Chapter 9 and 10
THROW HIM IN THE FLOOR GRINDER & ITCHY PILLOW STUFFING FROM HELL
The fun continues! Just when you think you're done with the dirty work, you realize there's plenty more ahead. I'd venture to say that the floor grinding was one of the dustiest jobs I've seen—even more so than drywall. They claim it's "dustless," but I'm not sure where that word came from. Even with all their big, fancy vacuums, there was dust everywhere, with most of it coming from the edge grinders. When all was said and done, it looked really nice. Now, I have to protect the floors through all the other stages. Thank God that's done.
If there's one thing I truly hate, it's insulation. I don't care if it's pink, yellow, green, or white.....insulation freaks me out! On top of that, my skin is super sensitive and I get a rash. My friend Terry, who installs the stuff for a living, says it doesn't bother him. He's been doing it for 30 years and yes he wears long sleeves and a mask. We put R-38 in the ceiling and R-13 in all the interior walls. I also put foam panels over the CMU on the furred-out walls. In addition to all that, I have a 4-inch foam cap on the white composite roof. It should stay super cool in there with all that insulation. On the ceilings in the arcade area, I put black scrim paper that will be painted eggshell black to even it out and cover the staples. The front area will have a drop ceiling with architectural 2x2 tiles and a black grid.
I also thought I'd drop a pic of a few games I've been restoring. They're almost complete! Tapper is about to fire up thanks to
@ELutz for selling me an MCR suitcase; that was the last piece of the puzzle. Galaga is done, APB needs a coin door, Neo is done, and 720 needs paint. All the other parts are ready except for the medium-resolution CRT. One of the helpers accidentally necked the tube, so now I'll have to do a yoke swap. I've never done one and will need to read up on the process.