R.I.P. My Centipede Cabaret...1980-2009

TheDrewster

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Ugh...I broke my back only to break the neck....

I spent nearly a week getting the monitor in my Centipede Cabaret to work. Recapped it, new width coil, resoldering and tinkering like I have never resoldered or tinkered before. Headache after headache. But then, I found the culprit cold joint. The picture was beautiful, stable, and ready for action.

Put the monitor back in the cabinet, hooked up the cables and started screwing the mounts back in. I accidentally pushed one of the screws backwards, so I had to reach around the back of the cabinet to push it back out. I reached above the monitor, felt a static shock, I jumped, smacked the neck board with my elbow, saw a flash, heard a hiss, and all my hard work gets reduced to what can be a large lead-glass flowerpot. The horror stories you read about these incidents never seem bad until it happens to you. Take it from me.

Unless I can snag a cheap used tube with or without burn, Ill be parting it out. Its not economical for me to spend $125 on the game, $20 in parts, and pop an extra $130+ for a new tube. I was going to sell it anyway.

Sigh....All that work......
 

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I spent nearly a week getting the monitor to work. Recapped it, new width coil, resoldering and tinkering like I have never resoldered or tinkered before. Headache after headache. But then, I found the culprit cold joint. The picture was beautiful, stable, and ready for action.

Put the monitor back in the cabinet, hooked up the cables and started screwing the mounts back in. I accidentally pushed one of the screws backwards, so I had to reach around the back of the cabinet to push it back out. I reached above the monitor, felt a static shock, I jumped, smacked the neck board with my elbow, saw a flash, heard a hiss, and all my hard work gets reduced to what can be a large lead-glass flowerpot. The horror stories you read about these incidents never seem bad until it happens to you. Take it from me.

In its last breath, it said "*Cough, cough*....Use my parts to save the other ailing Centipedes around the world....goodbye Drew....*Gasp*......" (More details in the For Sale forum.)

R.I.P. Centipede....

It's just a monitor....
 
I spent nearly a week getting the monitor to work. Recapped it, new width coil, resoldering and tinkering like I have never resoldered or tinkered before. Headache after headache. But then, I found the culprit cold joint. The picture was beautiful, stable, and ready for action.

Put the monitor back in the cabinet, hooked up the cables and started screwing the mounts back in. I accidentally pushed one of the screws backwards, so I had to reach around the back of the cabinet to push it back out. I reached above the monitor, felt a static shock, I jumped, smacked the neck board with my elbow, saw a flash, heard a hiss, and all my hard work gets reduced to what can be a large lead-glass flowerpot. The horror stories you read about these incidents never seem bad until it happens to you. Take it from me.

In its last breath, it said "*Cough, cough*....Use my parts to save the other ailing Centipedes around the world....goodbye Drew....*Gasp*......" (More details in the For Sale forum.)

R.I.P. Centipede....

Slap a new tube in there and be done with it... :)
 
Slap a new tube in there and be done with it... :)

Ahh, if I werent a busy college student, I would give that a try. Its way above my abilities. Besides, I already have a full size Centipede, so the pain of loss doesnt hurt as bad as if would if this were my only Centipede.
 
Go down to your local 8Liner shop (and don't tell me they don't have one in Nevada) and ask if they have any old 19" monitors from 8Liners that got upgraded to LCDs. Assuming you get one that speaks English, you may need a truck to haul them away.

That way you don't need to mess with the chassis and you can ship it to me for helping solve your monitor dillema. Win-Win! :D

ken
 
Ahh, if I werent a busy college student, I would give that a try. Its way above my abilities. Besides, I already have a full size Centipede, so the pain of loss doesnt hurt as bad as if would if this were my only Centipede.

Seriously, swapping the tubes is probably easier than everything you already did to it. :)
 
Is finding another tube really as easy as you people are implying? Youll have to excuse me, I am a tube n00b.
 
Is finding another tube really as easy as you people are implying? Youll have to excuse me, I am a tube n00b.

