Looking for a mame builder in Michigan (48446) ....

[Jasonmm]

Hello Everyone

I am looking for a MAME builder in Michigan. (48446)

I was going to build a mame machine , but I kinda lost interest.

But not before , I ended up collecting , enough stuff in my garage to build a few.

I have ....

2 cabinets , 1 in better shape than the other
2 arcade monitors , a 29in and a 19in , I think
$300 in printed art work
new PCI video card
new usb trackball
motherboard , cpu , memory and hard drive
2 or 3 trackball mounts
5 or 6 new joysticks
maybe 60 buttons , all colors
3 different keyboard controllers
100ft of tmolding
a new light gun
coin doors
arcade speakers ( no amp )
control panels are drilled
the plexi covering for the control panels are 95% done
all the electrical stuff than you will ever need
other stuff

basically a tun of stuff ...

I know I still need a power supply ... to complete 1 unit ...

If you live in Michigan , and want to build a mame cabinet or 2 , maybe 1 for you , 1 for 1 me kinda thing ( xmas gift 2011 ) ... or we can build it and sell it , and split the money , I am open for any options you might have. Let me know.

pm me or jmm92@hotmail.com

thanks Jason

sorry if this is in the wrong spot ...

[Drakin]

Jason, I think I could help you out but I think were kinda far from each other(looked up zip code).....I'm in Lawton...

[Jasonmm]

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[skuttduck]

I'm a little closer.  I'm still new at this.  I'd be good with electrical stuff, but probably not so good with cabinet stuff.

You can see what I did here. 










I had to have these in there!

[scofthe7seas]

skuttduck, don't be so hard on yourself. That looks very reasonable!

[skuttduck]

skuttduck, don't be so hard on yourself. That looks very reasonable!

It works pretty good.  I just don't have the skills for woodworking.  If you noticed initially I had the X-arcade set on there, and a piece of PVC pipe so I could play it.

Later I added the furniture drawer and had my uncle make the cuts in it for the X-arcade using his table saw. 

I've done some stuff here and there that I didn't document/picture.
Such as the piece of sheet metal that I cut out for the bill validator hole.  I also added a push button on the side of cabinet (a hole was there already) for the power switch.

But doing T-molding, using a router...  Never done it.

[scofthe7seas]

By the way, where did you get your marquee from?

[Jasonmm]

took some pics ....











thanks ...

[elkameleon]

Thats a really neat looking cab! Is that a kit?

[Jasonmm]

Thats a really neat looking cab! Is that a kit?

nope

early atari gauntlet cab ...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=103342.msg1098842#msg1098842

j

[TheChairmanH2K]

damn man, you werent lying when you said you had alot of parts.  using it all or selling any of it?