Hi ZexisStryfe, did you ever finish this beautiful build?
Hey Taxidriver,
Sorry about the lack of updates... real life seems to constantly get in the way! The cabinet is not complete however I have made some great progress on it. I would definitely consider myself in the home stretch at this point.
My sanding drums from China arrived much later than expected (towards the end of March) but once I got them I was able to begin sanding the metal angles. I am going for a rougher, mill style finish on them as seen here-
I basically started with the rough sandpaper drums and worked my ways down to the finer grits to get the finish (this piece was a work in progress). After sanding them down I glued the lower angle in place using superglue and some spare plexi as spacers. these angles will be used for the marquee retainer-
After drilling some holes in the upper angle I finally was able to set up the marquee!
Unlit-
Lit-
I then set to work on creating an IO panel for the rear of the control panel. This will allow for the control panel to be disconnected via four simple plugs- USB (USB hub), power (surge protector in the CP), a 10-wire molex and a 2-wire molex connector (lines to the other LEDs and inputs on the unit).
I ct the black plexi with a dremel from the rear to get some cleaner lines (this pic is the rear side with protective paper still on)
The connectors were then glued to the plexi and it was screwed into the back of the panel-
I then started the wiring internal to the unit- I used this switching power supply-
And I set up two wiring blocks on the side of the side of the cabinet to provide 12v power-
I installed the coin door and the subwoofer (Velcro!) and did some wire cleanup-
After finishing all that I finally received my glass panel from OneDayGlass. Unfortunately after installing it I discovered that the glass was not quite smoky enough, and the internals were still visible through it, so I went to Plan B- smoked plexi. I know Chance is a big advocate for the stuff, so I ordered some which arrived about three weeks ago... totally shattered. Luckily the provider was able to ship me out a replacement piece next day and would you look at that, a fully functional arcade -
Now, As I said, it isn't complete yet. On the hardware side, I still have the upper and lower rear fan wiring and the diamond kickplate to finish (I totally mis-measured the original kickplate
). Software wise I am still setting up LEDBlinky and Retroarch. It seems like I might have to do a bit of remapping in order to get the PC games working as well... (damn Street Fighter V...
)