its hard to see, but do you have tmolding above the marquee? and with the tmolding on the cab, did you use the textured or smooth molding? looks great.
Making a new Zoo Keeper
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Yes, there is t-molding above the marquee. All of the molding is textured.
About the coin door plate...I never gave it much thought, but my Track and Field has a Century one. They're kind of cool in comparison to a regular plain coin door...I just never gave them much thought.
Oh...and I fixed the joystick black disk thing.
Still waiting on a monitor and a ROM. I'm still scared it won't work, but I guess I'll find out soon enough.
About the coin door plate...I never gave it much thought, but my Track and Field has a Century one. They're kind of cool in comparison to a regular plain coin door...I just never gave them much thought.
Oh...and I fixed the joystick black disk thing.
Still waiting on a monitor and a ROM. I'm still scared it won't work, but I guess I'll find out soon enough.
badgamer
Member
shirkle...how many hours of work do you estimate that it took to build, including artwork??
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I'm not sure. Way too many.....but that's because I didn't have the tools and I really don't have the space. I live in a townhouse and I don't have a garage or work area. So, getting things done meant either waiting until the weather was nice enough to go outside, or going to someone else's place.
If you have the tools (router, table saw, drill, paint sprayer) and the space, you could probably knock this entire project out in just a couple days.
The cabinet was cut on a CNC router, and could have been assembled and painted that same day if I would have had the hand router and saw at my house.
It really wasn't a bad project at all. Putting it together wasn't even bad on my own...just make sure you've got about 4 or 5 30" clamps or else the pieces will get misaligned or fall out as you put others in.
There were some little things that you'll need from an original cabinet: mainly the wood that is between the control panel and monitor (I guess you could make it, but it didn't look easy), the plastic bezel channels, and the metal bezel holder between the CP and bezel.
Putting the art on was really easy. Maybe an hour of work. We just put the game on its side and she held the art as I smoothed it on with a squeegee. I did the front myself in about 10 minutes.
I bet if you had all of the tools and parts ready to go, you could go start to finish in 10 hours, not counting sit time for the glue and paint to dry.
If you have the tools (router, table saw, drill, paint sprayer) and the space, you could probably knock this entire project out in just a couple days.
The cabinet was cut on a CNC router, and could have been assembled and painted that same day if I would have had the hand router and saw at my house.
It really wasn't a bad project at all. Putting it together wasn't even bad on my own...just make sure you've got about 4 or 5 30" clamps or else the pieces will get misaligned or fall out as you put others in.
There were some little things that you'll need from an original cabinet: mainly the wood that is between the control panel and monitor (I guess you could make it, but it didn't look easy), the plastic bezel channels, and the metal bezel holder between the CP and bezel.
Putting the art on was really easy. Maybe an hour of work. We just put the game on its side and she held the art as I smoothed it on with a squeegee. I did the front myself in about 10 minutes.
I bet if you had all of the tools and parts ready to go, you could go start to finish in 10 hours, not counting sit time for the glue and paint to dry.
Got the monitor today. Still waiting on the coin bypass ROM from hobbyroms.com. So, without the coin processor hooked up I got the exact results I was hoping for: service screen with the "up" switch stuck on, which is what i've read it should do.
I was so excited just to see it lit up with something on the screen, even if it wasn't the game.
I was so excited just to see it lit up with something on the screen, even if it wasn't the game.
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I shipped it out last week...
By usual Canada Post standards, you should get it this Wednesday or Thursday.
Cheers,
Steph
www.Hobbyroms.com
Nope...got it today. Exactly a week.
When I wrote that, I didn't mean it in an impatient kind of way....just that I was waiting for it as an eager arcade restorer. Business with hobbyroms has been great!!
When I wrote that, I didn't mean it in an impatient kind of way....just that I was waiting for it as an eager arcade restorer. Business with hobbyroms has been great!!
RadArcade
Active member
Well??? Did it work?
I have the never ending ZK project going as well. I recently got the sideart, and I would love to remake some of the cabinet pieces. Not sure I have the skill for that though.
I have the never ending ZK project going as well. I recently got the sideart, and I would love to remake some of the cabinet pieces. Not sure I have the skill for that though.
Sorry, I thought I had updated this.
Yes, the new coin bypass chip worked, and it moved me onward to a couple other issues. I had to replace the battery and I still have to replace the 2114s on the data board.
I also had no sound except for the initial sound when first powered on. I tracked that down to be ROM 25, and when i removed U25, I saw a nice bent leg. I straightened it, it broke, I soldered it back on, and now all is good.
The memory still isn't working (I need those 2114s), but it's completely playable and I love it. I've just been writing down high scores until I can fix the memory issue.
It really didn't take much "skill" to put this all together. Someone cut the cabinet for me on their CNC. I just pieced it all together and painted it. It took some time, but it wasn't really much worse than a normal restoration where you'd repaint and replace the CPO and all that. It just had that extra step of putting it all together and making it fit. I'd love to do it again now that I've done it once, but I have no space at all.
Yes, the new coin bypass chip worked, and it moved me onward to a couple other issues. I had to replace the battery and I still have to replace the 2114s on the data board.
I also had no sound except for the initial sound when first powered on. I tracked that down to be ROM 25, and when i removed U25, I saw a nice bent leg. I straightened it, it broke, I soldered it back on, and now all is good.
The memory still isn't working (I need those 2114s), but it's completely playable and I love it. I've just been writing down high scores until I can fix the memory issue.
It really didn't take much "skill" to put this all together. Someone cut the cabinet for me on their CNC. I just pieced it all together and painted it. It took some time, but it wasn't really much worse than a normal restoration where you'd repaint and replace the CPO and all that. It just had that extra step of putting it all together and making it fit. I'd love to do it again now that I've done it once, but I have no space at all.
RadArcade
Active member
Are the cabinet plans public? I guess potentially I could find someone local to make the pieces for me. I would probably Frankenstein my ZK project and some new cabinet pieces together.
Ha.. I started my project back in 04. How sad.
http://www.radarcade.com/zookeeper.htm
Ha.. I started my project back in 04. How sad.
http://www.radarcade.com/zookeeper.htm
