Getting through it.
https://imgur.com/gallery/DzYKbjIThe drawer is not (only) a keyboard drawer! This cab will be run from a laptop that was kindly donated to me by a friend who works for a PC repair shop, from a customer who broke the screen and didn't want to pay to replace it. The laptop is an i7 with 8GB ram and some kind of mobile Nvidia card. Runs everything very well. The laptop will go in the drawer.
The two holes in the front face of the drawer are for USB extensions (you can see one there on the left), those will be used for plugging in the Sinden Lightguns when they arrive in January.
I have made custom .lay files for my MAME bezel that will allow me to run the screen directly above the control panel, and a marquee for each game along the top of the display. The portion of the screen that is hidden behind the control panel box will be unused.
This will be painted black with purple T-molding. I have designed my own side art and CP art that I'm getting printed now. I have plexi to go over the CP and am a little nervous about cutting and drilling it. I've done it before, but that doesn't make me any less nervous.
I still need to cut a bezel to fill the gap around the display, that will probably happen tomorrow. I also need to get some leveling feet.