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My First Cabinet - It's Wooden
« on: November 08, 2005, 12:44:34 am »
[edit - 05/15/08]



Full picture set at;
http://fathertom.net/mame/pictures/
« Last Edit: May 15, 2008, 10:06:47 pm by ften »
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Re: My First Cabinet / 100th post
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2005, 01:45:14 am »
Very nice, love the finish on it.  Looking at it, it makes me believe that it should belong in a pool hall or a bar... but without the drunks ruining it.
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Re: My First Cabinet / 100th post
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2005, 05:56:16 am »
looks good....

isn't that the Kensington Expert Mouse trackball hack. hows that working out for game play?
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Re: My First Cabinet / 100th post
« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2005, 08:42:04 am »
It looks great. The copper coin door really blends well with the finished wood.
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Re: My First Cabinet / 100th post
« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2005, 10:13:14 am »
Quote from: missioncontrol on November 08, 2005, 05:56:16 am
looks good....

isn't that the Kensington Expert Mouse trackball hack. hows that working out for game play?

It works pretty good, switching to a heavier cue ball improved the performance over the track ball. The Kensington is extremely easy to hack.

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Re: My First Cabinet / 100th post
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2005, 05:57:27 pm »
Looks great.

A hell of alot better than anything I put together would look.

Still have all your fingers and toes?  :)
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Re: My First Cabinet / 100th post
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2005, 06:22:46 pm »
Yeah, I am a fan. Of course looking at my sig you can see why I am a bit biased in your favor.  :) Right now I have a GT trackball hacked to a ps2 mouse, but I left room to mount a 2 1/4" Happs in the center one day if I feel like wasting more money. Not sure if I want to use a black ball like yours, or maybe try to find a marble-esque one. The only thing I could think of to add more jazz to your piece is some brass! Well done bro.
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Re: My First Cabinet / 100th post
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2008, 10:04:00 pm »
I've actually finished the control panel... 3 years later, lol. 

I used an IDE to USB and a IDE to slim-line drive adapter for the DVD drive.
The USB ports are just a stripped 2 port USB hub.
In order to get the joystick port flush I actually have the male end facing out and use a gender changer for the joystick.
The audio ports are for head phones, mic, and line in, which I just used 3 1/8th mini-jack extension cables.
The knob controls the audio volume. I took apart a creative 5.1 audio control knob and put it back together around the wood.



Also I noticed the first post seemed to have lost all the images of my cab they can be found at;

http://fathertom.net/mame/pictures/

-FTen
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