Started receiving parts this week and picked up some supplies for the cab. Also made some changes to my initial planned list of parts.
Worked on making the base/box for the cab. Still have to apply wood filler and sand but made some good progress
Cut rear of the box to line up with my side cut outs
Inside of the box. Still have to install the shelf for the pc. Also plan to cut some holes in the base for ventilation and put some caster wheels on the bottom to make moving around a little easier. Still working out how I want to enclose the rear and make a door for access.
Cut the sides of the cab which will attach toward the rear of the box and house the monitor/speakers/dynamic marquee.
Mock-up of the side attached
List of parts that arrived this week:
32” Acer Monitor
Wanted to use my old Ryzen/Gtx1080 pc but I think the mother board died so I said the hell with it and bought a Beelink Ser5 with Ryzen 5600h
Crucial 1tb SSD
Pioneer 6.5” Component speakers
Fosi mini-amp
USB 3.0 external ports (will be installed in the front of the control panel)
Stream Deck
2 140mm usb fans (in the plain brown box)
Smart power strip
Some really good progress today and excited to finally get this project rolling. I’ve already got Launchbox downloaded and purchased the Bigbox forever license. Have started downloading my roms and currently have a decent list going including MAME set 252. Will probably start messing around with adding my rooms to Big Box tomorrow.