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First Cabinet Build - Sapro's MAME
sapro:
I got home last night and had a few minutes to spare...
Funnel:
Dang! I'm very impressed with your work as this is coming along very nice. Good work man!
yotsuya:
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This looks sweet!
sapro:
4 days left :banghead:
I made a lot of progress this weekend. The first challenge was getting it to my house and taking it apart
It's almost like it was designed to fit :)
... disassembly wasn't hard at all. It probably took less than 30 minutes
I got it upstairs, mostly reassembled, and set to wiring. My fingertips are sore but I think it came out pretty tidy
I got the final dimensions figured out and ordered my plexi. I have had bad experiences with cutting plexi in the past so I ordered mine precision cut from TAP plastics online. $40 and I will have my pieces cut accurate to 1/64th with nice clean edges. Unfortunately, UPS just notified me that these will arrive next Monday, so I will have neither bezel nor marquee at the party Saturday. :cry:
I have LOTS more pictures but will post sparingly until it's finished.
sapro:
I made a lot of progress toward my goal of completion by Saturday. The trip to my house caused some damage to the paint so we heavily sanded and repainted with the final coat going on this morning.
I spent a LOT more time than I expected on wiring. Power switch, volume knob, LED's are all wired in no just waiting for the PC to be moved into the cabinet.
This was the sketchiest part of the build. Recall the PCB that I had to tap into for the power switch. If I screwed this up and rendered the board broken I'd be out of a PC until a replacement comes from Dell. So with shaky hands and a smoking soldering iron I attempted the joint...
Nailed it.
Tonight I mount the CP, install the t-molding, and hook up the PC. Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- ... I'm almost done!