BYOAC Advice for a Canadian? Metal Cabinet?

[gamentine]

Hello, I'm a long time lurker these forums, and i've always wanted to build my own cabinet.

I've been slowly acquiring parts and materials, and now i have the opportunity to get started but i still have a couple of questions.

So far I have acquired:

Computer
TV
2 Happ Ultimate Joysticks, Unfortunately they both came with 4-way Actuators (95-1307-00), so i'd like to either buy 8 way actuators (95-0267-00) or maybe new joysticks.
& 17 Push Buttons of various colors

for inputs, i soldered everything to 2 USB gamepads which work pretty well, there is an annoying delay around 1/2 a second that exist from input to an action in-game. The problem are the cheap game pads. I'd preferably like to purchase a GP-Wiz and some extra buttons for menu, pause etc... I was wondering where the best place to purchase these for I am in Canada.

Also a friend of mine is a sheet metal fabricator and he offered to build me the entire cabinet out of 16 gauge stainless steel or aluminum CNC Milled to the dimensions I specify. Has anyone attempted this? or can anyone foresee any issues with a full metal cabinet?

Thanks for the Advice
=Gamentine

[BobA]

I am in Canada and I order from GGG direct.  With the currrent rate of exchange it is a really good deal now.   Buy your buttons and joys from any of the major sellers in Buy and Sell.   Very good prices.

If you can get a good metal cab from your friend go for it.   It will be unique and strong.

[Avrus]

Starburst out of Toronto was great to deal with for my project.

Check out my project log.

[superbigjay]

I am in Canada and I order from GGG direct.  With the currrent rate of exchange it is a really good deal now.   Buy your buttons and joys from any of the major sellers in Buy and Sell.   Very good prices.

I agree.
GGG have decent shipping charges.

[tba]

I am in Canada.

wow, thanks for narrowing it down to only the second largest country in the world, that really helps! allot of people on here would have said i live in the western hemisphere, but not you, nope, you got specific and narrowed it down to a country that spans 6 time zones! good job, it makes directing you to possible local suppliers a breeze!

[gamentine]

Thanks for the info guys, I think i'll order a gp-wiz directly from GGG,

wow, thanks for narrowing it down to only the second largest country in the world, that really helps! allot of people on here would have said i live in the western hemisphere, but not you, nope, you got specific and narrowed it down to a country that spans 6 time zones! good job, it makes directing you to possible local suppliers a breeze!

tba, i live in Calgary, Alberta if that helps. If there are any local suppliers that you could point me to that would be great! I sure couldn't locate one in Calgary. The whole reason that i'm building an arcade cabinet is because there isn't a decent arcade left in the city.

=Gamentine