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My crack at a Cabinet....
solidteezme:
--- Quote from: thatitalian on April 13, 2010, 08:41:45 am ---I was so annoyed I missed the insert-coin expo.
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Whats that? well i can guess, but in the UK? a big event?
thatitalian:
Take a look here.
Silas (son of Silas):
--- Quote from: badgerjohn on April 13, 2010, 07:30:59 am ---Just found your thread to compare and yep, the shape is very similar and now I know why! I based mine roughly on Project MAME too.. Think he has a great site for getting tips etc on the build!
See you're in the UK too! Just found a link on one of your posts to the Trent Plastics site, might have a look at that!
How are you getting on with your project?
I'm now racking my brains over the control panel layout and whether to keep it plain black or to go all out and start thinking about graphics... Plus the joys of setting up a frontend etc and working out how to boot straight into it, shutdown safely etc...
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My projects coming along OK. I have a pretty crap deal with work, so my time is limited. I'm laminating at the moment. I hope I'll get a couple of hours at the weekend to carry on with that. Its slow, but it's still moving. I take huge inspiration from some of the guys on here who produce amazing cabs.
I spent a while wondering about the whole arcade integration with the operating system thing, so I have been working on my own Linux distro that is basically MAME and Wah!Cade (the linux version of MAMEWAH) wrapped up with a very stripped down Ubuntu so the whole OS is completely hidden, but I can connect to it remotely from my laptop and get a fully functioning desktop with all my applications that I will possibly need. When it's finished I plan on making it available for free download for anyone to use if they want. It's installable to HDD, or you can boot it from a CD or a USB stick.
It's nice to see another UK builder on here. There seems to be quite a few of us now.
shrunkenmaster:
Hello, I'm from the UK too. I was thinking of starting a UK thread so we can help out each other with UK suppliers, share shipping costs, etc. What forum should we put this in? Nice cab by the way :applaud:
Franco B:
Looks like you are getting on well. Its nice cab building weather at the moment :)
There is a UK pricewatch thread [here] if you find any good deals on anything shrunkenmaster and you can always add vendors to the Wiki too [here].