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DeLuSioNal29:
Well, I got the rest of it last night. I had a friend with a pick-up truck help me out. We removed the monitor from the back (was very easy with 6 bolts holding it in place) and the monitor was inside of a wooden box, so no dangerous parts were exposed. I put the monitor in my SUV and he had the cabinet (laying on it's side) in his truck strapped down.

The move was relatively painless, since no stairs were involved (yet). It's sitting in my garage, but I don't think it will fit into the side garage door into the game room, since it will not have enough "turn radius" to go in that way since it's so bulky. But the good news is that it should fit through the front door (which has a few steps on the front stoop and then goes down into the basement via 5 or 6 steps down). But plenty of room since it goes straight down without any turns.

I'll post pics once I take them of the rest of the unit.

P.S. Can someone move this topic to the "Project Announcements" section? Thanks in advance!

~ DeLuSioNaL

DeLuSioNal29:
I think I finally found some nice joysticks that will match the originals:

http://www.therealbobroberts.net/parts.html#joysticks

I'm not too familiar with joystick sizes, but will these clear the 3/4" MDF?

Thanks in advance!

~ DeLuSioNaL

MrMojoZ:
Anything will clear will some router work. ;)

deepblue:
Delusional - what a find...congrats. If you're married please give us some advice on how you managed to convince your wife to bring that beast within 5 miles of your house. Seriously though, I'm subscribing to this thread, I'm eager to watch your progress.

One point I'll mention - I've heard nothing but BAD things about the $10 knock off joysticks from China. You've already got some projects under your belt here and know how expensive this hobby becomes (I'm well over $2K deep myself on the first build and we're not done yet) - opting for the cheaper sticks might save you $60-70...but you're going to be spending much more than that on artwork, buttons and other parts to make this thing look great.

Just my two cents - the Sanwa sticks are great and will hold up to lots of wear and tear that you and your buddies will give this thing :)

I dealt with Lizard Lick last year to get a bunch of parts - Chad is a great guy, has some really cool and hard to find products.

DeLuSioNal29:
Yeah, I'm married... But here's how I did it:

I kind of broke it to her in stages. First I told her that I was going to look at a cab, which I did. Then she questioned where I was going to get the money for it. That's where I whipped out the "secret stash" of money that I put aside for just such an occasion. :) I then proceeded to get rid of some junk that was cluttering up my game room such as a futon which we never really sat on or used in the room.

But most importantly, I ended up bringing it home in "chunks". I think if I brought it home in one shot she would have freaked. But when she saw the panel and noted that it wasn't so bad she didn't really say anything. That's when i said, "You should see the whole thing... it's a monster". A week later, I got the rest of it (the monitor portion is still in the garage). She saw the rest of it and just shook her head and rolled her eyes and chuckled, but didn't complain. True love!

I'm guessing once I move it in the game room she will realize how much room it takes up, but it will be too late. ;D

Honestly though, she probably secretly thinks that I am just going to fix it up and then re-sell it. :angel:

~ DeLuSioNaL

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