Sega Naomi restoration WIP - Updated Sept 2015

[johnnygnct]

Paulie what product did you use to polish the reset and dummy buttons?

[Paulie]

Stellar stainless steel polish, costs about 3 or 4 quid they sell it in cookware shops and some big supermarkets. There's a picture of the bottle on page 1 or 2 of my thread but typing this on my phone and can't link to it, bloody phones. HTH, Paul

[johnnygnct]

Thank man! I'll try that out!

[crunchywasp]

Your Naomi's looking excellent, and great write up so far!

[Paulie]

Your Naomi's looking excellent, and great write up so far!

Thanks man

I was hoping to do the chop today but I have a ton of stuff to do this afternoon so it will have to wait until my next day off work

But on a brighter note I finally managed to finish off the bucket.

All the fixings, coin mech and the remaining wiring were cleaned, all the metal work was also polished and then all the bits were put back in their original place. The lock is the original but I don't have a key so I'll either have to find a key which is highly unlikely as I'm presuming they were keyed to differ but I'll do a bit more research on that. If they were keyed to differ or I can't get hold of a key then I'll replace all of the barrels so then I'll only need 1 key for all the locks but I'll do that later down the line.

Please note there is still an earth cable to attach to the I/O tray (one end is still attached to the main body of the cab)

All cleaned up

[emphatic]

Minty!

[crunchywasp]

Wowsers!

[Korszca]

Damn that is clean.

[uberpixel]

You sir, are a legend!

[instant_classic]

You must have sunk some serious hours into this, fair play it is minty fresh

[Paulie]

Cheers chaps I'm chuffed with how it's come up, but yeah I put a lot of time in to it but that's all part of the fun for me.

I was ummin and arein should I keep the orange Naomi look or go with the bling NNC look. When I saw Ralph's NNC I thought yep I'm going give it a NNC makeover but I could'nt find the artwork and had been told from several ppl it would be exspenise if I did find it, well out of my budget anyway. The orange has grown on me and Mrs Paulie likes the orange too so this one will stay in it's Naomi guise. Now I've decided to keep it as a Naomi I've actually found and picked up 2 NOS near complete NNC art sets so hopefully I'll have a crack at doing a pair of NNC stylee cabs at some point in the future.

[AeroCityMayor]

... Now I've decided to keep it as a Naomi I've actually found and picked up 2 NOS near complete NNC art sets so hopefully I'll have a crack at doing a pair of NNC stylee cabs at some point in the future.

Very nice, patient work on the CP upper and lower d00d!

Cheers,

Ralph.

[Paulie]

I know ain't it always the way

[Iremfan]

Flabbergasted to say the least!

You should consider founding a Naomi Rescue Centre and aim for registered charity status This is some seriously amazing cab saving work!

I think its time to strip the CP off my E3 and follow your directions step by step. Keep up the good work!

[Porl]

Wow indeed!!! I've never really seen a plastic cab or even a Naomi I don't think. I'm used to seeing woodies. I can't get over the difference between when you got it to now. It looked to me like a bit of a lost cause and a spider-hotel and you've made it look brand-spanking new!!! I love all the before restoration and after photos. It's almost like you've done a quick indiana jones switch and replaced with new parts! haha

Awesome work!!

Porl''

[Paulie]

Thanks for the Kind words

I've probably sank a good 40+ hours into it so far but that's been over a period of about a month, I'm sure anyone could get the same results if not better (and probably quicker) if they are as sad as me and spend so much time fiddling around with their cab

I know this update is a bit belated, I still need to write up how I stripped and cleaned the base so I'll try to do that in the next few days

Stripping the rest of the cab

The tools that you will need for dismantling this area are:
Socket (10mm)
Socket (8mm)
Torx bit (T-20)
Torx bit (T-30)

At this point in the project the cab looks like this


Removing the lighting unit


Unplug the cable


Remove the torx bolt (T-20)


Remove the 2 large torx bolts (T-30) on the back of the leg and the small torx bolt on the top NOT THE ONE ON THE BACK (T-20) do the same on the other side and the lighting unit is free


Top monitor bracket
Remove the 2 bolts (10mm) on the leg and do the same on the other side


Bottom monitor bracket
Feed all the cables down both sides of the legs


Remove the 2 bolts (10mm) on the leg and do the same on the other side


Left leg
Remove the earth cable bolt (8mm)
remove the 3 large bolts (10mm) and the 2 small bolts (8mm)
the leg is now free


Do the same on the right leg
Feed all the cables into the base

and that's it

[crunchywasp]

40+ hours well spent Can't wait to see the finished article

[baddy]

In france we call those bolts "Torx Securité (Security)" are they really called "star" in the UK ?

[andygeezer]

In france we call those bolts "Torx Securité (Security)" are they really called "star" in the UK ?

No the correct name is torx

[jase]

Hey Paulie,

Quick Q, I found some earth cables in the legs not attached to anything. Any chance you could let me know how many earth cables there are in each leg and what they're attached to the other end, that would be awesome.

Cheers matey