The Bucky O'Hare project

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Ok guys. The disassembly and bodywork on this old cabinet begins next week. I'm still waiting on most of the art kit but it's time to get going. Plenty of wiring to do, painting and a cpl box to find.
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OK now what did I get myself into? Trash wiring, trash corners, trash cpl...Well time to carefully pull a huge monitor and get to work..
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SFGE is coming soon. Sounds like you are making progress but I cant see any of the pictures other than the arrival of the x men control panel. :(
 
SFGE is coming soon. Sounds like you are making progress but I cant see any of the pictures other than the arrival of the x men control panel. :(
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Well it's wet paint day. My issue right now is that I ordered the art from this old game at Christmas and I still don't have it. I am going to keep doing as much as I can without it
 
While inspecting the control panel so I can put on the Control panel overlay noticed that I missed a spot.

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While inspecting the control panel so I can put on the Control panel overlay noticed that I missed a spot.

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Have you test fit all the buttons / sticks on the panel yet? Need to be sure the buttons are gonna cover all of the hole without showing a gap, or will even fit in the hole. Don't want to find out you got an issue after the overlay is down.

I know that it had buttons in it before as an x men, but the X-Men control panel overlay came with the holes already cut in it. You can see that they didn't line up just right so they fudged a couple of the holes a little and made them oblong so they would line up with the holes already in the overlay. Since the holes in the overlay were perfect you would not have seen the gap underneath.

When you lay the buckey overlay down, if you cut the holes to match the holes in the panel you might have a problem. if there is a gap during test fit without the overlay there will be a gap with the overlay if you trim it to the holes. Sure you have thought of all of this and have a plan, but just in case....
 
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Have you test fit all the buttons / sticks on the panel yet? Need to be sure the buttons are gonna cover all of the hole without showing a gap, or will even fit in the hole. Don't want to find out you got an issue after the overlay is down.
One of the holes.. Specifically the one you are looking at is weird and was really loose when the old button was unscrewed but solid when tightened. I'm not too keen on filling all the holes and redrilling so I got a lexan top for extra support. It's also accurate to the machine.(if I have to I'll try filling it behind the lexan)

The sticks look like they fit perfectly(checked them against the cutouts on the back of the control panel) but I wasn't about to take them apart without mounting bolts, the overlay and everything else.

My new Happ buttons aren't here yet so I can't fit those. Darn you slow boat from China.

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Have you test fit all the buttons / sticks on the panel yet? Need to be sure the buttons are gonna cover all of the hole without showing a gap, or will even fit in the hole. Don't want to find out you got an issue after the overlay is down.

I know that it had buttons in it before as an x men, but the X-Men control panel overlay came with the holes already cut in it. You can see that they didn't line up just right so they fudged a couple of the holes a little and made them oblong so they would line up with the holes already in the overlay. Since the holes in the overlay were perfect you would not have seen the gap underneath.

When you lay the buckey overlay down, if you cut the holes to match the holes in the panel you might have a problem. if there is a gap during test fit without the overlay there will be a gap with the overlay if you trim it to the holes. Sure you have thought of all of this and have a plan, but just in case....
PS: my vintage Wico microswitch joysticks:
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Today I just try to center the overlay. I really need more clamps and a big bottle of rapid tac before sticking this thing.

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Ok just making sure that I have a good monitor and power supply..Then changing some of the settings on Bucky O'Hare to make the sound mono.

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