Rotatable monitor

AllenBomber

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I pulled a chassis last night from some guy's machine, and it was a really interesting monitor. The 25" tube was mounted on a set of rollers for the purpose of rotating between horizontal and vertical games. The chassis wasn't really mounted to the tube either. It was sorta set off to the side on it's own frame that bolted to the outer structure of this whole turn-table apparatus. I tried searching in the archives here, but all I really found was some home-built style stuff. This wasn't home made; it looked factory cast. The only marking on it was the chassis, a Toei TC-A252S. Anyone ever see or have any info on a monitor like this?
 

Yeah, that's the "Home made" stuff I said I was coming across. This was on a stamped steel frame with nylon wheels. I'll be sure to get a picture when I go replace the chassis.

The big problem was when you rotate the monitor, the edges would run into the sides of the cab, so he had to have these little flaps on the cab. It was like the ply on either side of the monitor was hinged and would get locked back in place after the monitor was rotated.
 
The only cabs I know of with rotating mechanisms from the factory are the taito egret 29's and Egret 2 and 3's. I know of no American style cabinet with them.

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That mechanism looks pretty similar but definitely not the same. On the right side of the monitor was where the chassis mounted. It was vertically mounted and perpendicular to the rotating face. They probably took the assembly from one of the other candys you listed and scratch built a cab around it.
 
Can't really tell from that picture, but the cab definitely looked more like a scratch built than a Dynamo, and the actual swivel looked closer to what stuffmonger posted
 
just confirmed with the owner, it was indeed salvaged from a candy (or as he called it, a japanese sit-down machine). Not exactly sure why someone would destroy a candy for the sake of building a standard wood cab, but I've got to guess the thing was toast and he had no idea how to work with fiberglass. Either way, I really wish he had the manual for this monitor. I can't find info on this Toei chassis anywhere.
 
well plastic cabs aren't exactly the greatest things to look at especially if you have a collection of American stand ups
 
well plastic cabs aren't exactly the greatest things to look at especially if you have a collection of American stand ups

Yeah, the only reason I would ever want one is for the 29" monitor. I don't get the appeal of the cabs themselves.
 
Don't get me wrong, I love them in one way. Big, New rotatable monitors, easy upkeep, comfortable as hell to play on etc.

2 Japanese games linked sitting back to back for fighting games is so good.

They just don't really fit into a retro arcade that well, so building a copycat out of wood is a pretty good idea if you have the time/skills
 
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