Need help finding/building/configuring control panel for mame/emu cabinet.

[JKJudgeX]

Okay, here's the scoop...  I have a rescued Street Fighter 2 Arcade Machine that I've converted into a PC powered Emulation Arcade Machine (MAME and other Emus).  I've got the JAMMA harness plugged into a JPAC (very awesome product, with an awesome support guy, buy one! www.ultimarc.com).  Rigged up with powerstrip and a geforce card, I've got it all rigged up and ready to play, but...

The controls have been butchered (by random vandalism, or somewhere along the lines of years of Ryu vs. Ken pounding play, only a couple of the buttons and directions on this old machine still work). 

I would like to go with a solution similar to the X-Arcade do it yourself kits, since they have simple USB plugins and such.  Is that a good solution or is there another vendor with a good/affordable product that's easy to install etc? 

Eventually, I would like to have P1 and P2 controls with at least 8 (maybe 9 or 10) buttons on the panel apiece (6 in traditional SF layout, with 2 extra buttons to help some of the console emulation along, SNES needs .

I would also like to have 2 additional joypads connected and somehow tethered to the machine (holsters?  ideas?).  (For some games I just feel like I need a joypad, plus, these would be useful for those situations wherein 4 of us might want to play teenage mutant ninja turtles without having to have all the extra control panel space for 2 extra controlsets that would be used less than 2% of the time)

Right now I'm toying with the idea of handling trackball, lightgun, steeringwheel with Wiimotes, so, I'd need a place for those, and a place to mount them and an IR Sensor bar...  may even use these wiimotes with Classic Controllers to take care of that, not 100% sure on that part.


Okay, those issues aside...  I would like to replace the control panel top (see attached picture for the form factor)...   Unfortunately, I don't have my own wood shop...  where do you get a piece of wood of size X with Y holes of size Z drilled in?  Anyone specialize in that kind of work online, or are there pre-built control panel tops anywhere that I can buy?  This is definitely an "I'll throw money at it to make up for my lack of skill" kind of situation...


I know it's a big post with a lot of little questions injected, to summarize:
1) Where should I buy easy to interface with controls, preferably USB, X-Arcade?
2) Where do I get/How do I make/Who makes arcade panels with holes in them for said controls?
3) Where can I get "holsters" for various controls, etc, to attach to my cabinet?

I've looked around here and via google, but, haven't had much luck today.  Any insight would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

[Ginsu Victim]

I didn't even read the rest of your post.
Avoid the X-arcade stuff. I know it seems reasonable, but it isn't.
Either get a keywiz from www.groovygamegear.com or an Ipac/Minipac from www.ultimarc.com
Both sites also sell far better buttons and josticks than the X-arcade stuff.

Also, you don't need more than 7 buttons per player.

[JKJudgeX]

SNES = A, B, X, Y, Select, Start, L, R = 8 buttons.
Sega Genesis = A, B, C, X, Y, Z, Mode, Start = 8 buttons (could maybe do without mode, 7, granted)
Playstation = 4 shapes, 4 shoulder buttons, start = 9 buttons

I may not *need* them for the vast majority of "arcade" games, but, I'm playing a lot of other emulator games on this thing, and I'm pretty sure the minimum buttons I can get by with is 8, and, I would really like to have a couple additional buttons to help with issues like ... putting a coin in inside of MAME, a Pause button, or even buttons configured as combo buttons for players who want easy-mode buttons.  Definitely have to have 8 for the SNES games or my girlfriend won't be able to play her Super Mario World .

Checking the links now.

[Ginsu Victim]

By 7 buttons, I wasn't including start, only the main player buttons. (I also have a multi-purpose button used as a pause/select/etc next to the start buttons)
And PSX isn't even a consideration I make.

[JKJudgeX]

I guess the place to start on this isn't with the actual buttons and controls, but with the wood/material for the panel to hold said controls in the first place.  Anyone know?