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cliverama:

Howdy all, I'm a new member i have just finished building a mame cab. Thought id share some pics
I used the Lack table from Ikea as I wanted to do a quick , cheap (£6 for the table, £15 for the Perspex covering it, £40 for the controls and usb controller, the monitor I got for free. I am running it off a laptop so its pretty portable too)  and simple project to begin with. The Lack table is pretty cool as its so easy to cut up and its quite light.
If anyone is interested in doing a similar project id be happy to share my what i did , i'll post up  a step by step guide for a total noob (like myself). Theres a few things I would do differently , especially with regards to housing the monitor. I wasn’t expecting too much but im actually quite chuffed with the results , not bad for a 1st attempt.

IMAG1632 by cliverama, on Flickr

IMAG1630 by cliverama, on Flickr

paigeoliver:

Looks fun, probably not the world's cheapest though. The value of the laptop has to count as well.

It isn't all that unusual for a conversion cabinet project to have a total cost less than zero after the unused parts are sold off.

cliverama:

yeah it was a fun project!, i guess i was just refering to the fact that you can get a lack table for £8 (sorry not 6 in the original post) , and the monitor and controls fit really well in it. ive got a raspberry pi so im looking to get that running with mame next. Aside from the actual controls the other main expense was the perspex to cover it.

ccmathome:

I've thought about doing something like this with a 60in1 board I have laying around collecting dust

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matt4949:

I really like the furniture into mame cabinet builds. Congratulations and welcome.

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