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My humble project :) **The Ghetto-Cab**

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TelcoLou:
Well, not much of an update, but a significant one .. got a new PC and installed a lock for the coin door. YAY!

PC:

Pentium 4 3.0ghz
2 GB RAM
80 GB HD
Sapphire Radeon 256MB gfx card (w/s-video out, if I ever want to hook up a TV)
Audigy SB sound card

Lock:

$4 cabinet lock from Home Depot  ;D

TelcoLou:
Getting closer to a "finished" cabinet  ;D

Here I cut new holes to fit the satellite speakers (I eventually 'cleaned' up the cut-outs after this pic):



Then, I glued some posterboard covered with this neat ultra-sticky contact paper with a faux-leather texture over the holes, and cut out "X"'s from above, creating flaps. Then I fed the speakers thru the holes, and secured with some aluminium tape (better than duct tape, in some cases!):



Here's a very blurry shot of it all buttoned up (I have zero photo skills), I had to paint the bottom part of the speakers flat black, as well as the power-on light .. it was distracting (reflected in the glass) .. also note the temporary marquee printed on plain paper from a color laser printer  ;) :



And finally! I get to play some games with the speakers in their proper spots!



I like it, and if I decide to get a different speaker setup, it's easy enough to alter. I need to stop the light leak on either side of the marquee, maybe some thin black weather-strip stuff.

Now to work on that darn control panel ...  8)

skippy0420:
Nice progress ... I have the same cab and am at odds as to how to proceed with the CP at this time. I am curious to see what direction you go with yours and would enjoy some data as far as dimensions that you go with.

 :cheers:

TelcoLou:
Thanks :)

Here's the design my wife and I have decided on, going to get a custom panel from arcadesrfun.com:



The cab itself is ~25.5" wide, so there will be 5" of 'overhang' on either side. Also, I'll have to (gasp) cut into the 'ears' of the cabinet sides to accommodate the new CP.

skippy0420:
That is the same setup that I would like to include for the most part. I will be watching your progress on mounting that CP as I will have the same issues being the same type of cab. Nice choice on the layout!

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