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vidmouse:
That looks more like a plastic composite... can't imagine
doing that in wood... you'd have to get a special mold
or spare cab.

Found a picture of the prototype I'm playing right now,
the joysticks and buttons, pc, tv, and speakers will eventually
go into the final cab.

shorthair:
Mmm, I bet someone like Kneivel could do a job like that - but I'd prefer composite, actually. A friend of mine messes around a lot with resins and kevlar and stuff, so the knowledge isn't a block. It's how to make a mold. But I'm thinking about it.
vidmouse:
Funny, Kneivel's Neon Mame is part of the inspiration for my
Arcadia 2007 cab (project not submitted yet).  I won't go as
far as he did, but the color scheme is similar.

I seem to remember in shop class, you could make a cheap
one-time mold out of compacted powder around a wood
mock-up.  No sense making an aluminum or likewise
prototype molding tool if you're only going to give it one
shot.  However, in this case we were molding screwdrivers
not huge boxes...

Let me ask a friend of mine who's in the molding business
and see what she thinks...
shorthair:
That's very neighborly of you.
vidmouse:
No problem.  Unfortunately this is the reply I got:

"The cheapest molds I have dealt with were made from aluminum but those were for prototypes.  And then he would still need a molding machine.  Not sure how he would be able to make it for just a one time deal.  May be cheaper to find an arcade machine that does not work and use the parts that are plastic for his model."

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