I posted this in another topic, but figured I'd post it here...
Things have changed a lot for me since I started this project. I went from a small house with hardly any space, and needing to fit all my gaming needs into 1 cabinet, to having a bit more disposable income and a larger house with a decent sized garage. I've since bought a few cabs and no longer have the need to have everything in one. I really enjoyed this project though and I learned a lot. I still have the sketchup plans if anyone wants them. Right now I'm looking at building up the cabs in my garage/gameroom. I have a few originals (recently restored an Out Run), but I still have the urge to scratch-build stuff - and I haven't really built anything since my Videotron bartop project. My next scratch build will probably be a multi-vector machine. Hopefully later this year as I am still trying to get some Electrocoin Midi's restored and mamed up with groovyarcade. They've been a fun project actually, maybe I'll post about those too!
Thanks for all the interest along the way anyway. I still have the Jimbovision control panels. but I never got further than the rotating controls unit. My guess is they will be pilfered for controls over the next few years. Sorry it never got finished. I can at least hope that it has inspired someone else or at the very least given people food for thought when considering building a rotating CP cab (hint: don't)
Hey Jimbo - no worries. We've all started and abandoned cabs at some point, right? Right?? I hope it's not just you and me...
The CP artwork is awesome. Was it done in Inkscape by any chance? Could be a good starting point for the thing I'm currently designing in my head...