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Control Panel or Cabinet First
sleong:
This seems a bit more difficult but do you build the control panel first then make the cabinet fit around the control panel?
or
Build the cabinet frame then build the control panel to fit the cabinet? This is the path I'm planning on taking.
Your advice is greatly appreciated.
CoryBee:
--- Quote from: sleong on September 06, 2013, 09:56:47 am ---This seems a bit more difficult but do you build the control panel first then make the cabinet fit around the control panel?
or
Build the cabinet frame then build the control panel to fit the cabinet? This is the path I'm planning on taking.
Your advice is greatly appreciated.
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Number two, yes.
That is how I go about it anyways.
Louis Tully:
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JDFan:
Actually - I'd suggest getting the monitor first and deciding what orientation you will be setting it up in and deciding what games are going to be played on it -- that way you then can decide what type of build it is going to be (ie. what specs of the internal components is needed to run those games and what buttons you will need on the CP to use those games ) Then build the system around the monitor size (nothing worse than a tiny monitor in a wide cabinet or an oversize monitor in what should be a small single player cabinet) and design the CP to fit in with the dimensions of the result in combination with the type of games it will be using.
PL1:
+1 on game list first and choosing/configuring software.
Game list = "ALL" ==> FAIL + Frankenpanel.
Next monitor/orientation.
Next CP design based on the controls required by the game list + cardboard mockup to test layouts, spacing.
Build the cab, paint, art.
The last step is to make it playable by wiring the CP -- once you do this progress has a way of stopping abruptly. :lol
Scott