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need possible theme ideas for first mame cab
mgb:
Yes Cat5 (or now also Cat6) is whats used for ethernet.
The thing is with Cat5 is that its very thin and solid. Solid thin wire tends to break easily. I'm not saying it definately will but there's good chance of it. How are you attaching it to your micro-switches?
Crimp connectors are specifically for stranded cable. At best I would say if you are going to use cat5 for control panel wiring, make sure that it won't be flexed alot. If you use crimp on connectors, also solder the wire to it at the crimp point, I've done this before at work for various equipment program cables and it works well.
I also like to keep more arcade proper cable sizes which would typically be 20awg for controls (micro switches) and 18awg for power cables.
But 20awg is not a super common size so 22awg is cool.
I'm not saying Cat5 won't work, I just feel that its not best.
Rice Cube:
laminated some more pieces and got the speaker grill done, put in the joysticks and buttons. Next steps are to get a coin door, wire the control panel, and figure out hyperspin. any help would be much appreciated.
mgb:
Progress is looking good.
Martijn:
Lookin good, the design reminds me of someones cab ;)
will it get a lcd or a tube?
Rice Cube:
haha, martijn im practically jocking yours. one day i googled, street fighter 'something', i forgot what exactly i was doing, but on google your post of your cab project came up and thats actually how i learned about byoac. and you were posting stuff all the time and your stuff was clean and that it inspired me to do one except with an LCD. i didnt want like a traditional looking cabinet you would find at a regular arcade, and i liked your design. im not sure if you did this but i am trying to connect my xbox 360 and pc to it. one difference i know that i did though is i didnt get to laminate the inside because of the order i did stuff in, didnt think about it until it was too late and the area where you have your volume control and usb ports, im actually trying to make that into a drawer of some kind where i can open it and a keyboard and mouse and whatever else i need will be right there. but for the most part the shape of the cabinet and some other stuff was all inspired by your arcade cab.
so everyone, i would like to give props to martijn for his amazing arcade cab and for inspiring me to do one of my own.