its good to hear all of this positive feedback....im fixing to dump a couple hundred on some mame stuff
Only "a couple hundred'?
I might as well not ruin the surprise...
You'll find out soon enough, I guess...

Now now, Ginsu: this all starts out in phases. A hundred here, a hundred there. The irony here is that you could buy a decent cab for 400 bucks, but why spend that much money when you can make your own for a mere 2000 bucks? (then that turns into 4000 after you decide to remodel it, then it turns into 10k after you decide that the first one was just a practice run and design a second (aka the "real" first) cab.)
Oh don't forget about when you hear about a cab auction nearby and make sure you have atleast 5 grand on you when you go... (And expect to drop most if not all on it, plus the impromptu Ryder van rental for that cab you just HAD to have but can't fit on the truck you borrowed from your red-neck friend).
Then there is the "The doors aren't wide enough to move my cabs in" phase. This is when you remove the doors, and the door jams. Still not enough space, so you make a garage door that opens directly into your game-room. The Game-room used to be your living room, but since your wife recently left you it is now your game room. (Add 15 grand+ for the fact your wife left you, divorce isn't cheap, but you can't play asteroids on her, so who cares).
In the end, it is still worth it.