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urbecrisch:
Alandrogers, just curious how much your CP overhangs on your CAB. My CP is about the same size as yours and I need to know the correct size CAB to get at an upcoming auction. Some overhanging measurements on each side and the front would help me out if you could post. Good looking project so far. Cheers.
alandrogers:
I'm not home to measure it right now, but my cp is a 17x34 top, 14.5x31.5 (o.d.) bottom. (that's right out of the project arcade book)
The cabinet I picked up is 23 or 24" wide and about 30 deep if memory serves correctly. It seemed very narrow compared to mame project plans I've seen.
the cp box overhangs about 4" each side. I also had to cut into the old cabinet in order for the cp box to sit there. I dont remember how much it was, because it was measured 20" in from the back side to just match the point of the curve in the original cab.
alandrogers:
oh... and i screwed up the cp last night. :angry:
I was cutting button holes .. and as soon as I started drilling on the 2nd row by the joystick buttons -- i realized I'd measured them wrong. :((
Not sure what i'm going to do just yet. The top is made of plywood, so there was a lot of splintering going on under the panel also.
Someone at work suggested I just continue ... and I could cover the top with a formica laminate.
I may go that route, don't want to have to cut a new CP top. I looked at the MDF stuff and BOY is that stuff HEAVY! wow.
but it looks like it would drill nice and smooth .. unlike the plywood.
bfauska:
I think that you will get clean holes with the MDF for sure, but if you stick with the plywood you could put a piece behind it and sandwich them tight while you drill the holes, this can prevent blow-out. Another option is to do a pilot hole first and then make the big holes coming from each side of the board and going half way through.
I haven't looked at other peoples CPs to see if I am a freak or not, but I would think that you may want to swap your coin-in buttons (if that's what they are) and your Player start buttons. It seems more natural to me to work from left to right, put your coin in then hit start. Like I said it could just be me, and they may not even be those butttons. I think that when I do an upright I will wire the coin door reject buttons to my coin in, but right now I have coin-in buttons to the left of my start buttons and I think it works great.
Looking good regardless of my babble.
Later,
Brian