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Title: Finding Cabinets in the UK
Post by: sebastian on July 16, 2007, 11:46:03 am: Dose anyone know were I can find old smashed broken not working
arcade machine cabinet in the uk because i cant find one :hissy: so please help :notworthy:

-sebastian ;D
Title: Re: Finding Cabinets in the UK
Post by: waveryder on July 16, 2007, 12:43:39 pm: Try Ebay Not that hard to find!
http://video-games.listings.ebay.co.uk/Coin-Operated_Video-Games_W0QQfclZ3QQfromZR11QQsacatZ3945QQsocmdZListingItemList
Title: Re: Finding Cabinets in the UK
Post by: slider2732 on July 16, 2007, 01:12:48 pm: Unless my Gran has thrown out the one I left in her shed when I moved to the USA...you could have that if near Cheshire !
Generic VideoMaster 2 player cab with a JAMMA loom, coin mechs and no glass. Perfect for MAME.
Also about 40 CAMRA beer festival glasses in the same shed for free lol

Wish i'd kept the number of a guy in Leigh, Lancashire. He had a warehouse with about 40 games in. I got that cab from him, with Street Fighter II working board, for £40.

But certainly cabs aren't too hard to find. If near the sea you might gain from one of the local free papers ads sections. Old operators/new premises owners throw out what they consider crap all the time...and in with it are huge 6ft coffin shaped boxes that are 20+ years old and heavy ;)
Title: Re: Finding Cabinets in the UK
Post by: sebastian on July 16, 2007, 02:56:45 pm: I dont want to use ebay because i cant it is not fair :hissy:
Title: Re: Finding Cabinets in the UK
Post by: ark_ader on July 16, 2007, 07:36:50 pm: Heres an idea:

Build your own.

My Sub Mini Pacman was 15 Inches high and still gets most of my attention.

The best thing is it costs £30 and its mum/wife friendly as you can hide it in the closet.

Better than a full cabinet and you can save yourself getting a hernia while trying to put it in the shed. There are better examples, but I'll just shamelessly plug mine anyway. ;D

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=66037.0
Title: Re: Finding Cabinets in the UK
Post by: slider2732 on July 16, 2007, 10:55:55 pm: :applaud: ark_ader

I built a full size..$30 total (or about £16), cos actually I ran into similar problems with having no cash.
But building one isn't scary, just got to have the time and patience.
Here's my build photo's etc to show ya.

http://www.yoshi.us/forums/showthread.php?t=22798 (http://www.yoshi.us/forums/showthread.php?t=22798)

Course, could take things a little further even than the sub mini and build one of these :D
Shameless link underneath, for my building of it. That's a mobile phone screen in there !

(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a129/slider27/Frontclose.jpg)

http://www.mwmv.com/Forum/index.php?topic=297.0 (http://www.mwmv.com/Forum/index.php?topic=297.0)
Title: Re: Finding Cabinets in the UK
Post by: Oddfeld on July 17, 2007, 12:09:01 pm: Quote from: sebastian on July 16, 2007, 11:46:03 am
Dose anyone know were I can find old smashed broken not working
arcade machine cabinet in the uk because i cant find one

Where in the UK are you?
Title: Re: Finding Cabinets in the UK
Post by: sebastian on July 17, 2007, 04:24:12 pm: I live in bath 8)

BA1 3QF
:cheers:
Title: Re: Finding Cabinets in the UK
Post by: waveryder on July 18, 2007, 03:17:33 am: Try this one on ebay, same as my present project already has a comp in it you just need to tart it up and put in a new CP.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TOUCH-SCREEN-19-CAB-IDEAL-PROJECT-ARCADE-OR-JUKE-BOX_W0QQitemZ120141062005QQihZ002QQcategoryZ11048QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem