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could this be converted into something like a "bartop"?

What parts did you use for the rotating screen?

Yeah sure it could be converted. The parts I used are:

pololu simple motor controller http://www.pololu.com/product/1372

12v DC motor from eBay

4" lazy Susan bearing

Mounting hub http://www.pololu.com/product/1083

Brackets http://www.pololu.com/product/1084

Regular microswitches to stop the rotation/motor.

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I've been meaning to ask, does the monitor rotate into a perfectly horizontal / vertical orientation and lock into position and did it take a lot of trial and error to make it rotate by the right amount?

I would love to build a cab with a rotating screen, but I'm not sure I have the skills to make it look as professional as yours, and it would drive me mad if the screen was always slightly wonky.

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It rotates perfectly, it keeps going until it hits a limit switch (microswitch) which cuts the motor. The plane itself can be off if your monitor is heavier on 1 side, mine is off slightly but I need to pull it apart shortly so I'll either add a counter weight or castor underneath.

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Yeah sure it could be converted. The parts I used are:

pololu simple motor controller http://www.pololu.com/product/1372

12v DC motor from eBay

4" lazy Susan bearing

Mounting hub http://www.pololu.com/product/1083

Brackets http://www.pololu.com/product/1084

Regular microswitches to stop the rotation/motor.

Thanks, I'm going to ask an impertinent question. Do you have the schematics to share? A Blueprint I mean.

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I love it, I have my ideas but, did you attach a plank to the motor and then mounted the monitor on the plank using a vesa mount ?

In that video I did but eventually swapped it for a piece of wood slightly bigger than the vesa mount area to save on weight. I have an aluminium bar that runs the full length of the monitor attached to the piece of wood, this bar in turn hits the limit switches.

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When I calibrated mine, I plugged one gun in and calibrated it. I then plugged the other gun in and rebooted. I then verified gun 1 was calibrated still, switched to the second one and calibrated it. Rebooted and verified both were calibrated. Not sure why, but the reboots seemed to help because I did have a bear of a time calibrating them at first. I have not had a problem since using them together or separate.

The one issue I have is that they change names/designations in MAME every time I boot up, although they never loose their calibration. Meaning when I use them one time, they are gun1 and gun2. The next time I boot up they are gun4 and gun3. The time after that, gun2 and gun4. etc etc etc. Not a HUGE deal, as I just set them in the global settings. it is a little annoying but only takes a minute. Once that is done in MAME I have never had an issue using both at the same time or one or the other.

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When I calibrated mine, I plugged one gun in and calibrated it. I then plugged the other gun in and rebooted. I then verified gun 1 was calibrated still, switched to the second one and calibrated it. Rebooted and verified both were calibrated. Not sure why, but the reboots seemed to help because I did have a bear of a time calibrating them at first. I have not had a problem since using them together or separate.

The one issue I have is that they change names/designations in MAME every time I boot up, although they never loose their calibration. Meaning when I use them one time, they are gun1 and gun2. The next time I boot up they are gun4 and gun3. The time after that, gun2 and gun4. etc etc etc. Not a HUGE deal, as I just set them in the global settings. it is a little annoying but only takes a minute. Once that is done in MAME I have never had an issue using both at the same time or one or the other.

If you plug them into separate usb headers on the motherboard they stick with the same id. The 1 out of 5/6 boot ups where the id has changed, simply reboot and they will be back as they were. I needed them to stick as Sega model 2 and 3 required it. I will try re calibrating them separately at some point.

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Thinking of selling up :/ maybe time for a new project. Sell as a complete unit or dismantle and sell the parts, have you guys sold any of your home made cabs before ?

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Why do you want to sell it?

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Started to collect original cabs and need the room, wife says no more unless you get rid of 1. Keeping my vpin and sega rally 2 plus I'm just about to take delivery of a sit down racer. I've got my eye on a few more but something has to go first :(

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