Robotron
Cocktail Restoration ( 2005-2007 ! )
I bought
the cabinet on April 17th 2004. It had been converted into a
Track and Field
It had literally been in a barn for years, ...and had the rodent droppings
to prove it !
The cab was in pretty rough shape.
It had a dead monitor
The Control Panels were butchered....
...but the laminate sides were pretty good...
After cleaning out the cab, rebuilt the CP's from scratch using 3/4"
oak
..and bought repro CPO's from Phoenix-Arcade, and four new red
ball sticks
The next step was the coin door (notice the Player 1 & 2
buttons missing..)
The P1 & P2 buttons had been puttied over
A new decal was made from a web-archived file, a new piece of plexi was
cut, ...and voila !
BEFORE
AFTER
I then attacked the boardset.
Since the metal mouting plate was missing,
built one from scratch using 22-gauge galvanized steel.
(Cost : $40 Results : Priceless ! )
A new Power supply was added and a new wiring harness was built...
...and a brand spankin' new Pentranic monitor was installed
Look at that picture !
The game was almost completed and only needed some wiring to be done
for both CP's
and the coin door.
...of course with the arrival of baby #3 (!) in March 2007,
it took another year for me to getting around to doing that, but
it's now DONE !!!
I did minor changes to the wiring harness...
(...both players were wired to the P1 contols so BOTH sides could
control the play at the same time ! ;-)
I finished the CPs, added the diagnostics switches
...and here it is !
...quite an improvement over this , no ?
.... and now to "train" the next generation....
Cheers,
Steph
September 2007
