Dave Santoro's "Arcade Replay" Game Cabinet » Electrical

More parts – Volcano Switches, Spinner Knob

Dave — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:47:26 +0000

I am still working out the details of my control panel layout, but I know that I am going to use these – genuine Atari ‘volcano’ start buttons. I ordered them from RAM Controls. The switch is NOS (”New Old Stock” – 25 years old but never used) and the cones are high-quality reproductions. I think these will complement the stainless token top spinner knob very nicely.

I got a kick out of the old hand-typed label too.

Here’s the Token Top spinner knob. Of course it has one of my own nickel BYOAC tokens in it. These are made by RandyT over at Groovygamegear.com.

Laminate Sides Applied

Dave — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:16:22 +0000

It was a tad cold for it, but I took a chance and applied the laminate sides to the cabinet today. Everything went great, and I also managed to create the speaker ‘panel.’ It will have a cloth covered grille over it so I wasn’t super fussy about the holes..

I know most people route the T-molding slot earlier in the process, but I tend to bang into the edges and mess up the slot so I do it later in the process.

Electrical

Dave — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:17:16 +0000

I have a nice blue extension cord I will be using for the power. It will be detachable from the cabinet using a power entry module (like the power input on the back o a PC.) One of these connectors will be at the end of the extension cord to connect it to the cab. I got all this from Mouser.