Blast City Club

[Lemony Vengeance]

just sell more LV Inc products

It's a bummer to see you sell your blast, but I'm with you on being debt free and not hoarding stuff that doesn't get played I should probably sell some paper weights myself...

don't get me wrong. keeping the HD cab and NAC, although I may sell the Clone HD cab for the real deal from ken@thegameroom. I'm on the fence about that one because I've dumped so much time into it. the NAC is for sure staying.. that MS9 is seriously so nice.

 

[Orrimarrko]

NO idea how badly I want that Neo Candy...

 

[Lemony Vengeance]

NO idea how badly I want that Neo Candy...

you're closer than most people that have expressed interest. you pay for and arrange the shipping.. I'm willing to have it ready for someone to pickup.

 

[Orrimarrko]

you're closer than most people that have expressed interest. you pay for and arrange the shipping.. I'm willing to have it ready for someone to pickup.

I know...

Just sprung for a ton of stuff though, so I can't right now (at least not in a 'good' way.)

If that went up in July, I would have already sent you the money. Doubt it will last that long though.

 

[Lemony Vengeance]

if I post either on local classifieds, the prices for them will not be as good as they are here.

 

[Reclaimer]

Blasphemy, tate that monitor and play some Galuda2

Hehe, I will.

Also working on getting my 360 downscaled and onto the Egret, which is my current shmup cab.

 

[NEgO MANIAC]

in the blast's control panel ?? the only receptacles in there are female AMP UP. you should post a pic of what you're talking about because I'm lost



normally I use 24 AWG for controls, and 18 AWG for ground & power. use the appropriate pins.

from wiki:

AWG#20-16 Female pin for male housing - 175152
AWG#26-22 Female pin for male housing - 175151
AWG#20-16 Male pin for female housing - 175150
AWG#26-22 Male pin for female housing - 175149

the pins themselves are the same size/length, it's the crimp collars that are bigger/smaller to accommodate different wire sizes.

The connectors are AMP UP and I was going to go with 22 gauge wire. So the next question is the crimping tool and extractor. I only found one site so far with these for sale and it was over $200. Surely there are cheaper alternatives.

 

[codecrank]

The connectors are AMP UP and I was going to go with 22 gauge wire. So the next question is the crimping tool and extractor. I only found one site so far with these for sale and it was over $200. Surely there are cheaper alternatives.

the wiki is your friend

http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Crimp_Tools

this hand tool will crimp just about every open barrel connector.

http://www.amazon.com/Hozan-P-706-Open-Barrel-Crimper/dp/B002TKG11G

 

[NEgO MANIAC]

the wiki is your friend

http://wiki.arcadeotaku.com/w/Crimp_Tools

this hand tool will crimp just about every open barrel connector.

http://www.amazon.com/Hozan-P-706-Open-Barrel-Crimper/dp/B002TKG11G

Yea, just found that, but did not think to check Amazon which is a lot cheaper than the wiki recommended site. I think I might have a crimper anyway. I have a higher-end crimper with exchangeable anvils that I use on my motorcycles. The smallest gauge it goes to is 22 AWG. So before I place the order, what pin sizes are already stock inside the control panel area of my Blast? The site offers 20-16 pins or 26 to 22. The wiki site says the harness wire size normally found in the control panel are is 22 AWG, but don't to assume the pins are the same.

 

[kuze]

Damn that's an expensive crimp tool. I just used a $9 one from Radio Shack.

 

[Westcb]

Damn that's an expensive crimp tool. I just used a $9 one from Radio Shack.

I got the cheapy one from radio shack too, then I switched to that hozan one from Amazon, it's worth the money.

 

[codecrank]

http://www.amazon.com/Delphi-Packard-Five-cavity-Wide-range-Crimping/dp/B003MWJ6SA

this one is a bit cheaper , I use it most the time.

if you're just doing AMP UP and JST NH, most crimpers will work fine, but not when you work with JST RA , JST XH , things like that. especially if you have to crimp 100 pins in a row...

 

[NEgO MANIAC]

Do I go with the smaller or larger pin?

 

[kuze]

Do I go with the smaller or larger pin?

Larger pin if available. The connector side is the same irregardless.

 

[Westcb]

Do I go with the smaller or larger pin?

Smaller unless you using large gauged wires like 16 and below.

 

[codecrank]

Smaller unless you using large gauged wires like 16 and below.

^ this

crimping 22/24awg with larger pins is tricky.

the larger pins are for power cables, and crimping multiple 22/24 awg cables on the same pin.

 

[Westcb]

If you do end up buying the bigger ones just clip off the excess on the tabs and it will crimp fine if you need to crimp smaller wires. That is the only difference the length on those.

 

[Reclaimer]

Rotated my Blast monitor back to vertical. This time I took the advice to lay it on its back and remove the marquee so I could stand over it with one leg inside the empty marquee area.

Much easier than rotating the monitor with the cab standing up! Took all of 15 min and a lot less effort than normal.

Great tip guys!!!

 

[Chempop]

We call this technique the “Foot in hole” maneuver.

Did you have to loosen the 4 frame/cage screws or did your mounting bolts align okay as they were?

 

[Reclaimer]

We call this technique the “Foot in hole” maneuver.

Did you have to loosen the 4 frame/cage screws or did your mounting bolts align okay as they were?

Hehe.

Nope, not this time! The bolts had to be loosened last time, I just couldn't hold the monitor straight enough to get aligned. It's fucking heavy and fairly awkward. Loosening the bolts gave me some slop to play with.

With the Blast on its back it was much easier to get it lined up and let gravity handle the rest.

Foot in the Hole for life.

 

[Chempop]

I’m getting a bit sick of my blasts’ marquees so was thinking of changing it up soon.
These still need a little more work, but any advice/opinions are welcome.

 

[300wins]

I’m getting a bit sick of my blasts’ marquees so was thinking of changing it up soon.
These still need a little more work, but any advice/opinions are welcome.

Wait... Chem and a fighting game? You sure you the real chempop?

 

[Chempop]

I’ve been feverish lately, and I don’t mean I’ve been playing Fever SOS/Dangun Feveron.

 

[codecrank]

Wait... Chem and a fighting game? You sure you the real chempop?

hahaha in deed. the only fighting game I thought Chem would love is Senko No Ronde

 

[K-2]

Doggypoon looks awesome!

Kof 98 gives me flashbacks to 90s' R&B boy band or something, Needs more King...or was it Blue Mary...anyway try sticking one of the blondes in there.