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My First Arcade Build
« on: October 12, 2009, 02:20:43 pm »
I'm pretty new to this stuff but got the idea from DaOld Man.  He helped me out tremendously and so did this forum once he turned me on to it.  I built this last year for my son for Christmas.  I'm an electrician by trade but have never been much of a carpenter.  The machines I have seen here are amazing but I'm still pretty proud of mine. 
Hope you guys like it!































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Re: My First Arcade Build
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2009, 10:16:23 pm »
Looks good. Do you like the vertical setup of your control buttons?
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Re: My First Arcade Build
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2009, 11:17:11 pm »
In retrospect....not really.  It's not bad for me, but the kids tend to bump into them.  Being my first build it wasn't something that I had really considered.  I'll know better next time!
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Re: My First Arcade Build
« Reply #3 on: October 13, 2009, 10:48:24 am »
might be something you could consider changing,is the cp realy fit tight or could you remove,redo the layout and refit on a different piece of board?
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Re: My First Arcade Build
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2009, 01:07:15 pm »
Tell me about the power supply I see there.


On another note I still have to get all my artwork together for mine. Where did you end up
getting yours?
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Re: My First Arcade Build
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2009, 01:19:29 pm »
I had run the lights for the coin slots off of the computers power supply.....and I blew up the PS.  So, I had that other PS laying around at work and I used it for the coin slots.

My wife works for a graphics company.  They do vinyl wraps on race cars, fire trucks, etc.  She designed the side art and made them for me.  It's actually 1 full piece of vinyl the same dimension as the side of the machine.  We just peeled the back off and stuck it on there! 
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Re: My First Arcade Build
« Reply #6 on: October 13, 2009, 04:09:33 pm »
Quote from: Cloud VII on October 13, 2009, 01:19:29 pm
I had run the lights for the coin slots off of the computers power supply.....and I blew up the PS.  So, I had that other PS laying around at work and I used it for the coin slots.

My wife works for a graphics company.  They do vinyl wraps on race cars, fire trucks, etc.  She designed the side art and made them for me.  It's actually 1 full piece of vinyl the same dimension as the side of the machine.  We just peeled the back off and stuck it on there! 

That's great work! If I can just get around to making up my mind I'd have that part done.
Do I see "side" work in your wife's future? Probably no where near as much money in that as what she does. But hey the Mame world can always use more vendors.

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Re: My First Arcade Build
« Reply #7 on: October 13, 2009, 05:21:36 pm »
Welcome to the board, Im glad to see I finally talked you into joining up.
There is a lot of knowledge on this site, and the people are more than happy to help out.
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Re: My First Arcade Build
« Reply #8 on: October 13, 2009, 06:16:00 pm »
Glad to be here!  I love forums in general and this one is chocked full of useful info!  I can hardly decide where to start   :applaud:
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