U
Unicron
COMPLETE!
Please go to page 2, post 35 if you wish to see the final result pictures and finalized "Progress Log".
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Picked up this Vewlix F some time ago and finally started on it. First step was to disassemble it. The disassembly guide was very helpful. I wanted to take the disassembly further, and it was pretty easy. Took pics of everything (backed them up).
https://imgur.com/a/WgJmvEm
The things left to take apart are the bottom speakers (didn't have a super long screwdriver) and a couple minor things. Planning on taking off the wheels, to clean them and the bottom of the Vewlix.
Plan is to clean everything very well, remove marks where possible, and get the whole thing looking as well as possible (not planning on buying external replacement parts, give it some character).
Internally, the plan is to replace the monitor (thanks to the bracket Hadouken Arcade is producing) and the speakers (they work, but new ones are not expensive). Additionally, only enough internal wiring will be left to support a PC for emulators/PC games and the light up areas of the Vewlix. One could say the goal is to get it looking like a well-maintained stock arcade veteran Vewlix!
Eventually, if circumstances allow, I might add more buttons to the control panel, a headphone jack, a 2 player control panel, and a pair of Taito stools. But all of that is extra and not to be worried about until the primary objectives are completed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All that being said, anybody know what this thing is? Found it inside the Vewlix:
https://imgur.com/a/UprITaa
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Does anyone have suggestions for cleaning/restoring the metal body of the Vewlix?
Please go to page 2, post 35 if you wish to see the final result pictures and finalized "Progress Log".
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Picked up this Vewlix F some time ago and finally started on it. First step was to disassemble it. The disassembly guide was very helpful. I wanted to take the disassembly further, and it was pretty easy. Took pics of everything (backed them up).
https://imgur.com/a/WgJmvEm
The things left to take apart are the bottom speakers (didn't have a super long screwdriver) and a couple minor things. Planning on taking off the wheels, to clean them and the bottom of the Vewlix.
Plan is to clean everything very well, remove marks where possible, and get the whole thing looking as well as possible (not planning on buying external replacement parts, give it some character).
Internally, the plan is to replace the monitor (thanks to the bracket Hadouken Arcade is producing) and the speakers (they work, but new ones are not expensive). Additionally, only enough internal wiring will be left to support a PC for emulators/PC games and the light up areas of the Vewlix. One could say the goal is to get it looking like a well-maintained stock arcade veteran Vewlix!
Eventually, if circumstances allow, I might add more buttons to the control panel, a headphone jack, a 2 player control panel, and a pair of Taito stools. But all of that is extra and not to be worried about until the primary objectives are completed.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All that being said, anybody know what this thing is? Found it inside the Vewlix:
https://imgur.com/a/UprITaa
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Does anyone have suggestions for cleaning/restoring the metal body of the Vewlix?
Last edited by a moderator: