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My first mame cab! (WIP) (more pics 3/18)
ivwshane:
So I've decided to finally build myself a mame arcade machine. I've been doing a lot of reading and this site is indispensable! I know my cab wont come close to some of the veterans here but if I can keep it off of the crapmame site I'll be happy:D
I grew up playing side scrollers like final fight and golden axe but it wasn't until street fighter and mk did I get into arcade games and when I did I was too poor to play them:( So that's my background into some of my decisions.
One of my favorite cabs is the mortal kombat ones but instead of making a clone I wanted something a little bit more unique and one I could call my own so I decided on this tekken cab.
I like the cp and the white on black t-molding and the not too laid back monitor angle.
I kind of jumped the gun and bought a monitor (27" hdtv 4:3 with hdmi, flat tube) without out really thinking about it or at least getting a good idea of what the cab would scale to. Over all though it should be decent enough for what I want to achieve.
Here are some of my sketches that will/has helped me with my cab.
ivwshane:
My first week consisted of cutting the sides and routing the slots for the t-molding.
ivwshane:
The next couple of weeks were spent creating a monitor mounting system.
ivwshane:
This week I created several side panels and routed the sides to accept them.
Singapura:
Great stuff. I like the different CP designs!