jsjesse
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- Sep 26, 2000
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Hello all..
Not sure if you guys remember but I had picked up a couple of arcade cabinets a couple of years ago in Austin. One was the Nintendo Red Tent and the other was a Capcom Mini Cute.
When I got it, the cabinet was pretty badly banged up. It had rust spots all over the place, dings and all sorts of bent metal. The controls were GROSS. There was no sense in even trying to salvage them because they were caked with dirt, mold, rusty switches, skin cheese
I had taken it to 3 different body shops. One was WAY too expensive. The other 2 just didn't wanna do it...claiming it was too much work and not worth the time/money to do it. So I got frustrated and decided to tackle it myself.
For over a week I had been sanding my ass off to get all the body work done. I got all the dings out and went with a new color. The paint is still wet in these pics.
I decided to keep the inner monitor area white, so I sanded down the inside to get rid of the pink overspray.
My cat had quickly claimed this as his new(temporary) home
I sent the internal parts to a shop to have them resurfaced.
Also, I replaced the speakers with new 2 way Pioneer speakers.
Old speakers
New speakers
Here are some shots of the wiring reinstall and the metal parts back from the shop.
Coin catcher/coin mech before
Coin catcher/coin mech after
Here is the amplifier casing and brackets before and after.
Pics of the inner door that holds the PCB. Got the entire inner part of the cabinet wired.
I also added a nice candy anodized finish to some of the metal parts.
The power switch has been cleaned and reinstalled.
Monitor mounted
Test run! Inner wiring all connected.
Listening to the G'd up sound, Pioneers speakers bumpin' as I smoke on a pound
Coin box completed!
And there it sat for almost 2 years so
I wanna apologize for not updating this in a while. I've been extremely busy with work, car repairs, family issues and life in general.
I got in touch with Sean(MCS-Arcade) to reproduce the decals for me. He came through for me big time. After a few hours of cutting with an exacto-knife and some elbow grease the decals came out looking great! These pics were taken with my phone so pardon the poor quality, but I plan on doing a full photo shoot this weekend and go over each part all over again in detail. I was so anxious to get her running I threw in whatever buttons I had available. Feels good, man!
Once I get the cam locks for this cabinet I can start on the Mini Neo 19!
More updates to come very soon!
Not sure if you guys remember but I had picked up a couple of arcade cabinets a couple of years ago in Austin. One was the Nintendo Red Tent and the other was a Capcom Mini Cute.
When I got it, the cabinet was pretty badly banged up. It had rust spots all over the place, dings and all sorts of bent metal. The controls were GROSS. There was no sense in even trying to salvage them because they were caked with dirt, mold, rusty switches, skin cheese
I had taken it to 3 different body shops. One was WAY too expensive. The other 2 just didn't wanna do it...claiming it was too much work and not worth the time/money to do it. So I got frustrated and decided to tackle it myself.
For over a week I had been sanding my ass off to get all the body work done. I got all the dings out and went with a new color. The paint is still wet in these pics.
I decided to keep the inner monitor area white, so I sanded down the inside to get rid of the pink overspray.
My cat had quickly claimed this as his new(temporary) home
I sent the internal parts to a shop to have them resurfaced.
Also, I replaced the speakers with new 2 way Pioneer speakers.
Old speakers
New speakers
Here are some shots of the wiring reinstall and the metal parts back from the shop.
Coin catcher/coin mech before
Coin catcher/coin mech after
Here is the amplifier casing and brackets before and after.
Pics of the inner door that holds the PCB. Got the entire inner part of the cabinet wired.
I also added a nice candy anodized finish to some of the metal parts.
The power switch has been cleaned and reinstalled.
Monitor mounted
Test run! Inner wiring all connected.
Listening to the G'd up sound, Pioneers speakers bumpin' as I smoke on a pound
Coin box completed!
And there it sat for almost 2 years so
I wanna apologize for not updating this in a while. I've been extremely busy with work, car repairs, family issues and life in general.
I got in touch with Sean(MCS-Arcade) to reproduce the decals for me. He came through for me big time. After a few hours of cutting with an exacto-knife and some elbow grease the decals came out looking great! These pics were taken with my phone so pardon the poor quality, but I plan on doing a full photo shoot this weekend and go over each part all over again in detail. I was so anxious to get her running I threw in whatever buttons I had available. Feels good, man!
Once I get the cam locks for this cabinet I can start on the Mini Neo 19!
More updates to come very soon!