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First Stab at a Cabinet - Bartop
upprc04:
Took my first stab at a cabinet and build a bartop based on LeapinLew's Widowmaker. I wanted to do one back in college and never had the time/space/tools needed to get started. Finally broke down and started buying parts last November and have slowly been working on it and am close to having it finished. I first designed it in Sketchup and dug right in. Luckily a friend's uncle does a lot of woodworking and allowed me to borrow his garage and tools to work on it. I decided to base it on LeapinLew's bartop and have a two player setup (6 buttons each) and two pinball buttons on each side. At first I just had one, but decided to add a second. I really enjoy visual pinball and hope to build a pinball cab in the future if I can convince myself to put a TV/Monitor (or multiple ones) in a dedicated pinball machine. I put together some basic artwork in inkscape and have sent it off to Darkniyt to be printed. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
I'll attach some pictures below to show it off. Hope you all enjoy. Now to dig in and keep customizing the software. If anyone has got CPWizard or a similar viewer to work with MALA/MAME, let me know. I've got it working somewhat, but not too well.
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jmike:
That looks great. I'm working on something very similar. I can't really tell from the pics but is the CP and frame all one piece? I also used Kreg Jig but I'm worried the CP is too heavy and could break off.
Can't wait to see the next update. Here's a link of my bartop in case you want to check it out and see what not to do :dizzy: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=101465.0.
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upprc04:
The bottom piece is all one piece. Basically in the shape of a T.