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HeadRusch:
Yeah lemme rephrase that: Its not "Done", its "Functional!".

Snake, the monitor is a "no choice"....between the MDF I've only got about 23 inches to work with, and I couldn't find a 25" TV that would fit in that space. Well, I found one....a Panasonic with SVideo in that would have cost me almost $350 bucks......I was going to get a 25" "brand x" tv with no SVideo in and take it out of its case, but I decided on my first outing I'd probably electrocute myself doing so :)

I might scan the paper for a 25" used and think about gutting it. I think so long as I dont touch anywhere near the back, I wont die. But for now, this is my solution....plus, the flat screen helps alot. I've found that like with most games, once you focus on the game you tend to forget the size of the screen, so long as its not TOO small...and because the control box isn't too deep, you aren't too far away from that screen.
I'm still debating on wether or not to add a plexi front to it or not.

I still fear the ass-end of an exposed monitor..TV or otherwise....so I settled for what would fit easily.

Slickstick...hehehe I knew someone would ask that question.

First things first: The CP was a pain in the ass. The not-quite-right angles, the too-much-wood-putty that took 9 days to sand down, the fact that its the PERFECT HEIGHT for me but I didn't quite make it deep enough....all of these things come into play.

If I had bought a slick, I probably wouldn't have regretted it..save of course all the cash I'd have had to spend. But there just isn't any comparison to taking the time to do it yourself. You learn new skills, you make a few mistakes but hopefully you focus on the goal of building something, and I really enjoyed that part. I enjoyed figuring out the problems, and getting the job done....fixing my own mistakes, etc.
The creative aspect of it...that was real fun....I imagine I'll be thinking about redoing the control panel sometime this year....but thats for another day...(first I gotta get the damn IPAC working right).

Now....I gota order me a druid interface, and a couple of spinner joysticks for Vert-Mame, the vertical mame mini coctail cabinet and end table:) (I got another pc, I gotta do SOMETHING with it!)

Sprucemoose:
Headrush,
Looks good. A nice clean cab. Is that a huge subwoofer on the lower left hand corner of the cab? Don't hurt yourself, lol.

HeadRusch:
Hehehee...its an optical illusion, the Sub sits outside the cab to the rear. Inside the cab the bass is too boomy, and I don't want to get into stuffing the cab with Polyfill :) Its a Logitech 5 speaker system I got for $50 bucks refurbished......works out very well. Because the cab is positioned in front of one of my basement support pillars (obscured in this view) and there is a leather recliner behind it, the sub can sit outside the cab and still not be obvious. I'll put a fake plant in front of it to seal the deal :)

I wanted the cab to be simple and clean, not too over-the-top. Basically I got what I wanted. I'll be replacing the red front-facing buttons (coin buttons) with black buttons, I've decided I dont like the red buttons there. I'm also seriously thinking about adding a happs trackball...why? Cuz I feel WRONG for not having one..and..marble madness and Golden Tee PC are actually far more additcive than I remembered them being with a trackball.

I took alot of insipration looking at all the examples here........

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