I built my first mame cabinet over 15+ years ago. Ever since I saw the O.G. 1-Up rotating panel cab (named pacmamia if I remember correctly), I wanted to make my own. Since I wanted to build one I decided I needed a CNC machine. Well I completed the CNC in 2012....but never made another arcade machine (yet). However, I spent countless hours sketching layouts and ways to build the rotating panel over the last 15 years, never giving up on the idea.
Since COVID gave me some extra time at home teh last 2 years, I got back into the cabinet design and piecing it together using Fusion 360 which has given me the confidence that I have the design right. That being said, I plan on building a mock-up because the support for and mechanism for stabilizing the rotating panel and mounting of the panel is conceptual and I am 90% confident it will work, so a MDF mock-up will give me the opportunity to fine tune or change as needed before I build it from the more expensive birch plywood I want to stain to match the other wood of my bar, saltwater tank stand, and trim etc. in the family room.
The new cabinet will be wall mounted so it is not a "full" height free standing cabinet, but is pretty close. I also designed it to be wide enough to house a 32" monitor and give a little extra width on the control panels. However, I think I will stick with a 27" monitor as I was originally thinking a 32" would give me a lot more vertical real estate than it really does. Plus a 27" will give me a little more room to mount IR for the lightguns. Also I wanted the cab to be able to be taken apart for easy movement/relocation so the upper half and lower have can easily be separated. 1 of the 3 control panels will be swappable, but technically all will be able to be removed for maintenance or change of layout if I decide I don't like it....
I have seen some peoples designs and tests for one, but it has been years since I have been active here, so I don't know if anyone else has successfully built a rotating CP since the original. If all goes to plan, I start the mockup this weekend.