Any mame builders in Portland or Vancouver?

[Jetto Funk]

Looking for a building buddy, I have the wood shop just want someone that can relate to the same hobbie.

p.s: as much as this may sound like a personal add, I assure you I am not interested. My house is equipted with a wife, 2 kids and an animal thing called a dog.

[NoOne=NBA=]

I'm in Vancouver.
There's a few others in the area, as well.

[Jetto Funk]

Sweet, is there an online club or something where everyone mingles?
What projects do you have going on?

[Borkunit]

I'm in Portland.  My cab is aaaallmost done, and I have 90% of the materials I need to complete it, but I have yet to build the control panel and sort out some other details.

This is my first MAME cab, so I took the easy way out and  converted an old broken WWF Superstars machine.  I am hesitent on constructing the control panel and integrating it with the existing structure. 

I wouldn't mind networking with some locals.  Perhaps we can help eachother out with our builds.

[Jetto Funk]

I'm actually in the middle of building a control panel too, I'm going to scrap one half finished piece and build another, they're fairly easy to build.
I'm converting an NBA hangtime to a 4 player 2 gun track ball and 4 way type deal.
Hit me up, I have all the tools to build the control panels.

shaneyost@gmail.com

[NoOne=NBA=]

I haven't had time for any projects lately.

I've got a Vindicator machine in my garage, begging me to finish rebuilding the second set of controls, and all the pieces for a 29" cab that I haven't had time to start on yet.

We were discussing making a joint pilgrimage to Ground Kontrol last year, but it never panned out.

[MikeDeuce]

I was wondering if you guys were going to start talking about Ground Kontrol... drool. Man, if I ever needed another reason to move up to Portland.

-mike (who spent entirely too little time at GK during his last trip to the PNW)

[Jetto Funk]

wth is ground kontrol?

[NoOne=NBA=]

Arcade....with  ......in Portland

LINK

It's where the guy from Portland tried to set the Star Wars high score record last year.

[Borkunit]

http://www.groundkontrol.com

Downtown NW 5th & Couch or thereabouts.  I was just in there last week.  All the better now that they have a liquor license.  I could probably spend my rent there in an afternoon.  Pretty phenomenal pinball selection which interestests me most, as that's something you just can't emulate at home.

[MikeDeuce]

Jetto is going to be in for a treat 

The pinball floor is awesome... especially for such a modest sized arcade. The only time I've seen more pins in one place is at the pinball hall of fame in Vegas.

I really need to find some place around here with some of the new stern tables, or any decent collection at all... otherwise I'm doomed to suck forever.