Anyone seen a MAME cab based on this?

[chanson]

Has anyone ever seen a MAME cab based on a design like that of the old XY-BOTS?  There's a picture on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2139338044
(not my item, just an example of this cabinet)

It seems that this would make a great design for MAME!  Thoughts?

[Bursar]

I remember playing that in the arcades I reckon it's possible, but it would be a lot of work. There are a load on angles on that cabinet that you'd have to cut and get lined up.

You'd probably also need to bung a few bricks in the base of it to make sure it didn't wobble about when you were bashing on the buttons.

[Howard_Casto]

Actually I've seen a few with a similar design but not that particular one.  It would be much easier to make than a standard mame cab imho.  The only tricky part is making a good, stable beam to mount the monitor on top of.  

[chanson]

Good point about the beam and monitor.

You think it would be easier to make?  I was thinking it would be harder, but didn't want that to deter me either.

I'm pretty seriously considering doing it (perhaps slightly modified so that it's not quite so deep overall...)

I don't remember what example cabs may be like that, anyone know of any that are posted?

Thanks!

[1UP]

Is you f(*^*%ing crazy?  Unless you did it with plexiglass, it'd definitely take a lot more work than a standard cab.  To figure out all those angles, and all the bevel cuts you'd have to make to get all the edges to fit together?  And It would take a lot more pieces, which is always a lot more work.  I'm just finishing my cab, which is probably one of the most complex that I've ever seen, and there's no way I'd touch a design like that!  Sometimes I just don't get you, Howard....

Looks cool though.  

[neuromancer]

Actually I've seen a few with a similar design but not that particular one.  It would be much easier to make than a standard mame cab imho.  The only tricky part is making a good, stable beam to mount the monitor on top of.  

I would just make that top part a separate box and bolt them together. Most of the angles are 45 degrees, so if you have a decent table saw it should be pretty easy.

The real drawback seems to be the small size of the control panel. If you enlarged it very much, it would throw off the proportions.

Bob