Dragon's Lair Fans - Arcade Lifestyle
General Chat => Technical Area => Topic started by: virtvic on April 19, 2017, 06:22:13 AM
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Does anyone here have a ladybug wall mount machine (or similar) that could take a picture of the lock bar mechanism for me, so I can create a new one for mine, please?
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Let me help here a little ;)
I think it's a generic cab with dedicated artwork (see attached picture). The lock mechanism consists of the lock itself and two bars that are moved up/down by turning the lock.
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That's exactly how I imagine it to work, but as the bars move with the lock bar, they will move on a slight angle. I'm thinking that the pivot points on the lock bar should be slotted to allow for this. I think I'll make roughly what I think will work, try it and then adjust to suit.
The monitor stopped working the other day - but I have found out with the help of a monitor expert that the degauss PTC had failed and made the fuse go short circuit. I removed the PTC and it now works again!
I have ordered a new one, as the colours are a bit off without a degauss in there.
Ladybug rules!
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That's exactly how I imagine it to work, but as the bars move with the lock bar, they will move on a slight angle.
Right, so the bar's turnpoint (?) should be as near to the lock center axis as possible.
Damn monitors....blame it on the courier :D
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I think the monitor failing may have had something to do with the light flicking like mad when it was trying to turn itself on - I sorted that out by cleaning the contacts on the tube - works even without the tube starter now!
It looks great next to my Cosmic Alan. Really pleased I've finally got it. :D
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Wait a minute, I can remember that the game once coined up when the tube was flickering :D The problem had disappeared after I had installed a new starter.
It looks great next to my Cosmic Alan.
This Cosmic Alan? :D
(https://68.media.tumblr.com/0eb0c85dfec8920f45040257bd3536ea/tumblr_o0y4k6vBXG1rmcwdzo1_400.gif)
R.I.P. :-\
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He was a good Alan! :D
The tube had corroded contacts. I cleaned another of my tubes recently and that now works perfectly!
A good tech tip!