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Title: Mame Em' Up! - My first Cab
Post by: draculawithglasses on April 22, 2008, 04:06:19 pm

Not quite finished with my cab but it's getting there. Figured I'd show it off a bit prematurely. I am in the process of updating a blog for my project, you can read about my project at:

http://mayoandhotdogs.blogspot.com/ (http://mayoandhotdogs.blogspot.com/)

Here's a few photo's of what it looked like last week...

(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f398/travcore14/HPIM0984.jpg)

(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f398/travcore14/HPIM0987.jpg)

(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f398/travcore14/HPIM0982.jpg)

Any comments or criticism are appreciated!

Title: Re: Mame Em' Up! - My first Cab
Post by: DJ Infinity on April 22, 2008, 05:47:30 pm

Wow! slim design. What size monitor goes in there?

Title: Re: Mame Em' Up! - My first Cab
Post by: ablizno on April 22, 2008, 10:43:44 pm

Nice, i love the chrome t-molding, nice choice

Title: Re: Mame Em' Up! - My first Cab
Post by: draculawithglasses on April 22, 2008, 10:58:38 pm

Thanks for the comments!

The monitor that I am going to use for now is actually an LCD TV that I am going to be replacing. It's a 27" and its got a bunch of awesome inputs dvi, vga, multiple component, etc... So I thought it would be perfect for this MAME cab. I would like to use a 32" but we'll see what happens, the 27" may fit the ratio a bit better. The photo above is a bit stretched so the spot for the screen seems a bit bigger than it actually is. Right now I am working on enclosing the box and plan to use a diamond plate bezel.

I agree...I was surprised at how awesome the chrome t-molding is, I was actually a bit hesitant at first but now I am extremely happy.

Title: Re: Mame Em' Up! - My first Cab
Post by: Jdurg on April 22, 2008, 11:40:26 pm

The biggest question is, "Are you happy with it?"  Regardless of what anyone says, if you're happy with it that is ALL that matters.

I think your design is pretty damned cool.  However, my opinion means nothing as long as you are happy with what you've done.   ;D  :cheers:

Title: Re: Mame Em' Up! - My first Cab
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 23, 2008, 08:41:44 am

Nice design and I dig the chrome.

 :applaud:

Title: Re: Mame Em' Up! - My first Cab
Post by: draculawithglasses on April 23, 2008, 01:05:47 pm

Jdurg -

Yes, I am very happy with the project so far. I will be happier though once I am shooting aliens in Area 51 :cheers:

Also...I am looking into custom artwork for the control panel and marquee at the moment, nothing too extravagant, if anyone is interested or has recommendations of who to use please let me know.

You can email me at travis@brookeandtrav.com too.