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SithMaster:
hey crashwg if the hour glass is glued to the table then couldnt i just turn the whole table upside down?

just have someone disconnect the power (if you did it you would know what was wrong) then you finish it.  the power is reapplied and bam done.
original_maxlamer:

--- Quote from: hypernova on August 31, 2006, 05:04:54 pm ---.................  Most everyone's fallen in this trap. :)

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yep, done it twice now, never finished my last cabinet before i gutted it and built then newest one a year ago that is also unfinished.
Dervacumen:

--- Quote from: crashwg on September 01, 2006, 07:45:15 pm ---Also, planning everything before you start constructing is a good idea.

I started my project over 2 years ago and I'm still not done because of a few design decisions that I'm dragging my feet on.

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I like to engineer as I go.

Gets stuff done rather than "analysis paralysis" which is where I was stuck.
If you're going for your first cab, just do it.
The second is where you start to hone your skills.
Just My Opinion.
leapinlew:

--- Quote from: Dervacumen on September 01, 2006, 10:42:32 pm ---I like to engineer as I go.

Gets stuff done rather than "analysis paralysis" which is where I was stuck.
If you're going for your first cab, just do it.
The second is where you start to hone your skills.
Just My Opinion.


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I totally agree with Dervacumen. I did my first cabinet (a conversion out of an old nintendo) in 5 days. It was purely a strip down, some wood putty, paint, CP and I printed everything off a color jet printer.

I learned a ton, and while doing my second cabinet, I redid my first one to make it more asthetically pleasing. They both turned out good. In the last 8 months I've done a total of 5 cabinets and I'm done.

Dive right in. Play a game or two, but finish the project. Playing your arcade is reward for working on it. The games will be that much sweeter without the guilt of playing on an unfinished cabinet.
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