Note to anyone starting a cab

[sfrascella]

Finish your cab BEFORE you start playing it. Or this is what you have six months later...

[leapinlew]

This is true!

[hypernova]

This is actually common knowledge, believe it or not.  Most everyone's fallen in this trap.

[NightGod]

There's a reason that the computer is the last thing I'm installing in my system...

[Havok]

Looks done to me! I like the choice of mixing white and black with wood color...

 

[arzoo]

I finished wiring my control panel over the weekend. Every night since

[daywane]

I think we all have fallen for that.
I personally think all work and no play sucks
Game on.

[lloydcom]

Heck at least you have a marquee on that cab, I'm still procrastinating putting mine on.

When you have a spare Sunday or a wet Saturday you will finish it.

Maybe in the back of your mind - you don't really want to or you just cannot wait to jump on it and play a few games before bed.

BTW your cab looks very cool.  Nice color scheme.

[ArcadeMaze]

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[crashwg]

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.

[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]

.................  Most everyone's fallen in this trap.

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]

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.

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]

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.

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.