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Hunk_4TH:
I thought I'd go ahead and post pictures of my Mame cabinet. I actually got this cabinet for free. I'm not sure what the cabinet was originally. My guess is it was some sort of Midway cabinet or similar judging by the coin door and speaker plates. Anyway with further ado heres my Mame machine sorry about the flash I'll update this thread later on with some better pictures. Let me know what you think and pointers and advice are welcome ;)

before









After (Not much difference besides the control panel (I'm using the guts out of my X-arcade till I get me an Ipac)



It's a mess :D


Motherboard mounted

javeryh:
Maybe the grain of the wood is throwing me off but the buttons and joysticks don't appear to be lined up?  Is there a reason for this?  Don't worry about the wiring mess - most of us have rats' nest underneath the CPs!   :cheers:

Hunk_4TH:
Hello javeryh,

Thanks for replying! About the joysticks the second stick hole got cut a little further back then the other one but it's not too bad. I may fix it in the future sorry about that  :-[ I have a blue Happ ultimate joystick and colored Happ buttons on the way. So once I get those popped in I'll post more pictures  ;)

johnmartin:
Any building errors aside, at least you now have a working cabinet that you can PLAY!  And that is what it is all about.  How it looks is irrelevant as long as you are happy with it.  And I bet you are right now.

To help with the hole cutting, I use a drywall square and 12" framing square to line everything up.  Nice and long and makes it easy to get holes where they belong.  If you have one use it. If not borrow one from someone you know. It really does help.

Hunk_4TH:
Yea I am happy with it, I think for my first custom cp it turned out ok  :) Thanks for the hole cutting tip I'll definitely keep that in mind  ;)

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