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| slug54:
I thought it would be interesting to find out how long it has taken for some of us to build our cabs or do a mame conversion. I know projects like these may never be 100% done there is always something you can add or fix or change. Approximately how long did it take from the first cut of the wood to the first mame party. also I know some of us are doing some very different things with our cabs I would like to know what programs you run on your machine besides the normal Emus. for example my wife likes to sing so I decided to put Karaoke on my cab for her ,it has over 600 mp3 style karaoke songs and is usally one of the biggest hits when we have partys. I thought my cab would take about 5 weekends to complete that was last august and I say I'm about 85% done. its in the house and functional but I still have a lot of work to do. it took about 8 and a half months before it was usable with about 3 additional months of planning and research. mine was built from scratch using modified defender dimensions. some of the special features of my cab are: Video poker Blackjack You don't know jack games custom made mp3 jukebox software custom made front end software Karaoke Web surfing playstation controllers for console emus Act-Labs light gun (eventually if it ever ships grrr) Just interested about other peoples projects my project turned out to be a monumental task and has earned the affectionate name from my wife of "Tim Taylors Hot Rod" Thanks for your input Slug54 |
| DanU:
One week, from cut to play, as you say. However, it was a solid year of planning, buying (and saving for) parts, experimenting with software... In the end, I went home to my Dad's place (he has tools and a shop) and we built it over Easter vacation, then hauled it back to Baltimore in a minivan. Planning is the key. I was very proud of myself. Of course, as you say, I never really finished... still want to rewire to make things neater, add a new frontend, get a spinner, better paint job, better bezel, replace the marquee, put some side-art on, add a switch for Dreamcast controls, add a TV out to play DVDs on the TV. Crap. I have to get to work! DanU ps - Has this board has slowed down -alot- from the good old days, or is it just me? |
| hyiu:
I have researched and planned for at least a couple of months... and have had my first cut about 3 weeks ago... still nowhere near finishing up... (but I'm mostly working on weekday nights.... so, did not spend too much time on it...) its going slow.... Hopefully... I'll be able to get it done by end of July..... (this is my current deadline...) |
| SNAAAKE:
well....i had a control panel ready..(that look over a week to make).i did not order anything online...i had a vga arcade monitor..and a spare coin door...so i started working and got it almost done in about a week......it will take much longer if you order stuff online...HAPPPPPPCONTROLS by the way take 20 years to ship anything...but expect around a month to finish up if you want this to be NICE..... today is the 7 th day of me working on my cabinet...i will likely finish within 3 more days....good luck building your cabinet... ;D |
| SirPoonga:
Well, I started my cabinet last year. |
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