Hello everyone, I've been browsing this site for a while now and have finally decided to become a contributing member of the online community.
I've seen a lot of really great projects on here and I can't wait to get started on my own soon. The weather is getting nicer and a good mate and I have two summer projects planned that we're hoping will compliment either other nicely.
I am a video game fiend and have been playing arcade games for as long as I can remember and I have been planning on building an arcade machine for a year now. I had originally planned on using an x-box and television, as well as a "Tank-stick" to do this, but I have been inspired by the excellent work on this site to build from the ground up. My friend is a music nut and his plan is to build a jukebox inspired by some of the work on these forums.
We're going to build these both to compliment each other, same style and colours, because we live in the same house and will be putting them in the basement along with our ping-pong and fooseball tables.
I have a bit of wood working construction experience as I've built poker tables in the past and my friend has experience working with the wiring (car audio installation etc.) Hopefully we find ourselves qualified enough to build some decent looking pieces.
After this big long rant my question is simple... can anyone recommend a website or something where we would be able to get plans to build both of these projects? We're looking for something that has a classic arcade machine, as well as a jukebox that looks similar to the one that June built at the link posted below.
Thanks for your help, and thanks for setting up and participating in such an excellent online community! I look forward to keeping everyone posted on our progress.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=20824.0 <--- Style we're looking for.