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| said7:
Sup Im the Newb here ;D Just a flash designer (www.said7.com) who recently has become obsessed with building a mame cabinet. So im doing crazy research and trying to weigh my options. What I want to get is an estimated cost of supplies for a basic 2 player cabinet. Just the wood frame no PC,monitor,controls or lighting. Just the basic supplies wood, nail, glue, t molding, screws, rails, wheels, etc... I have all the wood tools already and a bit of fiberglass :) Trying to see if it would be cheaper to build from scratch or try and find a junked up cabinet and restore it. Any opinions? Thanks in advance :) |
| SirPoonga:
The cost sorta depends on how/where you get stuff. Like what materials you use, if you are deadset on using brand new stuff versus used, etc... My cab cost under $1000 for a custom build. |
| Brax:
It will quickly gravitate near the $1000 range without much trouble. |
| Frostillicus:
Plan ahead or before you know it you are buying old broken joysticks on ebay to 'fix up' and living in the half-finished cab on the street, beggin' for tokens :) |
| rampy:
I don't think those 1 grand estimates are taking into account your requested assumptions (i.e. no PC, no monitor, etc...) I can't imagine wood, L brackets and materials costing more than a couple of hundred bucks max ( you're in better shape already having wood working tools... ) unless you go with melamine or want to laminate the whole thing (even then it won't weigh in at a grand) *Shrug* there's a couple of good sites that are scratch built that detail their material costs on their websites.... i.e. check the examples =P rampy |
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