Hello,
Like so many i started to build a cab. I read a lot of topics and saw so many pictures and many great designs and decided i needed one for myself.
I based my cab on the design of global arcade classics.
I got the idea from Valiantīs topic
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=78496.0![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/global_arcade_super.jpg)
I like the round shapes and lines, modern and still classic
![Smiley :)](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
I don't have saints book on cabs, so i learned everything from this forum.
Cheers for all of you !
![Cheers! :cheers:](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/drinking08.gif)
I took the measurements from cabs i liked from this forum for height and width etc.
Also i must note, i never worked with wood in my life.
But you people explained everything so clearly, it made it almost made it look to easy
![Wink ;)](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/wink.gif)
So my design will look like the global arcade classics cab but with a costum street fighter arcade design.
Street Fighter II was my all time favorite. I still remember me beating all people who challenged me when i was a kid playing the game. Someone just inserted a coin and challenged me, then i just played as chun li and beat him with only movement and high punch !
![Grin ;D](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/grin.gif)
So now i need a cab to get my skills back, last time i played it i couldn't even beat ken
![OOooh I'm so angry! :angry:](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/angry27.gif)
Good excuses for a mame cab!
Also it will be for my son
![Clap clap clap! :applaud:](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/applause.gif)
Ok lets get started on this build !
I life in a apartment, so i can only work on the balcony witch is 4 x 3 Meter
Size matters but i still wanted a CRT screen for more authentic feeling.
I got a Sony trinitron 25" flatscreen TV for nothing and in very good state
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4079~0.JPG)
opened her up and checked out the guts
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4083~0.JPG)
The TV has nice shielded 2 x 15 watt speakers and a subwoofer which i can use for sound
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4082~0.JPG)
I discharged the tv the propper way and removed the mainboard and gave the tv a good clean
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4144~0.JPG)
That's enough for the tv part for now.
Behold my working space for this cab !!!
![Hissy fit! :hissy:](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/hissyfit.gif)
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4090~0.JPG)
I have bought many tools people used for the build. And a router with bits. Never seen or used a router in my life !
I will be using 1,8cm thick mdf and i want to laminate instead of paint.
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4091~0.JPG)
Drawn on scale from a math piece of paper
![Tongue :P](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/tongue.gif)
Finished cutting the first side to shape , i did this with a circle saw and a long straight piece of wood as routing, the round shape i did with electrical hand saw
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4101~0.JPG)
Now its time to cut out the second side, i placed the first side on a piece of mdf and drawn the shape.
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4101~0.JPG)
Time to flush the 2 sides with a router and sanding machine
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4115.JPG)
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4116.JPG)
twin sides
![Cheers! :cheers:](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/drinking08.gif)
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4117.JPG)
T-molding time
I had to browse the internet for 2 hours and drive for 2 hours back and forth to get the slot cutting bit
![Censored :censored:](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/censored2.gif)
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4119.JPG)
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4120.JPG)
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4123.JPG)
Done t-molding", that was easy
![Clap clap clap! :applaud:](http://newforum.arcadecontrols.com/Smileys/default/applause.gif)
Now its time for holders to take their place. Maybe i used to thick wood, but then it would be stronger i guessed.
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4124.JPG)
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4125.JPG)
I measured all the wooden panels i needed and went to the local do it yourself shop and have let them cut to size.
Then i assembled the cab for the first no-glue-only-screw prototype build
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4129.JPG)
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4130.JPG)
I cut a controll panel to size
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4139.JPG)
![](https://www.modmybox.nl/akira/cpg130/albums/userpics/10007/IMG_4136.JPG)
That's it for posting now. Also Waveryder will be creating artwork for me. ill post some examples soon