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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #360 on: March 21, 2015, 07:10:57 PM »
Here's a better picture from that smaller bezel from twisted quarter:



See the extra most-inner edge....that shouldn't be there for my application....
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #361 on: March 22, 2015, 12:13:23 AM »
Looks "removable" to me  ;) :D
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #362 on: March 22, 2015, 01:10:09 AM »
Mmm,with a knife ? looks to stiff for it....maybe with various cuts along the same edge...
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #363 on: March 22, 2015, 09:17:45 AM »
perhaps with something like this:



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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #364 on: March 22, 2015, 01:07:45 PM »
I'd use a Dremel too. And afterwards a fine sanding paper or a heater to sand or burn the remaining little edges smooth. :)

Btw: Awesome resto so far! Go go go!
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #365 on: April 04, 2015, 12:24:49 PM »
I'm not sure if my hand is steady enough for using the Dremel for this...

Some small but important work done, rebuilt the joystick :)

The rubbers replaced (about time ;))
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #366 on: April 04, 2015, 12:26:42 PM »
Aaaaaaaaannndd....thanks to Luigi a set of spanking new Cherry micro-switches installed !  :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
Thanks my friend !!!

By the way, before I get questions: that blue connector is there because it needs to have 3 wires crimped to it, won't fit in the other type of connector :)

I'm a bit sad that the joystick rebuild kit doesn't include a new rubber for the end of the stick. This has gotten a bit dented where it pushes on the micro-switches (see the lower left part of the pic in the previous posting) and a new one would activate them a bit quicker I guess. Probably a part that can't be find though. I may experiment with some rubber band or something if I don't like the joystick's feel.
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #367 on: April 08, 2015, 08:44:42 PM »
Spring finally started here so I decided to paint the black parts. Inspired by John's video about the Journey I decided to give rattle can spray painting a go. I carefully protected the sides and sprayed away.

I'm not happy with the results. I'll sand it a bit again and roll it....it just doesn't really cover nicely somehow.

However, since I had the cab out anyway I decided to do some other work....I wanted to see some result to motivate myself again :)

It was a lot of repositioning and measuring. My conclusion is that this repro artwork does NOT have exactly the correct sizes as the original....at least not as the one that was on my cab....o well....

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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #368 on: April 08, 2015, 08:45:47 PM »
YEAH BABY, I"M BACK !!!!


(do we agree Coily is one of the cutest bad guys in the history of video gaming ?  ;D

Damn I love tearing away the masking on side-art :)
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #369 on: April 08, 2015, 08:46:31 PM »
......aaaaaaaaaannnnnndddd....


Done !
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #370 on: April 08, 2015, 09:13:06 PM »
The best moment!!! YEeeessss!!!  :-* :-* :-*

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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #371 on: April 08, 2015, 09:58:21 PM »
Looks sweet !
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #372 on: April 08, 2015, 10:39:50 PM »
yessss  :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #373 on: April 08, 2015, 11:09:52 PM »
Looks real good!!!
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Re: Q*bert. A man and his grail...
« Reply #374 on: April 09, 2015, 01:07:02 AM »
Awesome!!!  :spaceace: :spaceace: :spaceace:
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