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Well, I'm including this one
to kind of demonstrate how you can take the existing panel out
of your cabinet and convert it to mame, as opposed to starting
from scratch. This was was sent to me....it was (I think) a
Lethal Enforcers panel. Above, you can see it after I ran
it through the planer, for a super smooth finish.
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The print for the panel is
done, so now I just have to start laying out the control
locations. This one is getting a couple of restored Wico
red ball joysticks, a trackball and a spinner. I'll be
doing up another trackball plate like the one on my 4 player
panels, and wiring it all to an ipac and an Optipac.
That's two projects that need Ultimarc products, so I'd best be
getting the ole credit card out.
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Plexi for this is cut, and
the holes match the panel, so lets get that trackball mounted! |
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The new trackball plate is
cut drilled and primed. Here I mount it to the panel with
some adhesive and recessed screws. After that set I'll
smooth it all with extra strength filler, and sand it smooth.
Once that is done, the graphic and the plexi will be mounted,
and each button hole will be cut into the material. Then
it's time to populate the panel. |
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Starting to come together.
Forgot about the spinner, so that will go in tomorrow.
Plexi needs to be trimmed and edged, and new t-molding for the
front.
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Here you can kind of see the
wiring, the opti-pac and the I-pac. Red for the connection
wires, and white for the common ground. Kind of looks a
crazy mess, but it works perfectly! Usb connection on the
I-pac, and serial for the trackball and spinner. |
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Well, that's all she wrote.
The panel is tested, and ready for installation. Red button is
the fire button, blue buttons are the main play buttons, and the
black buttons are the thumb strikers (I come up with these
catch names all by myself...how clever!) :) |
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Well this is where Jason
steps in and takes over. The panel was from this Lethal
enforcers cab seen at left. |
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A big ole tv is removed from
the housing and mounted into the cabinet in a vertical position.
Almost looks like a regular arcade monitor. Check out the
laptop which is the core of this cab setup. |
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Wouldn't be complete without
a quality marquee...hey that one looks a bit familiar... |
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Well there is the long and
the short of it...one sweet looking unit!!!!!!!! |
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Here Jason displays the tools
with which he completed the job. Ahh, the proud papa. :) |
