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Arcade Stylee - First MAME Cab - 99% Complete
MikeyMerse:
After sanding and bondo work all day, I finally unveiled that this cabinet used to be a Defender cab. Sanded/stripped down the paint right to the old Defender artwork. Pretty neat to find out it was a classic cabinet.
Well the bondo work took the cake today since the bottom of the cab was splintering pretty good. I still have a little more to do, but painting is pretty soon...
Also got the plexi glass, a 36"x30" sheet. This will be plenty to cut two marquee pieces to sandwich the marquee art and ~24" for the TV bezel. I got a spare sheet to do some practice cuts since I've never cut plexiglass before and it was surprisingly easy. I will just need to go extremely slow on a fast speed. Also, changing directions cause nasty chips, so I will need to get this cut right.
Should I tint the TV plexiglass?
Pics soon.
MikeyMerse:
I have a lot of pics in this post!
For the most part, I've repaired all of the large chips in the wood along the bottom of the cabinet. These chips were probably caused by dragging the cabinet around without leg adjusters. Bondo work is miserable, if you don't work with that stuff within 5 minutes, it dries up on you. I've done all the bondo work needed and I've started to prime the cabinet (not pictured) then I will spackle any uneven spots.
I cut out the bottom marquee panel and attached speakers. (Note the speaker holes, I like how they came out.) Also I was able to take the volume control bezel and mount if flush to the front panel to allow for easy volume adjustments and to make it easier to use headphones.
I also have pictured my two marquee retainers (basic aluminum angle I bought at Home Depot). These were really easy to cut with a jigsaw.
You can also see the old Defender logo underneath the paint
Marquee
Speaker holes
Right side
Defender artwork
Corner that has been repaired with bondo
Volume control bezel mounted on the front of the cab
Speakers
Wired control panel (buttons removed to test cp artwork)
CP Artwork test printed on paper (I liked the look, so it's printing at Staples on vinyl as we speak)
My construction area (MDF sucks to clean up!)
Aluminum marquee retainers
What I have to look forward to next.
Thanks for looking!
MikeyMerse:
I've been working on getting the computer set up with all the games I need and to make the controls work the way I need. Also, this is good and bad, because when I test games, I find that I play them for WAY TOO LONG.
Side note: I did not know the IPac VE does not save programmed keysets, had to work around the default settings, but since emulators are so versatile, it wasn't much of a problem.
I will be away this weekend, so I don't know when my next big update will be.... but, more pics will be coming.
MikeyMerse:
Hey all,
I'm in the midst of waiting my first coat to dry overnight before I sand and re-coat. I thought I'd post some pictures with my progress and also post my control panel.
The below pictures show the cabinet primed. After that I bought a spray can of Satin black Krylon to spray down the inside just so there isn't bare wood exposed. Then I put the first coat of high gloss black on. And that's where I am... ENJOY!
After two coats of primer and spraying the inside of the cabinet with the satin black (only one coat)
After 1st coat of the high-gloss
Control Panel's wiring
I added some nylon washers to the screws that go into the restriction plate so I can simply turn the plate to allow for 4 or 8 way - rather than unscrewing and screwing them in everytime
Control Panel artwork
ragnar:
Looking good!
Where did you get the L shaped aluminum for the marquee holder? Are you painting it?
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