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mbasile35:
Hey everyone
I decided a few weeks ago to try and build a driving cab, and as the project its going a lot quicker than i thought, i figured its time to start a thread about it. Anyway, I've always loved Mario Kart for N64 and to this day its probably still my favorite video game, so i decided i wanted to theme my cab around Mario Kart 64.To start out, i had previously tried my hand at cabinet building, but i was lucky enough to have a neighbor throwing away an old NBA Jam. I took all my parts and put them in the NBA Jam cab and i was left with two sides of my custom cabinet. When i decided to build a driving cabinet, i knew i wanted to use my sides that i already had. this is a pic of one of the sides:
I spent the last week or two coming up with something that would fit within the already cut out sides of my previous build but i finally have something that I'm happy with. I really like the newer style driving cabinets like Sega Racing Classic and H2Overdrive so i tried to do something like that. what i came up with is a pretty thin and small cabinet that will house a 26" LCD. Its about 68" high and 28" wide and with the seat attached it'll be about 58" long.
the black is my original design, the green is the seat and seat base which are obviously rough sketches because they're not designed yet. last, the red is my dash board. this is the part that's been the most perplexing so far. I took measurements off of Faster Than Speed cab where i work and that's what i used for the spacing between the pedals, the seat, and the steering wheel, but i just don't think it looks right. what do you guys think? Any input on the dash/ control panel would be great!
So this is where i am right now:
-I've created a template for the sides (the black part anyway) and as soon as i resolve the dash board issue, I'll be cutting those out
-i got a great deal on a red namco seat (similar to the mario kart gp seat)
-I'm waiting for the pc components i ordered to start putting that together
BadMouth:
Rough measurements for the sega cab are in the info thread linked in my sig.
It's from an older cab, but Sega Racing Classic uses the same base and the seat and pedals are in the same place.
What you do with the dash depends on what you are using for a steering wheel?
mbasile35:
Cool thanks for that link. I'll definitely check that out. And for the wheel I'm gonna use the happ force feedback wheel and that hack that thesharkfactor did..or at least try lol.
mbasile35:
Quick update: tonight I cut and routed one side of the main cabinet and prepped the other side for cutting. I ended up making the 20 inch dash all one piece with the side, I figured i can leave it long and trim it if I need to once I get my seat base built and the seat mounted. Also i ended up going wider. Im not sure on te exact dimensions but I traced the back and moved the template up a few inches and then traced the front. I'll post pics as soon as I can get back to my buddy's shop to take them. Right now it's looking like tuesday night we'll be finishing the sides and hopefully start assembling the main cab.
Also my pc components are set to arrive on Monday so I'm going to start putting that together and getting all the software I need.
Well that's about it for now
Mike
mbasile35:
Hey everybody
I got a chance to go to my friends shop again and got more work done last night. The first thing wee did was cut and rout the second side so I now have two complete sides. Here's a picture of one side before it was done being routed straight
http://img14.imageshack.us/i/imagedsa.jpg/
And now a picture of both sides completely cut and routed
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Then we cut a few of the font panels and start assembling them. To join the panels we're using glue and screws drilled into pocket holes. We ended up doing the bottom front, the bottom floor and the panel that the pedals will be mounted to. Here's a picture of two of the panels joined with the pocket holes
http://img402.imageshack.us/i/imagexek.jpg/
Other than that I got my pc all put together and I've tested a few games. I'm still waiting fo the seat to build the seat base so I can measure what needs to be trimmed from the dash board. Overall I'm really happy with how this project is going.
Does anyone have an advice on cutting slots for t molding? Can anybody point me in the right direction for the right router bit? And questions and comments are more than welcome
Mike
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