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Title: My first cabinet built
Post by: vic29man on January 07, 2005, 12:32:53 am: Hello All,

First time build. Built took about 2 weeks of work. I learned a lot with this build and will build a better one soon!

regards,
vicman
Title: Re: My first cabinet built
Post by: vic29man on January 07, 2005, 12:35:16 am: Forgot to tell you my sister help out with the project. thanks mich!
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Post by: vic29man on January 07, 2005, 12:36:49 am: more pics.
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Post by: vic29man on January 07, 2005, 12:38:05 am: more pics
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Post by: vic29man on January 07, 2005, 12:39:43 am: more pics
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Post by: terryd on January 07, 2005, 12:39:58 am: Looking good!!!
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Post by: vic29man on January 07, 2005, 12:41:43 am: more pics
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Post by: vic29man on January 07, 2005, 12:42:40 am: more pics
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Post by: vic29man on January 07, 2005, 12:43:27 am: more pics
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Post by: stellarola on January 07, 2005, 02:53:57 am: Nice, wiring job.
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Post by: Reaper on January 07, 2005, 04:13:30 am: Looks good mate, I hope to get mine looking more finished soon! & as mentioned above, nice tidy wiring!
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Post by: unix4hire on January 07, 2005, 10:57:34 am: Nice beginning. The main thing I noticed is the two exhaust fans on the back of the cabinet both appear to be facing outward (or maybe that's inward, can't remember what direction fans blow -toward or away from label side). I would recommend having the bottom fan be the intake fan and the upper fan the exhaust (exit) fan. This way the air will actually flow in and back out.

Also, it wouldn't hurt to perhaps add another fan or two with the same air flow properties. The cooler the computer/monitor the longer they last!
Title: Re: My first cabinet built
Post by: Jabba on January 07, 2005, 11:07:50 am: Quote from: Apollo on January 07, 2005, 01:17:22 am
Ugghhhh hideous.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder! I think it looks pretty good for the 1st try. Hell, looks like he even has it in the kitchen!!! Now that he's got buy in from (what I think is the significan other), he's on the way to making new and improved MAME cabinet. Great job vicman. Nice wiring...

I wouild probably design a marquee into the next cab... They add a certain "je ne sais pas"...
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Post by: armax on January 07, 2005, 05:41:39 pm: Actually I like the marquee-free look, it's different. Heck, I just might do something similar on my lowboy. Good job and Kudos for originality!
Title: Re: My first cabinet built
Post by: stellarola on January 08, 2005, 12:58:35 am: Here is a picture of the first cab I made. At the time I must say...I was quite proud. Now....not so much. It was a good experience. :)
Title: Re: My first cabinet built
Post by: quarterback on January 08, 2005, 09:01:26 pm: Quote from: stellarola on January 08, 2005, 12:58:35 am
Here is a picture of the first cab I made. At the time I must say...I was quite proud. Now....not so much. It was a good experience.
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Post by: GameOver on January 08, 2005, 10:33:57 pm: Quarterback made a funny! I love this place.

Nice job on the cab. You can tell you put a lot into it. Game on!
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Post by: stellarola on January 08, 2005, 11:00:02 pm: Thats my g/f. I now will commence the ritualistic "beating of the quarterback".
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Post by: quarterback on January 09, 2005, 02:18:37 am: Quote from: stellarola on January 08, 2005, 11:00:02 pm
Thats my g/f. I now will commence the ritualistic "beating of the quarterback".
Title: Re: My first cabinet built
Post by: stellarola on January 09, 2005, 03:55:12 am: I'm tired. :-*