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HollowPointAMG:
New here :)

Been working on this for a few days and so far I kinda like it.  I think I'll add some slight changes here and there.

What inspired me to build my own cab?  After seeing a video of Killer Instinct arcade and it's insanely huge differences from the SNES version, I wanted to play it old school style with a joystick and 6 buttons to get the real arcade feel.  Downloaded the emulator/rom and played it on my keyboard.  Not good enough!  So I ended up on x-arcade.com and picked up a dual joystick.  I saw they had cabinet kits which looked awesome but way too pricey.  Then it occurred to me...  Why not try and build my own?  Then the researching began and I found you guys  ;D

I'm going to go to the local hardware store next week and have them cut out the sides.  I don't have tools or the space to do it myself unfortunately :(

Here are some mock up pics I created:



Dimensions:


The outer shell of the cabinet will be made using 3/4 MDF.  The rear and front panels will most likely be 1/2" MDF.  Not sure what to use for the control panel, possibly bits of both.


PC I'm going to use:

AMD Athlon II X4
16GB RAM
OCZ SSD 60gb
160GB - to store all the games
Hyperspin 1.2 Interface
Creative Inspire 7.1 Speaker System

Going to use a 22" CRT NEC Multisync 1250+ I grabbed for free from work :) 

As for the joystick/buttons,  I'm going to tear into the X-Arcade dual joystick and create my own control panel. 

More pics to come soon!  Can't wait until next week when I start building.  There will be loads of questions for sure.

Jumpman64:
Excellent!  If I may offer one small tidbit, as a fellow first-cab builder who is ~80% to completion -- might want to round off that inside corner on each side panel, just below the speaker panel.  This is assuming you are going to finish the edges with T-molding.  Mine is nearly as sharp an angle as what you have, and getting that T-molding to properly bend to that angle and fit in there real snug, and to do so without damaging or marring it.... well, it's a pain!  And this is with using the "fan" technique even.  If you just round it off a little, it will help a ton.  This really goes for all the angles but I found that one to be the biggest problem by far.

Anyways, look forward to your progress!

HollowPointAMG:

--- Quote from: Jumpman64 on January 17, 2013, 07:34:57 pm ---Excellent!  If I may offer one small tidbit, as a fellow first-cab builder who is ~80% to completion -- might want to round off that inside corner on each side panel, just below the speaker panel.  This is assuming you are going to finish the edges with T-molding.  Mine is nearly as sharp an angle as what you have, and getting that T-molding to properly bend to that angle and fit in there real snug, and to do so without damaging or marring it.... well, it's a pain!  And this is with using the "fan" technique even.  If you just round it off a little, it will help a ton.  This really goes for all the angles but I found that one to be the biggest problem by far.

Anyways, look forward to your progress!

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Thanks for the tip!  :)

Le Chuck:
Sonic and the other bloke aren't doing it for me.  You have a pretty nice SF thing going on, it'd be a shame to muddle it up with random characters done in a totally different style. 

Round yer corners, that was good advice. 

yotsuya:

--- Quote from: Le Chuck on January 18, 2013, 11:09:26 am ---Sonic and the other bloke aren't doing it for me.  You have a pretty nice SF thing going on, it'd be a shame to muddle it up with random characters done in a totally different style. 

Round yer corners, that was good advice.

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Agreed on both.

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