would have bought another normal CE.

Optimus Prime · 31-10-2012 11:36am

Here is a pic of that XMEN 4 player cab from the irish liquidators, its on donedeal too.

It looks like its an Atari Nova cab as its very similiar to my SF cab. if so it was made right here in Ireland. dont think id fork out 700 on it though.