Complete Creature from the Dank Saloon **Finished** .. Full Pics!!

[stumblor]

really nice work going on, is this build expensive??

You bet!

It's my own fault though - I kept changing the goal posts for how good I wanted it to be.

 

[Paul]

wow!! just Wow!

 

[David_Vi]

Damn Davie how the hell! Are these all skills you've learnt because you had to? I can barely put a shelf up

 

[MajesticPinball]

Damn Davie how the hell! Are these all skills you've learnt because you had to? I can barely put a shelf up

You can bake a mean cake though dude

 

[Gonzo]

This is outstanding work

 

[David_Vi]

You can bake a mean cake though dude

You're only going by what I've said... You haven't tried one yet

 

[stumblor]

I managed to change the two faulty driver board transistors last night. CRIKEY. What an epic battle of wills that was. I'm sure rottendog must be using non-leaded solder because they did not come easily. I used a decent soldering iron and solder sucker and still I struggled. If anyone has any useful tips for how to desolder PCB components I could sure use them!

Two hours later I finally had the new ones in. Powered up again, and after a few ribbon cable fiddles, both failing coils now working. Idiot 1, Creech 0.

 

[Paul]

I managed to change the two faulty driver board transistors last night. CRIKEY. What an epic battle of wills that was. I'm sure rottendog must be using non-leaded solder because they did not come easily. I used a decent soldering iron and solder sucker and still I struggled. If anyone has any useful tips for how to desolder PCB components I could sure use them!

Two hours later I finally had the new ones in. Powered up again, and after a few ribbon cable fiddles, both failing coils now working. Idiot 1, Creech 0.

Are those surface mount or "standard" components?? Standard solder should start to melt around 190C.... lead free solder at 217C....

 

[stumblor]

These guys:



Through hole, so I was desoldering from the back. My iron was set to almost double that ??

 

[stumblor]

Just been reading this:

https://www.digikey.com/en/maker/blogs/rohs-vs-non-rohs-soldering

Maybe my tip needs changing?

 

[Paul]

If you are thinking of doing a reasonable amount of desoldering, several members have one of these :

https://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d00672/desoldering-station-uk-eu-plug/dp/SD01384?st=desoldering

I tend to solder at 350ishC, only because i want to spend as little time as possible on the pads...

 

[stumblor]

Cheers Paul. Will definitely get one of these if I ever have the guts to get elbow deep in board work again!

 

[BigIan]

If you are thinking of doing a reasonable amount of desoldering, several members have one of these :

https://cpc.farnell.com/duratool/d00672/desoldering-station-uk-eu-plug/dp/SD01384?st=desoldering

I tend to solder at 350ishC, only because i want to spend as little time as possible on the pads...

Still think this is the best tool i have ever bought, other than maybe a screwdriver I guess.

makes Desoldering a joy

 

[Pick Holder]

I bought one of those desolderstations when they got as low as £60.

On my third gun now.

Once this crisis is over I am buying a used Weller desolder station, my weller soldering station is over 20 years old and going strong.

The cheap desolder is okay if you only use it now and again. If you want one to use more than once a week then I would advise investing. I absolutely hate rottendog products. I suppose they are better than nothing.....

By the way @stumblor - your work looks amazing on the screen printing......

 

[BigIan]

Yeah it was a special price when I bought it a few years ago.

recommended by Poibug and I think it was Dave Rolfe that sent me the link when it was at a great price. Shows you how long ago that was... still greatly missed, such a gent (Knew how to through a party also)

 

[stumblor]

Still waiting for the powdercoaters

In the meantime cracking on with other projects.

PIN2DMD - thanks @MadNat



Aaaaand.. after way too much debugging, an Afterglow GI



Notice the different LED colours which correspond to the different GI lines. Red (brown), orange, yellow, green, purple.

Those capacitors are ugly as hell I'm going to change them for the next build!!

 

[Gonzo]

I'm really looking forward to seeing this finished in it's full glory.

 

[stumblor]

Will post a complete run down of all the work done in the next couple of days, but who cares about that right... pictures first please!!

 

[stumblor]

Some more using the posh camera

 

[James]

****ographic

 

[MajesticPinball]

Incredible work mate, it's honestly impossible to believe it's the same machine one of the best restos I've seen. Can't wait to get flipping on this badboy one day dude!

 

[Tony]

Wow lovely

 

[MadNat]

Cracking work there Davey... all it needs now is an Afterglow!! [emoji2][emoji106]

 

[Mfresh]

Brilliant. I take my hat off to you Davey, this is amazing.

 

[JAG555]

Really nice!

 

[TonySchwager]

The whole thing is amazing - love the peeper in the coin slot. The ramps and armour paint totally work and look fantastic

 

[Rob zombie]

Beautiful

 

[Hullshark]

Beautiful Davey …… Armour reminds me of Hammerite

 

[stumblor]

Thanks everyone! It's been a long road:

 

[Alpha1]

Very impressive!

Sent from my Atari 2600