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Title: Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: Ghoward on October 16, 2003, 07:23:46 pm

Well I've finished it at last some 5 months after starting it! I think the 2 months play testing slowed things down.

My cab is make from Birch Plywood with a WG9200 monitor, XP2200 MHz and a 6 channel sound system built in. It also futures a built in remote control for the sound system with the remote sensor mounted in the bezel.

Cost for this cab were around $2500.

Gary

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: Ghoward on October 16, 2003, 07:24:49 pm

Close up of control panel.

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: Ghoward on October 16, 2003, 07:25:25 pm

Back!

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: Ghoward on October 16, 2003, 07:25:57 pm

Inside

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: SNAAAKE on October 16, 2003, 07:34:16 pm

 :D NIIICE ! !
Totally awsome !

I like it a lot.

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: Apollo on October 16, 2003, 07:45:11 pm

Well done, looks good. Must feel great to be finally finished.

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: Bomber on October 16, 2003, 07:50:35 pm

Nice. Say good bye to the social life for a while. How many sick days can you take from work before they get suspicious?   ;D

I wish there was a less ugly trackball mounting plate. The things really stick out like a sore thumb. Especially on a cab as ice as this one.

$2500 is a lot of quaters   :o

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: hyiu on October 17, 2003, 10:01:48 am

nice cab !!!..... I'm making mine with brich plywood also !!!...

but I'll be staining it to darker cherry color....

VERY NICELY DONE !!!.....  ;) ;D

I hope mine turns out as well....

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: ErikRuud on October 17, 2003, 02:32:29 pm

GHoward, Nice Cab!

Bomber,  If you don't like the mounting plate, don't use it!

(http://www.arcadecontrols.com/files/Uploads/TBall-closeup.jpg)

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: MameMaster! on October 17, 2003, 02:54:34 pm

 ;)

The MameMaster is giving you a nod of approval.

Really neat internal job as well!

Enjoy your machine!!!

The MameMaster!

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: Ghoward on October 17, 2003, 03:14:57 pm

Quote from: Bomber on October 16, 2003, 07:50:35 pm

I wish there was a less ugly trackball mounting plate. The things really stick out like a sore thumb. Especially on a cab as ice as this one.

$2500 is a lot of quarters   :o

I quite like the trackball plate myself, but maybe on the next one I might try to do it without the mounting plate.

Also I want to thank everyone who answered my questions along the way; I think I would have had a really hard time on something

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: menace on October 17, 2003, 04:34:26 pm

I believe home depot or menard's has birch veneer that you could glue right over top of that plate--it would blend it a little better but the different grain would still enhance it--beatifully done cabinet by the way!

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: Ghoward on October 20, 2003, 01:04:30 pm

Quote from: menace on October 17, 2003, 04:34:26 pm

I believe home depot or menard's has birch veneer that you could glue right over top of that plate--it would blend it a little better but the different grain would still enhance it--beatifully done cabinet by the way!

I'm not sure that would good right myself. One thing I have done since thinking about mounting my next trackball without a plate showing was to try removing the mounting plate in Photoshop to see what it would look like.

What I found was the 2 1/4 trackball looks lost on the panel. If I made the ball bigger up to the 4 1/2 Trackball it looked ok however the trackball itself would be too big for the panel.

So on my next cab I think I'm going to do the same as on this one.

Gary

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: pathdoc2 on October 21, 2003, 12:36:39 pm

Looks great.

Title: Re:Finished my cab at last!!!!!
Post by: Ghoward on October 21, 2003, 04:56:44 pm

Here is one last photo of the control panel.