Arcade Cabinet Resources

brianon

Lads,

I am starting a new project. A BarCade style cab like ... http://www.public.iastate.edu/~gbh/MameCab/MameCab17/MameCab17.html

Now. I've always had problems in the past sourcing artwork for my cabs and this will be no different. Basically I am looking to buy black vinyl that can be applied to MDF. Anyone know where I could buy this ?


Cheers,
Brian.

Joe-Bloggs

Brian, Your best bet for vinyl is from sign printers, they buy in large rolls of adhesive backed vinyl and most places will give you what you want. Other than that there's always ebay but you might end up with more than you need.

But if you're looking for artwork then I can highly recommend MAME Marquees I've got pieces from them in the past and it's top quality well worth the money.

Mitchomagic

If you are look for another bar top I have one its a pitboss counter top no board.9" monitor ,control panel coin mech etc 50 euros ??.Could be converted to jamma or rip out the guts and fit a laptop.

deadl0ck

Someone at http://arcadecontrols.com/arcade.htm should be able to point you in the right direction

brianon

thanks guys. Much appreciated.

LoGiE

Worth a sticky me thinks..... Keep the links coming.

deadl0ck

And there's always this book

Retrovertigo

OT but this is definitely worth a look if even just to drool.

http://www.stone-oakvalley-studios.com/index_somac_id.php

Hamese

Just browsing through this forum and saw you are starting a new project. Deadlock is right about the arcadecontrols.com site. That is what helped me get started several years ago. They have a bar type section that should be of interest for you. I built a stand up about six years ago. I still use it occasionally, but I haven't made any nice changes to it in a while. I love to see people start projects like this.

http://www.blogeric.net/?page_id=22

brianon

Just thought I'd mention this. I am making a custom joystick and wanted to have the top of it MDF->Artowrk->Plexi.

I had tried before to cut plexi with bad results but decided to have another go

4mm plexi bought in Homebase. Clamped the joystick/control panel mdf to the plexi and scored it (repeatedly!) on 1 side.
Did the exact same with the other side and with a little persuasion the plexi came out pretty well. A bit of sanding to he edges and I now have plexi to cover the control panel

ilovejamma

Do you still have the bartop, as i would be interested in it if for sale

cynos

All new Frontend
http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/

ondafly

cynos wrote: »

All new Frontend
http://www.hyperspin-fe.com/

I found it quite slow changing between emus. I use Maximus frontend, and its working out grand

www.arcadeshop.de <-- great shop for parts

BLITZ_Molloy

www.arcadeotaku.com

Successor to the now defunct Killer Cabs. Lots of good quality Japanese candy cabinets being traded on there. There are also a few arcade operators who might be able to source a cab. If you have anything technical questions theres lots of clever chaps around to offer advice on repairing pcbs, monitors etc.

pool-champ

Hello im one of the moderaters on Arcade Otaku does anyone know me ,I never knew this place was around ...

Mitchomagic

hail Otaku welcome to the forum!!!!

pool-champ

Hi cor so this were you hang out then

SimComSports

Strong words....

LoGiE

http://www.jammaboards.com/

For those who have a spare cab with working Monitor and Jamma Harness and not a lot of space for pcb's...

CathalDublin

http://www.arcaderepairtips.com/
For those looking to repair anything arcade really

defenderdude

CathalDublin wrote: »

http://www.arcaderepairtips.com/
For those looking to repair anything arcade really

good link.;)
TY

LoGiE

Do we have any arcade tech's that post in the forum?

Kidchameleon

Hi Guys,

Building a Mame cab at the moment. Id really like a Wells Gardner monitor or similar. Anybody know a good supplier? Id prefer not to import all the way from the states, a journey like that would be expensive and could ruin the screen...

Cheers.

Mitchomagic

I can get you a new WG monitor,or I have a few 2nd hand ones.

Cheers Mitch

Kidchameleon

Hi Mitch,

Thanks very much for the reply. Id be very interested in a new WG, what model can you get and any idea of a price?

Cheers,

Kid.

sundodger5

Got one of these from Mitch. Its the K7302. No isolation transformer required. so plug and play.

gymman39

hey mitch have you any cabs for a mame project?

Mitchomagic

All ways have a few project machines availble.from bare shells to complete machines.

Cheers Mitch

Jack burton

Any mistreated cabs that need a good bit of work done to them, I'm looking for a bit of a project!

