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billybruso:
After weeks of drawing in visio and researching what is involved in building a mame machine I'm finally ready to start building. I just completed my control panel overlay and thought I would share it. I like to do at least part of the graphics before building so I can keep focused on the theme. Many thanks to everyone on this board for providing such a great resource to newbies.

Also, special thanks to Knievel for sharing his great workmanship. I've based my control panel on his woody project.

Ralman:
Looks good.  Simple design with just enough graphics to get noticed.  I like it.

billybruso:
Thank you for the comment, I made a few changes this morning before sending it to the printer. I felt like the control overlays needed a bit more work. And I felt I should include the MAME logo as well. It may be too much but it's too late now! I'm a non-stop tweaker.

I actually got some woodworking going today. I made two control panel templates, one for the panel itself and one for the controls. It took twice as long and cost twice as much! My router skills are lacking. Hopefully they will improve as this project continues. But, by the end of the day I got the top of the control panel and the lexan overlay finished. I don't think the spinner shaft size is correct but I can enlarge it when the controls arrive.

billybruso:
I've attached the Visio diagrams (vsd and pdf) for anyone else that can use them.

Also these are the links to the stock artwork I used for the control panel graphics.

Fire background:
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/illustrations-vectors/2504512-flames.php?id=2504512

Little Devils Green
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/illustrations-vectors/vector-cartoons/8428192-green-devil.php?id=8428192

Little Devils Red
http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/concepts-and-ideas/emotions/8463117-little-red-devils.php?id=8463117

Fire Font
http://www.1001freefonts.com/cheapfire.php

billybruso:
Whoo hoo! Happ order will be here tomorrow. Now I will get to make a different kind of mess! Sorry for the poor picture quality but my camera died and I had to take the picture with my phone. I got the bottom of the control panel finished, the sawboard thread really helped making the angle cut for the sides. The sides are 3/4" mdf glued and nailed with 1" brads. I cut a 1/2" rabbet in the bottom of the sides and used a 1/2" piece of mdf for the bottom. I screwed the bottom on with some flat head screws so I can remove it if I need access to the wiring in the future. Hopefully there will be enough space on the top to anchor the I-Pac and Opti-Pac.

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