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Ok, here's what you do........
Lay the Pay man cabinet on it's side. Place your Galaga cab on it's side on
top of the Pac Man cabinet. Using a permanent magic marker, trace an outline
of the Galaga cabinet onto the Pac Man cab. You'll need to adjust them both
for the best possible placement as there is a 1" height difference between
them to make the cut work. The 1" comes from the top. This is NOT noticeable
when the job is done so it's no big deal. Next, take a jig saw and cut the
Pac Man cabinet along the outline that you made from the Galaga. You'll need
to remove the top of the cabinet as well as about 4" or so from the top back
of the cab. Make sure the sides of the cabinet are cut exactly like a
Galaga. You'll then need to go down to Home Depot and have a piece of 3/4"
plywood cut to replace the roof panel you cut off. You'll also need to bondo
the upper inside walls where the old roof was removed and the new roof was
installed. Be sure to take into accound that the new roof will be slightly
longer than the original roof due to the more extreme angle that it's
mounted at. Truse me, this does work. You can make a Pac/Galaxian into a Ms.
Pac/Galaga. There IS enough wood to make the cuts needed. I've done this
conversion 4 times already. Yes, it is a bit of work, but considering that
Pac cabs are plentiful and cheap as well as made from solid plywood, this is
a workable solution to rotting original Galaga's. You'll have to lay both
cabs down on their sides on top of each other to get a truly accurate cut
measurement. That eliminates leg leveler differences as well as uneven
ground differences. Good luck. Oh, e-mail me privately about the mint
Bosconian parts. I'm interested. Thanks.
Brian
<ArcadeNO@SPAMshaw.ca> wrote in message
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> Hokay...
>
> I have a galaga cab that is falling apart.
>
> I have access to a pacman cab for 150 bux, but its converted into
> something. I was gonna convert it back to a pacman one of these days,
> but I'd rather have my galaga.
>
> Sincew the pacman cab is a diff size completly, looks like it will be
> converted back to a pacman one of these days.
>
> I also have access to a mint Bosconian... (e-bay the board, CP and
> whatever else). I am hoping that the wiring harnessin the bosconian
> will be compatible with the galaga boardset....yes or no??
>
> Suggestioins????
>
>
>
>
> On 18 Jul 2005 13:36:11 -0700, emailgsr@yahoo.com wrote:
>
> >Curious George...I think you created more confusion! All of these
> >cabinets might look "similar" but have some mafor differences.
> >ArcadeNO@SPAMshaw.ca - Do you have plans on working with one of these?
> >Are you trying to put a game in one?
> >The main difference is the depth of the cabinet. Rally X and Bosconian
> >are shallow and the back of the neck will stick past the backdoor if
> >you mount the monitor vertical. Another example is Ms. Pacman
> >positions the monitor about 2" higher than Galaga so if you put Galaga
> >in a Ms. Pacman cabinet the glass monitor bezel will not line up
> >without repositioning the monitor mounts.
> >And wiring is another story...be very careful here...
>
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