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Capt.Dreamer:
Damn you saint...

Now im torn again...

eds1275:
Print here a copy of those Jakobud plans and tell her to pick one and modify it or just pick one. Might just get her thinking.

I went on 5 years before I did anything. Planning and revising, and life always in the way. Bought a house, major renos, etc. Don't let that happen to you.

ChadTower:

I'm with the "get a crappy game in a decent cabinet cheap and convert it" crowd.  Artwork can happen later.  Stupid games can be had for under $100.  That gets you a good chunk of the way there quickly and cheaply.  Is is easy and inexpensive to strip and repaint a cabinet.

Donkbaca:
Yeah, but then you are stuck with the dimensions of a typical cab.  Really the only thing it saves you from is building the sides of the cab. I am in the middle of my build right now (still) and cutting out and assembling the sides is the easiest part.  You would still have to mount the the monitor, build the CP, etc.  You can build a slim cab from 2 sheets of $25 MDF.  Like I said, the only advantage an old cab brings is if it comes with a working monitor, and if its in good shape, and you generally can't find those for 100 bucks where I live.  Really the only thing you are saving on is construction of the actual cab, which is pretty easy.  Its like an afternoon's work.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Donkbaca on March 01, 2011, 12:58:29 pm ---Yeah, but then you are stuck with the dimensions of a typical cab.  Really the only thing it saves you from is building the sides of the cab.

--- End quote ---

You also get a working coin door, a wiring harness, a working monitor, and a full cabinet.  You might even have a completely functional and usable control panel.  If you get a typical JAMMA game you can pretty much plug and play a PC / Arcade VGA / JPAC.  Not everyone needs a tricked out custom MAME cab.  If the guy has limited time, limited money, small kids, and a skeptical wife, being able to turn the whole thing around for $400 total and two weekends of time could make all the difference.

$25 in MDF only applies if you already have the tools and space to build.  Around here if someone is asking the base question in this thread it usually means they don't have either of those.

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