Optimus Prime

Just a couple of links ive used in building/setting up my cab

www.t-molding.com im sure everyone knows this one, they sell all types of tmolding and slot cutters\arbors needed to do the job.


www.ultimarc.com - Bought all my bits and pieces off here, buttons, leds, Joystiqs, ipac2, arcade vga etc. make sure you buy in dollars off it as for some reason when i added up what i bought using the euro option on the site it ended up 50quid more expensive than the almighty $ for some reason.


www.maximusarcade.com/ - This is what i used for my front end, its pretty good, i didnt want something too flashy and with a video pack setup it looks great.

www.arcademachines.ie - I didnt buy anything from here but i found it after i had everything i needed. There prices are really decent and could be worth checking out, anyone use them before?

Its prob a good idea to check ebay once you find the bits you are looking for, you might get them cheaper off there. I need to pick up a couple of long shafts for my joystiqs and they are cheaper on ebay than on the websites.

www.elara.ie - I bought a hard drive and speakers from here, im sure there are cheaper but it was handy because they have a collection point in park west industrial estate.

feng10

Highly recommend arcademachines.ie I ordered an I-Pac some buttons and joysticks of them and they delivered the next day. The guy Aiden even rang to keep me updated on my order and was really helpful and sound.
The same cant be said for Elara I ordered some RAM and im still waiting on it even though it was in stock at the time. They charged me €8 for delivery even though im only 20 miles or so away from there site at Parkwest. I would have collected it only I had no transport. €8 for a such a small package seems a bit of a rip off to me, wouldn't have minded so much if they sent it by courier or something, ah well I won't be using them again.

Steve X2

I was given this link by someone on Arcade Otaku as I was looking for a Negatron.
http://www.tms-designs.com/theshed/default.asp

He seems to stock a fair few bits (mostly Sega but he has other stuff) for arcade machines.

Might be worth a look.


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Andrew76

There's also the site below which sell parts and cabs also it seems, you have to email them with part numbers for prices (they order them direct from Taito).

http://www.rs2006.co.jp/overseas.htm

Pyongyang

Anyone know where I can buy some 2.8mm male spade connectors? I went everywhere in town today looking for them. Peats, Maplin, Mitchells etc. Nobody has them.

I didn't have time to try McKenna's (sic?). Anyone know any good electrical stores that may do them?

Andrew76

Pyongyang wrote: »

Anyone know where I can buy some 2.8mm male spade connectors? I went everywhere in town today looking for them. Peats, Maplin, Mitchells etc. Nobody has them.

I didn't have time to try McKenna's (sic?). Anyone know any good electrical stores that may do them?

I would have suggested Halfords (Carrickmines) but I was there recently and they only had the larger variety (6.5mm) that I got a few packs of myself. I haven't come across male spade connectors in that size before. Maybe that Radionics place might have them?

I know the guys over on AO said 2.8mm but have you measured the width of the terminals on those microswitches on your current sticks? Just to be doubly sure.

/Edit: The reason I'm questioning the 2.8mm is because in your pics here the terminals on your stick switches (and hence the females they go into) look awfully like 6.5mm, unless they taper off something fierce. Worth checking anyway. I'd expect the buttons to be 2.8mm but not sticks. Anyway, I'm just a noob with this stuff. :P

Pyongyang

I had a "oh my God, you're such a bell end!" moment after I posted that. I'm going to Airside tonight to have a look in B&Q and/or Halfords for some.

Surely to goodness someone must have them. I WANT TO INSTALL MY LS-56-01'S DAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pyongyang

Andrew76 wrote: »

the terminals on your stick switches (and hence the females they go into) look awfully like 6.5mm

I'll just buy a pack of each. Feck it, they're only €2.50 a pack in Maplin, meaning they should be around 3c a pack in anywhere else that prices stuff properly.

B&Q have some nice cheapo ratchet crimps too so I'll swipe one of those chubby looking hoofters to attach them with as well methinks.

Andrew76

Yeah Halfords are total rip off with those connectors and quick disconnects, but when your stuck (impatient :pac:) what can you do.
I'd be very surprised if those stick switches are 2.8mm as I've only seen that size on the Sanwa/Seimitsu buttons. Lol those new sticks better be worth all the hassle you're going through. I was tempted to order a 58 from akihabara since they come with the SS mounting plate but decided against it for now, the 32 does me fine. Do they offer better delivery times than your 1 month SAL crap btw?

