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-
![](http://i.imgur.com/10wbX3ol.jpg)
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-
![](http://i.imgur.com/Fv6D79jl.jpg)
After drilling some holes in the upper angle I finally was able to set up the marquee!
Unlit-
![](http://i.imgur.com/u10CGG1l.jpg)
Lit-
![](http://i.imgur.com/3I5cPiql.jpg)
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)
![](http://i.imgur.com/SwZicCOl.jpg)
The connectors were then glued to the plexi and it was screwed into the back of the panel-
![](http://i.imgur.com/aC1Y9Vml.jpg)
I then started the wiring internal to the unit- I used this switching power supply-
![](http://i.imgur.com/dT4mLUrl.jpg)
And I set up two wiring blocks on the side of the side of the cabinet to provide 12v power-
![](http://i.imgur.com/nOfcaRxl.jpg)
I installed the coin door and the subwoofer (Velcro!) and did some wire cleanup-
![](http://i.imgur.com/RRmigmGl.jpg)
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 -
![Grin ;D](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
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
![Sad :(](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/sad.gif)
). 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...
![Talking to you is like banging your head against a wall! :banghead:](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/banghead.gif)
)