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Things I learned the hard way while making my cabinet.

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divemaster127:

I know people like to build their cab as cheap as possible, but when i built mine, I learned a few things, dont go cheap on the controls buy the good ones to start with.  The same with the computer I purchased cheap parts, pcchips mb etc, & I payed for it, get the best computer for your buck, you wont regret it later, i did a 3000 amd 64+ with a gig of ram & it handles, most roms( & this system ran about $350.00) use a big hard drive the first time, i wanted to save money so i purchased a tv, I hated the picture then i purchased a arcade monitor...so i did everything twice, the moral is spend the extra first time its cheaper in the long run, sometime i will see post about people stating they really on a very tight budget, this hobby is not cheap its best to take your time & use quality parts etc
thanks
dm

GGKoul:

Don't start playing it until you've completly 100% finished your cab.  As it never gets finished after that..

divemaster127:

that's what i did finally a year & 1/2 later i put on the artwork
thanks
dm

Brad:


--- Quote from: Stewie on February 20, 2006, 01:29:21 pm ---Don't start playing it until you've completly 100% finished your cab.  As it never gets finished after that..

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Boy is this ever true. I've had my cab almost finished for over 2 years. I just play it now despite it needing artwork and decent speakers  ::)

Brad

ChicagoDave:

A couple of things I learned:

18. Hot glue is hot. 

19. Never let go of a circular saw while it's still spinning.

20. When you measure for the coin door hole, make sure that you account for the fact that the coin door has rounded corners.  I ended up having to repair this by cutting 4 corners off of a piece of MDF and hot glued them into the corners of the hole.  I then used wood filler to fill the gaps and sanded the whole thing down.  After paint, the problem was fixed.

21.  If you use rotating casters, make sure they have enough clearance to rotate completely around.  Any obstruction will cause the cabinet to "lock up" when trying to move it.


 

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