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First MAME Cabinet (Mortal Kombat) - can it be finished within 4 years?!!
beastathon:
Hunk_4TH: Thanks. Yeah, but I do have people helping me when I put it all together, and to help hold the wood when I cut it. I much prefer to make a mistake, know it was my fault, instead of having someone else do something and not being happy with it (my last project).
I picked up my controls a while back but never got pictures, and I just recently got the pc.
PC - $120 AUD
P4 2.8ghz
512mb RAM
30gb HDD
It also came with a monitor and new mouse, which I can hopefully sell.
$70 AUD incl postage.
Looks like someone set the camera to a different setting, that's why they look horrible.
bgspot:
For someone who doesn't have any wood working experience your cab is coming out good so far.
beastathon:
Well, my parents have been away for the past few days and no-one else has been around, so I'd rather not use the saw without someone holding the wood or helping me if I accidentally cut myself in half. I have however been busying soldering, creating my SCART to VGA component. When I first got the TV, I thought I was way too hasty and I had picked a TV with some ancient plug. Did some research, so the soldering and thought I would surely mess it up, so I decided to pick up a SCART to S-video adapter, that had horrible results.
This is the 24" TV I got for $40.
Well, after some long hours soldering, it's done. It's quite late, so I need to wait until the morning to figure out if it actually works!
Yes, that's sticky tape. I hope to fix that up when I get the materials.
And this is the workspace. Nice and messy, just the way I like it.
More testing tomorrow and more woodworking, hopefully.
beastathon:
An update?!!! I guess I should explain. Basically, I put this on an 11 month hiatus because it was my last year of school (although I could have easily made time for it!). Anyway, during this time I've done a lot of thinking about this cabinet and I'm making a few changes that you'll see as I progress further, so the whole plan is pretty sorted out now. I've just finished my final exams and school, I've got much more time for this now, especially since I got fired (it was ridiculous, but lets not get in to that). The only problem now is that I'm running low on funds. Good news is that I've got most materials to be able to finish the cabinet (this doesn't include paint, marquee and control panel overlay). So now that I've got about a month to work on this before I get my license, and then I'll need to find myself a job. Once that's all sorted out, hopefully it'll be finished. Also, that other TV blew up and I picked up another one for free, but it doesn't actually have a button on the TV to switch to AV mode and I've tried many universal remotes. I figured I could sell it for twenty bucks and pick up another free TV which will hopefully be able to go on AV!
So what happened today? A little bit of maintenance, as you can imagine it was pretty dusty and it was stored bad so one of the supports fell off partially (I'll be reinforcing these with screws now too). I removed the bottom panel, fixed the bottom support and added three more supports in to make a bit more rigid. Also, a lot and I mean A LOT of time was spent searching out the front or out the back for pretty much every single tool.
I guess it isn't that messy...
Hopefully (I love this word) more updates to come!
beastathon:
Two days in a row? :o
Got a little bit done, a few mishaps with the wood, but I think it's all good now. I got my wheels on, so now I can go extra fast. Plus I got the exterior back on and cut a panel for access to the cabinet. All I need now is some sort of latch, I know what I have in mind, but I don't know what the hell it's called...
Also, does anyone know where you could pick up the type of handles in the back of some machines? Or something that works similar?
Like this.
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