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What's the percentage of people who start and never finish an arcade cab?
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bradx:
heh, i know i scared my wife when i declared my intention to build a cab last november.  at least i didnt go out and start buying wood right away, first i did all the online research i could and then ordered the parts to build half the control panel.  had to get some drill bits, saws, etc.  and built a test controller just to play the games.  i've made so many mistakes so far i'm really glad i didnt just start chopping wood right away or i'd have a big ugly piece of sh1t to remind me what an idiot i am all the time.  instead i waited and did things slowly, learned from my mistakes and even have a couple friends who are gonna chip in so i can get this thing built, maybe by this time next year it'll be complete! 
Paul Olson:
I just never seem to have time to work on it while school is going. I'm hoping to finally finish my driving panels over winter break. I will probably never finish because I keep changing things. I had 2 360 wheels working great for offroad and super sprint, so of course I had to tear it all up to accommodate a 3rd wheel. It will be fun when I finally get it done though.  :) I do have a lot of it done and I can play most of the games in MAME, but I always get stuck on the few that I can't.
fjl:
You can add me into the percentage. I started but have yet to finish. All I've gotten done was a crappy joystick. But this doesn't mean I've given up completely. I'm still gonna get it done. I'm just looking forward to buying a pick-up truck so I can start hauling some of the wood home. Hopefully soon.

Besides if I had given up completely, I wouldn't even visit these forums anymore. :angel:
Bluedeath:
now is 5 years (if not more) tah i entered in the "arcade tunnel".
I was going to build a "starfighter" cab fron scratch, but i had to give up and switch to standanole panels.
I was so, lucky tha a friend of mine need to get rid of a cab around march of this year so he gave it to me.
I started working on it last month (my wife halped me to clean it).
i think that maybe is not that 50% of the arcade cabs see the light but surely (unless you work for an arcade rentals) the progress on them is very slow.

Anyhow i will build for sure a standalone starfighter cab with "movie accurate" controls someday.
Blanka:
CBS researched it in 2007 under 23010 home arcade builders and they found out 72.37% never finished it.
Of the 23010 were 868 woman, and of them 302 finished the cab.
In 65% of the unfinished cabs, the builder blames the wife for not finishing, 2% blames the husband, 10% is about money and 8% stops because of two left hands.
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