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| link2005a:
I love the design, but I am looking for a 4 player cabinet. Is it as easy as just making a larger control panel? Or will I likely need to look at a different cabinet all together? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance! Also...if anyone knows where I can get cabinet plans specifically for a 4 player cab that'd be great! |
| PCtech:
Well, I would think that the CP could be made bigger, but you would want to layout your controls (print paper templates), and mock them up on cardboard, before you do any cutting. As far as 4Player cabs, there are many examples here (look in Project Announcements, or search for 4P CP), What I would recommend (I am building now) is a UA2 cabinet (although many here will groan because it is common, it is less common than Lusid's design) ;) The guy who runs this board, is called Saint, he actually sells a book called Project Arcade, that it excellent (I bought it myself). The book is about $20 (check different vendors), and has step-by-step instructions for building Lusid's cab, but also has diagrams/instructions to build the UA2 (Ultimate Arcade 2) cab from mameroom.com. Although I don't think there are specific plans for a 4P control panel, there are many links, and you can purchase mameroom.com's 4P CP plans for cheap,. If you haven't built a cab, buy the book. The info in there, is priceless. :notworthy: Even a total moron who has never done wood working, computers, or electronics, can figure it all out...think of it as "Arcade Cabinet building for Dummies"...like me.... : When you start your Cab, please start a new thread in Project Announcements, and keep us updated with LOTS of pics, and progress. It helps others, and gives the guru's something to laugh about. "Look at how many buttons the noob has on his Control Panel" "Oh, another UA2 cab, with crappy artwork, why cant the noobs make anything original" "Those noobs never search, they just keep asking the same dumb questions over and over" :blah: Just wear your "thick skin", and keep an open mind. Most of these folks are great, and very helpful, some not so much (you know who you are) :soapbox: Good luck. |
| link2005a:
Thanks for the info, I'll look into the UA2 cab and see what that's all about. I did buy that book already, it's definately been great in helping me understand what it takes to build one of these things. As can be expected, all the info inside the book is setup for the 2-player cab, so I was just seeing if anyone else had used LuSiD's design but for a 4-player cab. Hopefully the UA2 is what I'm looking for and hopefully I can find the plans for it somewhere. Thanks again for your help! |
| AtomSmasher:
Just make the control panel bigger, the size of the control panel doesn't rely on the rest of the plans so you can make it as big or small as you want. |
| bossyman15:
i have lusid cab and it looks fine with 4 player panel. my 4 player panel is 18" x 48" |
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