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Main => Woodworking => Topic started by: Rice Cube on February 14, 2011, 10:45:58 pm

Title: Beginning of MAME cabinet/project
Post by: Rice Cube on February 14, 2011, 10:45:58 pm: Hey new to the arcade game, but this is my first attempt of building my own mame arcade. i read some stuff, online, tried to find good pictures of someone building a cabinet, watched some videos and this is what i ended up with after a saturday and sunday of work with my dad about a total of 8 hours work. it was frustrating but fun, especially when I had to move plywood with our old 90s VW jetta. hopefulyl the picture attaches right
Title: Re: Beginning of MAME cabinet/project
Post by: Rice Cube on February 14, 2011, 10:48:47 pm: Still got a lot of work to do, going to cut the slot for the t-molding either tomorrow or friday or something. just ordered the laminate and in the front will be a drawer for a keyboard and mouse to come out, probably an area to rest controllers. the panel is going to be a flat board, probably not like a box like ive seen online. putting in an lcd monitor within the next few days too. i do need help with the control panel and i got questions, mainly regarding an ipaq or what else i can wire the joysticks and buttons to so if you can help me out, PM me. thanks everyone
Title: Re: Beginning of MAME cabinet/project
Post by: Well Fed Games on March 18, 2011, 10:39:49 pm: Nice, that would have taken me a lot more than 8 hours! Looking forward to seeing how it turns out!
Title: Re: Beginning of MAME cabinet/project
Post by: Rice Cube on March 18, 2011, 10:51:25 pm: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=109665.0 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=109665.0)
Title: Re: Beginning of MAME cabinet/project
Post by: DataWest on March 30, 2011, 09:08:16 pm: Hey what kind of screws and wood glue did you use to mount the support strip (pine I assume) to the MDF? I've heard various things about what to/not to use. Your cab looks solid.
Title: Re: Beginning of MAME cabinet/project
Post by: Rice Cube on March 31, 2011, 02:16:48 am: Hey I think I used 1 1/4 inch wood screws. They are brass I think. I just went to home depot and got a box of 1 1/4 inch screws. The plywood is 3/4 inch and I think the support strip is also 3/4inch. I actually didnt use any wood glue, I knew I should've but I just added more screws and it seems pretty solid. I think any basic wood glue would be fine but the stronger the better since you will probably be adding a good amount of weight, anythign you would find at home depot should be ok but then again I didn't use any. If i find out though what would work I'll let you know
Title: Re: Beginning of MAME cabinet/project
Post by: DataWest on March 31, 2011, 11:21:08 am: Oh ok I couldn't tell if it was MDF or not from the pics. Apparently MDF can tear out easily so Im having to be careful in screw choice.