What's the percentage of people who start and never finish an arcade cab?

[daywane]

I am one of those people.
started 7 cabs.
had most working, but looked like crap.
I started a Ms Pac announcements but I screwed it up, the paint looks lke a kid did it 
I have bought parts for years.
boxes of stuff in the attic.
I have decided just to paint them black with gold T-molding and be done with it
Nintendo VS uni will be my first attack on them again
I do not even have one up and running now

[Dudeman]

Same here. I feel like such a bum because I haven't finished. But between working on the house, working on the vehicles, visiting family, and work (which seems to come up every freaking weekend), it's very disheartening to go into the garage to work on the cab and realize you've only got less than an hour before you have to be somewhere else.

Oh well... I'm just following in the steps of the Mission Control (just not as complicated).

[bratwurst]

I finally finished my jukebox, its on the wall and working.  It got delayed more by the fact my basement flooded and had to be completely redone.

I have sides cut out for a woody clone, but its at a standstill right now.  I need to buy a biscuit joiner because I don't think my original idea of using dado joints everwhere will work.  I think with the combination of a slot cut for T-mold the dado would have to be cut way too far inside the edge.  I am hesitating on spending the $200 for a joiner, and so my project is at a standstill.

[Dudeman]

Tangent

Are you using MDF? Can you use biscuits on MDF? I'm wondering if they'd swell to the point of affecting the MDF thickness, or causing seperation.

/Tangent

[javeryh]

Tangent

Are you using MDF? Can you use biscuits on MDF? I'm wondering if they'd swell to the point of affecting the MDF thickness, or causing seperation.

/Tangent

Biscuits work just fine in 3/4" MDF.

[bratwurst]

[reply to tangent]

nope - I'm using red oak plywood.  Should have used maple or something else since I don't think I'm going to like this grain, but oh well.  I need to get the move on and get rocking on this cabinet.



[/end reply to tangent]

[Franco B]

the problem is too many projects and not enough time

I started one idea that led me to another and another...ect
so now I have like 4 projects going and only one "finished" and now I want to rework that one now too

oh and stay away from this forum way too many good ideas that want to make themselves into new projects

That's actually my MSN 'status' at the moment

I know exactly what you mean though. I started one thing, then got an idea for another and another and wanted to work on them all at once. Like you said you see various things on the forum and it just gives you ideas for more projects. The worse thing is the amount of parts you collect for each project, I have boxes and boxes and boxes of components to go into projects but no physical project to put them in! I also know what you mean about wanting to redo certain things. I think I'm going to redo part of my cocktail now my skills and techniques have improved whilst working on other bits and bobs. Does the madness never end?   

I would say stop the roundabout, trouble is I don't want to get off

[Benevolance]

Like others have said, it's fun to tinker. I can see why most people would continue after the cabinet is good enough to call done.

[missioncontrol]

* missioncontrol raises his beer to the unfinished cab building brethren

been sitting gathering dust for a while now....

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