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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: RVZ on July 15, 2010, 02:43:59 am
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I'm almost done with my second cabinet, but never posted anything on the first one I did a couple of years ago. So here's some pics, keep in mind that before this I never did any woodwork or anything like that. :)
My wife bought me this:
(http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/8486/bookdw.jpg)
After reading through the whole book, and seeing how easy everyone on this forum made it look, I bought joysticks, buttons and stuff from Ultimarc.
(http://img713.imageshack.us/img713/6189/arcade1.jpg)
Coin door from Happ.
(http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5744/arcade2d.jpg)
Modified coin mech to work with R2 coins.
(http://img806.imageshack.us/img806/2070/arcade3.jpg)
Bought a 21" slimfit tv and removed the cover.
(http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/959/arcade4.jpg)
"Removed" the speakers. :)
(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/4759/arcade5.jpg)
to be continued...
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Bought some MDF wood and started cutting out the sides.
(http://img638.imageshack.us/img638/4772/arcade6.jpg)
Both sides done.
(http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8800/arcade7.jpg)
(http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/6306/arcade8.jpg)
Control panel layout done.
(http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/9066/arcade9.jpg)
Got this design somewhere on this forum I think. Since then lots of people have been using the same one.
(http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/6094/arcade10.jpg)
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Checking to see if the control panel fits.
(http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3959/arcade11.jpg)
From the side.
(http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/5852/arcade12.jpg)
Coin door panel added.
(http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9236/arcade13.jpg)
TV in.
(http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5893/arcade14.jpg)
Panel for speakers added.
(http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/3446/arcade15.jpg)
Closed the screw holes on the sides.
(http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/7264/arcade16.jpg)
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From the back.
(http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/3694/arcade18.jpg)
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Added and connected the coin door, fitted perspex over the screen, connected the speakers and added t-edging for the sides. Can't remember which frontend I used, but it's not nearly as good as HyperSpin FE which I'm using on my new one. Overall it turned out ok, but I made a lot of mistakes. I sold this one shortly after completing it, and then recently started a new one.
Some pics of the finished cabinet, just not very good quality.
(http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2264/arcade19.jpg)
(http://img337.imageshack.us/img337/2692/arcade20.jpg)
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/4458/arcade21.jpg)
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I've never seen a CRT that slim. That's pretty cool.
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+1 on the slim tv. Never seen that before.
I like the "Hacksaw to the TV" approach!
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+1 on the slim tv. Never seen that before.
I like the "Hacksaw to the TV" approach!
Most of the new crt tv's over here are slimfit's.
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+1 on the TV choice.
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great work for never doing wood working. I bet you learned a heck of a lot in a very short time!
also, I bet the tool collection is better too!
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great work for never doing wood working. I bet you learned a heck of a lot in a very short time!
also, I bet the tool collection is better too!
Definitely learned a lot. I'll start a thread on my new arcade later tonight or tomorrow morning. In my opinion you can't even compare the 2. :)
lol, yes. It went from non-existent to quite a big collection. The tools probably ended up costing more than the whole arcade. Luckily my wife bought me a lot of tools as well. :)
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Add another +1 on the tv. And it sounds like you've got a very supportive wife, too. :D
Nice work on the cabinet! I can't tell if you've got t-molding on the cabinet in those final shots or not. By the light reflection, it seems like it. But I'm so used to seeing the classic slot-cutting shot in build threads. Are you keeping both cabinets when you finish the second one?
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Add another +1 on the tv. And it sounds like you've got a very supportive wife, too. :D
Nice work on the cabinet! I can't tell if you've got t-molding on the cabinet in those final shots or not. By the light reflection, it seems like it. But I'm so used to seeing the classic slot-cutting shot in build threads. Are you keeping both cabinets when you finish the second one?
Yup, she's the best! :) And she's the one always asking me to play games with her, instead of the other way around.
Yes, I did use t-molding. Didn't have the correct slot cutter back then, so struggled to make it fit. Sold this one shortly after completing it. Too many things I wanted to do different, so decided I'll rather do another one and this time do it better. The new one I'm definitely keeping.