Brick Top
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Part I
This is my second go at a Multiwillams cabinet. The first one was your standard one size fits all multiwilliams control panel in an already JAMMAtized cabinet.
It is a great game, however some of the little things bothered me. For one, it wasn't a Williams cabinet. I had laying around what used to be a Kangaroo cabinet at one time, and made a pseudo "Joust" cabinet out of it. Brown and black, with custom artwork.
I used 4" Wico balltops, since Robotron was the game I played most. This is quite a compromise when trying to play Defender/Stargate, also the sticks are not centered like a real Robotron, and Joust feels funny as well with the wrong sticks, and again with the wrong spacing. I used leaf buttons and sticks to get it as good as possible but I still felt something was lacking.
Picture for reference:
My next plan was to make another using a Robotron cabinet. I would set it up as a Robotron, and screw the rest of those games. Robotron was the game I played, so I want the experience to be as good as possible. I could double up on a button, and maybe add one if I really wanted to play some other games. With the 8 ways I would be set for Bubbles as well, and also Splat!
So I picked up this beauty..
Again pre JAMMAtized, however I soon found out that the harness was junk and I would have to redo it all anyway. Stripped it to bare wood, primed it painted it, vinyled the front, refinished the hardware, and started to collect parts.
Next was the work on the CP. I had to fill and bondo all holes and figure out how exactly to build the nice smooth panel with no carriage bolt heads protruding. Pictures from KLOV threads helped me out here, and eventually I ended up with this..
Couple more holes to drill and route to set the leaf buttons, install the lights, joys, and CPO, then we are done here. I really admire all the work that Williams put into making a nice smooth panel. Much more than just punching holes in a sheet of steel.
Here is the finished CP. Wico 8 ways, new grommets, and 4" red balls.
To be continued...
This is my second go at a Multiwillams cabinet. The first one was your standard one size fits all multiwilliams control panel in an already JAMMAtized cabinet.
It is a great game, however some of the little things bothered me. For one, it wasn't a Williams cabinet. I had laying around what used to be a Kangaroo cabinet at one time, and made a pseudo "Joust" cabinet out of it. Brown and black, with custom artwork.
I used 4" Wico balltops, since Robotron was the game I played most. This is quite a compromise when trying to play Defender/Stargate, also the sticks are not centered like a real Robotron, and Joust feels funny as well with the wrong sticks, and again with the wrong spacing. I used leaf buttons and sticks to get it as good as possible but I still felt something was lacking.
Picture for reference:
My next plan was to make another using a Robotron cabinet. I would set it up as a Robotron, and screw the rest of those games. Robotron was the game I played, so I want the experience to be as good as possible. I could double up on a button, and maybe add one if I really wanted to play some other games. With the 8 ways I would be set for Bubbles as well, and also Splat!
So I picked up this beauty..
Again pre JAMMAtized, however I soon found out that the harness was junk and I would have to redo it all anyway. Stripped it to bare wood, primed it painted it, vinyled the front, refinished the hardware, and started to collect parts.
Next was the work on the CP. I had to fill and bondo all holes and figure out how exactly to build the nice smooth panel with no carriage bolt heads protruding. Pictures from KLOV threads helped me out here, and eventually I ended up with this..
Couple more holes to drill and route to set the leaf buttons, install the lights, joys, and CPO, then we are done here. I really admire all the work that Williams put into making a nice smooth panel. Much more than just punching holes in a sheet of steel.
Here is the finished CP. Wico 8 ways, new grommets, and 4" red balls.
To be continued...


