I recently received some of the material to make a Hankin clone from my friend Chippy who passed away in March, he had completed making a machine himself, but had cut material and gathered some of the equipment for two machines, so he gave me all the timber and glass, LCD monitor, piano hinge and a jamma harness.
Before I go on this is not my design, I am copying someone’s design, who copied someone else’s, who copied Hankins original design
After a fair bit of research looking at pictures, I thought it was the neatest look which is somewhat faithful to the original.
I started by making a template for the side ‘wings’ so I had a guide for the router to follow. With a bit of help from a mate who supplied his router and talent, we then cut and routed them and used a 1.2mm slot cutter for the T-moulding.
Then cut the shape for the top, routed the bevel for the outside of the monitor, routed a rebate for the monitor to sit into, then cut the T-mould slots
Then cut some air vents into one side panel with the router and cut the T-mould slots into both side panels.
I welded up some legs for the cab, before welding I drilled the mounting holes in the milling machine so they are indexed the correct distance and are parallel through the RHS. I welded small nuts into the legs to mount the leg levelers.
I then started assembly, cut some speaker holes and a fan hole,
Test mounted legs, hinges, coin mech and lock. I used a lot of screws for the wings as that is where they are usually picked up from when moving and the cab is surprisingly heavy.
Now ready for paint