Pyongyang

Akihibarashop offer Airmail and EMS in addition to the awesome SAL(amander).

Hopefully I'll have these boys fitted tonight.

Pyongyang

After an evening trawling B&Q and Halfords and ending up buying a million types of spade connectors I can safely say this Andrew76:

They are definitely 2.8mm spades required.

Ah well. Just have to wait for them to turn up in the post. Argh!

Andrew76

Ah crap man that's a letdown.

Where are you getting them from via the post?

Pyongyang

Andrew76 wrote: »

Ah crap man that's a letdown.

Where are you getting them from via the post?

Oddly enough, the UK. The bloke I bought them off is sending another pack today.

Pyongyang

Those bloody female terminals are 4.75mm/0.187". I can't find male spades for them at all.

I'm tempted to chuck the towel in now and buy LS-56's instead and sell the 01's. Sick of the hassle it's causing.

Andrew76

Pyongyang wrote: »

Those bloody female terminals are 4.75mm/0.187". I can't find male spades for them at all.

I'm tempted to chuck the towel in now and buy LS-56's instead and sell the 01's. Sick of the hassle it's causing.

It's like a right of passage with these candies, wouldn't be right if they didn't give you grief unfortunately.

I would've taken those 01's off your hands only for the pain in the ass mounting plates on them. I guess the easiest option would be to buy the new sticks, if you didn't want to wait ages for akiha shipping then arcadeshop.de has them and they'll get to you within 2 wks max: http://www.arcadeshop.de/Joysticks-LS-56-Seimitsu_777.html. Says in the description that they use 0.187" terminals so they would connect straight into your females no problem.

The cheaper option would be to snip off the 0.187" females you currently have and attach new females that you have matching male spades for (0.250"?).

Pyongyang

Aye, I'm not going to snip the microswitches but I'm going to buy the standard 56's instead and sell the 01's. What kind of CP plate does your cab have? Just wondering how they differ to Sega plates.

Trying to get the right spades for the 01's is doing my head in so I might as well just fold my cards.

Talking of sticks, does anyone know where you can get a Suzo 500 from?

Andrew76

My cp uses SS mounting plates.

Pyongyang

I chucked in the towel. Bought two 56's instead. Sticks are now up for sale (elsewhere) or trade (here and AO/Shmups).

Pyongyang

Those bloody sticks I ordered I thought were on their way. They still haven't shipped. Bloke says they are being shipped today after I had to ask them twice.

That's the last time I order from arcadeshop.de. :mad:

Andrew76

Pyongyang wrote: »

Those bloody sticks I ordered I thought were on their way. They still haven't shipped. Bloke says they are being shipped today after I had to ask them twice.

That's the last time I order from arcadeshop.de. :mad:

Wtf that's crapola. Must say I've never had a problem with them before.

But funny you mention the above - those sticks I ordered from akihabarashop where my order went missing. As I mentioned the chap responded to my emails about the missing order quick enough but I emailed again a few days ago asking had they been shipped or not - no word back. So like you but with a different site, I won't be ordering from them again.

Pyongyang

Six of one, half a dozen of the other eh Mr. 76?

I've personally not had problems with them besides the super slow SAL shipping. Did you opt for SAL untracked? Or EMS?

In future I'm going with EMS on important items, it's worth the few bob more I think.

Pissed off with Arcadeshop.de though, leaving it a fecking week until I have to contact them twice in order to get a response. Was told I'd get shipping confirmation today too and I still haven't received that yet. :mad:

Andrew76

Pyongyang wrote: »

Six of one, half a dozen of the other eh Mr. 76?

I've personally not had problems with them besides the super slow SAL shipping. Did you opt for SAL untracked? Or EMS?

In future I'm going with EMS on important items, it's worth the few bob more I think.

Pissed off with Arcadeshop.de though, leaving it a fecking week until I have to contact them twice in order to get a response. Was told I'd get shipping confirmation today too and I still haven't received that yet. :mad:

I think I went with EMS because you mentioned SAL took ages for something you got recently. I was hoping to get them this side of Christmas seeing as I ordered them week before last now I think. Prob won't happen. Must see if I can put in some sort of paypal claim if I don't hear back by the weekend.

That's strange with arcadeshop.de. What did/does you order history page say? Normally the order status updates quick enough. Usually only a day to go from Waiting for Payment to Payment Received then a day or two later it's Order Shipped and you get an automatic email saying the same.