I would expect you to be able to find a cheap used one in Nevada as others have said. So much gambling, they must have a ton of used and surplus monitors. Anyway, absolute worst case would be a refurbished tube which will look brand new.

https://www.hbfelectronics.com/index.php?action=proc_search&search_string=19vmjp22

They are pricey, but not bad considering it is going to work in your GO7 flawlessly. Anyway, try to find a used one to put in there and save some money. Ping the local collectors like VectorVanish, r5g, mkeller, etc. to see if any have a tube they can part with. :)
 
Sorry to hear about the mishap, but I hope you don't part it out. Those Centipede cabarets are among the nicer cabarets, and I would trade my UR immediately for a cabaret in similar condition. It would be a shame to kill that cab for something that you can find eventually.
 
only issue with finding a tube (probably a 19 inch G07) is they quit making them but on the plus side Ive heard of folks using old 19 inch tv's and yanking the tube out of those and using them on their arcades. If you werent so far I could get you a used G07 in excellent shape for next to nothing.
 
Unless I can snag a cheap used tube with or without burn, Ill be parting it out. Its not economical for me to spend $125 on the game, $20 in parts, and pop an extra $130+ for a new tube.

$125 + $20 + $130 +$5(Recycle Old Tube) = $280. You should still should be able to sell it for $300-400.

Make sure you recycle the old tube since it contains lead.

You almost always can get more for something parted out. Whether it be arcade games, cars etc.

I think your answer comes down to how much you are into and love the hobby. To make a comparison, one car restorer may part out a rusted muscle car because its cheaper and they have to run a business, while others will loose money on it because of the love of the hobby. They may spend years replacing 60-90% of the sheet metal on a car. The car takes on a persona of having soul to them. Some will only sell their cars to people they know will take care of the car, even if it means a lesser price.

You could probably make a scale from 1 to 10. One you are in it for the money only. 10 you are in it purely for the love of the hobby.

Most of us are all probably in the middle somewhere.

Ok time for popcorn. :)
 
Of course, you can get an LCD for less than $100 (dodges tomatoes).

Only kidding. This story brought tears to my eyes.
 
It probably comes down to location as usual, but if you only have about $150 into that mini, and the tube is the only thing not working, you could make money on it as it sits.

You could probably get $300 out here or possibly more eve with it dead. Minis are just harder to come by here and probably there.
 
Is finding another tube really as easy as you people are implying? Youll have to excuse me, I am a tube n00b.

Drewster, how's this for a deal.

Thanks to Vector Junkie's link I just ordered two new tubes for my games. I'll GIVE you one of the tubes I pull out for free but you have to pay shipping. One is coming out of a Tron with typical burn and the other is in a MsPac with typical burn. Your choice. :)

Offer stands for anyone else that wants the other tube that he doesnt take.

Matt
 
only issue with finding a tube (probably a 19 inch G07) is they quit making them but on the plus side Ive heard of folks using old 19 inch tv's and yanking the tube out of those and using them on their arcades. If you werent so far I could get you a used G07 in excellent shape for next to nothing.

this is what i do when i find old tvs. all you need is the tube from the tv, just make sure it has the right amount of pins. then you just use your old chassis and yoke. you will have to do some convergance but its not that bad.
 
Yeah, I'm with everyone else. It's just a monitor - get another used one. :) Get a crappy JAMMA game off a local collector or CL and use the monitor from that (and part out the crappy JAMMA cab if you must). Don't part out the Centipede :)
 
I just checked a bunch of thrift stores this morning and found plenty of 19 inch TVs. I know most earlier Panasonics used the same tube as the G07 (According to a list found on a different forum), but I could only find 20" Panasonics. Does anybody have any more insight as to what TVs have which tubes?
 
I just checked a bunch of thrift stores this morning and found plenty of 19 inch TVs. I know most earlier Panasonics used the same tube as the G07 (According to a list found on a different forum), but I could only find 20" Panasonics. Does anybody have any more insight as to what TVs have which tubes?

You talking about my list I posted in the What's a GO7 tube worth thread? If so, I won't post it again.

If you have the model number for a 19" TV, we could always check to see what tube it uses and compare the pins, etc all online.

This site does a great cross reference between tubes and TVs

https://www.encompassparts.com/ (you must login as guest which is hard to see the link)

You can also find a bit of details from Conns and Sears using their part search and cross references.

http://www.searspartsdirect.com/partsdirect/index.action?pop=flush

http://conns.partsearch.com/Default.aspx
 
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