Hey all
Been lurking around for a few months and reading through all the build posts here and now I'm ready to build my own cab, which the wife finally approved
I'm going with a Marvel theme since we're all fanboys/girls in my house, that and I couldn't settle on a personal theme or name that ended in "Cade" so I thought I'd just keep it simple and go with the Marvel theme. Things may change by the time I get around to printing the artwork.
The design I'm going with is a two-player slim hybrid based off others I've seen here. It will house a 32" 1080P TCL TV which I've recently acquired and a PC that I've already built from the ground up that will play Mame and Steam Fighting games. From a construction standpoint, I'm not incredibly talented as woodworking is concerned but I do have a couple of friends who are helping and have more experience in that area. Where I excel is in the tech part, so I'm going to have fun setting up LED lighting and the controls and stuff like that. Thankfully I've got access to all the tools for free and I'm even getting the artwork printed by a friend for just a case of beer, so this will be a relatively cheap build. Oh, I'm also planning on completing it by Xmas eve
Pretty sure I'll have lots of questions!
Here's the Sketchup design so far:
Artwork:
Cab:
3/4" MDF
Control Panel - 1/2" MDF with 1/4" Plexi
Plexi for screen + marquee
Electronics:
32" 1080P TCL TV
PC with Mame with BigBox front end
RPi3 for cab LED lighting control
2 x IL EuroSticks (Black)
1 x Zippy 4-way stick (for dedicated 4-way gameplay)
18 x Happ buttons (6 player, 2 4-way, 4 P1/P2/Coin/Coin)
2 x LED buttons (Admin)
1 x LED Power Push Button
2 x Beer holders (mandatory)
Will post more images as some of the above comes in. I ordered it all on Cyber Monday so got a pretty decent deal
I'll be starting the build a week tomorrow so have a few more days to get all my ducks in a row and finalize the plans.