"Super Arcade" is now at home. I hauled to my house last week to begin the more intricate final steps to completion — Cleanup, Bezel, Side-art placement, Lightgun Holsters, final electronic setup.
This weekend I started what I consider to be the last "really tough" step: The custom Bezel.
Since I'm using a 21" CRT computer monitor in a custom build cabinet, I knew there would be virtually no chance of finding a commercial bezel that would fit it perfectly. Also I didn't want to pay the big bucks for one even if it did exist.
Once again Arcade Controls forum came to the rescue on how to solve my problem. following the thread below, I've been successfully building my $2 bezel (really about $4 for me):
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=17175.0Attached are a few photos of my Bezel progress. Looking good so far...I think.
It's coming together nicely and even includes the slit at the top for my lightgun IR sensor bar. This really was the best solution for me after all. After building the white paper template I placed my smoked plexiglass on top of it to make sure everything would fit fine once the final bezel was in place with the same measurements.
I've finished building a template/prototype bezel using thick stock white paper and am nearly done transferring the measurements of the four sides the black art board I bought at the local hobby shop. Final bezel should be complete tonight.