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My 1st cabinet build... (Picture heavy) *UPDATE 1/24*
MagicManPA:
This is my 1st cabinet build. I plan to do a trackball & wheel w/pedals cabinet in the future. ;)
As you can see, it is not finished. The marquee is currently being made & I need to take more measurements for the CP overlay. I am also replacing the black t-molding with red. The side art will be hand painted by my girlfriend. :cheers: I will add pictures as these things are finished. :burgerking:
I started with an old particle board Gunsmoke cabinet that I picked up from a guy on Craigslist for free. :applaud:
Replaced my desktop last year so the old tower was used for this project.
Here it is when I brought it home:
I scraped off all the artwork:
Painted it black (Combo of roller & rattle can):
Cut a piece of 1/2" playwood to mount the monitor on & bolted/screwed that into the existing mounting:
I then mounted my HP LP2065 LCD monitor via the vesa holes:
I then cut a piece of black posterboard to go around the monitor & glued that to the existing frame:
Then I got to work on the control panel. I went with your standard Street Fighter II layout:
Painted the CP flat black:
Picked up a set of cheap Logitech 2.1 PC speakers from Newegg. I got lucky & they were small enough to fit the existing speaker area so I just laid them in there. The subwoofer is at the bottom of the cab next to the PC tower.
I then used some 3M double sided tape to mount the volume control to a place where I can reach it:
Here you can see the underside of the CP, the USB hub I mounted in the front of the cab & the PC power switch above the hub. I am running Paradise Arcade Shop’s USB controller.
The keyboard & mouse are behind the coin door:
Here’s a shot of the subwoofer, PC tower & smart power strip at the bottom of the cabinet. I used the PC as the main power source:
Some shots of it turned on & running:
DaOld Man:
Looks good! Maybe I missed it on first read, but what frontend are you using?
Looks like you could make that LCD rotate without a whole lot of work.
MagicManPA:
I'm running Mala.
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on January 18, 2011, 11:05:47 am ---Looks good! Maybe I missed it on first read, but what frontend are you using?
Looks like you could make that LCD rotate without a whole lot of work.
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Donkbaca:
good, clean job. Aren't you glad you didn't just stick an x-arcade on it ;)
Garza:
Look Great! :applaud: