Things to do while waiting

[KarasuZero]

Hello Everyone!

Been lurking around the forums now for probably about a month and a half while I've been building my first cab and decided it was finally time to start posting.

Anywho, I ordered all my control panel parts from arcadeemulator.net and due to Ultimarc being down for a few weeks my shipment is waiting on my I-pac and U-trak to come in.

I have pretty much finished up the cabinet (with the control panel as the exception of course).  And I have finished (I think) setting up software side of things.

I've mostly been reading some of the old projects and playing games.

So my question is, what should I do to kill time until it all gets here?

[dawolv]

Hmmm...Post your cab and cp pics? 

[SlayerAlex]

when i waited i would test out all the mame games and filter out the ones that were complete crap.

[KarasuZero]

Well the control panel is just a black box right now without the control parts but I do have some pics I took with my cell phone during construction but unfortuneatly don't have any of the done cabinet because my phone won't take pics in my dark laundry room 

But here are the ones I did take

[bkenobi]

Nice looking cab.  I bet it's HEAVY!!!

[WhereEaglesDare]

Pretty good job.  How long did that take?

and yea, make sure the front end you want it setup the way you want, setup the PC, get all your roms put together while waiting, you could paint your cab while waiting

[KarasuZero]

I don't have an actual hour count but if I had to guess probably anywhere from 20 to 30 hours (I just worked on it after work each day for about a week until I got tired or frustrated) and yes the cab itself is probably over 150 pounds but the wheels let me move it fairly easily by myself.

The cab itself is painted and I have the t-molding put on I just don't have any pictures of it yet but hopefully sometimes this week I'll borrow a nice camera and take some pictures.

I think I'll probably do what SlayerAlex said and go through my big list or roms and start getting rid of duplicates or ones that don't work right.