So last night I finally got around to getting the DMD and Speaker Panel back together.
I bought some 2mm acrylic from a local supplier and using a combination of a drill and the dremel I managed to cut it to shape. The corners were cut back to allow the plastic to sit inside the DMD mounting posts and a drilled hole and a couple more cuts with the dremel created a recess in the middle so that could also sit over the middle mounting post. Not the tidiest of jobs as it happens but as it's not visible I felt I could live with it.
A little more work and we're back to this.
Now the best thing about getting to this point is I can finally turn it on for the first time and see if we have any life or not. This was the nervous moment where I hoped and prayed i'd put everything back the right way around.
There's a bit of a long pause during the boot process but I presume that's because of the amount of stuff still not connected up. To be honest I was just glad it booted up with DMD and sound.
Still to do on the cabinet:
1. Refit the earthing straps on the DMD panel
2. Finish re-instating the Hat Trick Animation in the Back Box.
3. Install the knocker in the cabinet
4. Refurb and refit the coin door and that section of wiring loom
5. Sort out the lockdown bar; it's too tight
6. Replace the side rail bolts with the newly painted ones
7. Refit the skyline plastic at the rear of the cabinet
That's about it - once that lot is done then i'm onto the playfield. Really need to get that shipped off to Chris to have the paint work done on it though.