I'll update this thread as I make more progress.
So, as promised, here's some progress! After neglecting my HS-5 for over a decade, it's finally in my basement, and this is the weekend I'm going to finish it. The thing that really got me off the dime was ARpiCADE. I have a nice 25" CRT for it, a Billabs BL25C90T I bought around 2012.
Just to summarize from my dusty old blog, I got this cab for $12 at an auction because it looked more like a trapezoid than a rectangle. The coin door panel was broken off and sitting inside the cab. Truly, it was the Charlie Brown Christmas tree of HS5 cabs. Here's my plan for this weekend, to keep myself honest:
Saturday:
- install coin door panel, using backing strips or something
- install cut corner control panel
- install the riser base
- install T molding
Sunday:
- get the monitor mounted
- get everything functional (JAMMA harness wiring)
Monday:
- install translite and make a monitor bezel