Ok first thing's first
HI
Let me start by saying
THANKS for giving us a WEBSITE DEICATED TO ARCADE MACHINES and variables to read and now post my own Projects in ..........
Ok my names Chris or as everyone i know knows me Gizmo i added the games here due to gizmo being gone and TBH its kinda my obsesion lol

most fond memories of days/years gone by of hours playing karatechamp ye ar kunfu mr do anything onwards from 1978 since there its covered every set of games consoles since yah almost the start and that covered all the computers from earliest commodore Pet super gulp at showing age i guess ive been there lived the days spent the beer money in those days it was the sweet/school bus fair money lmao

and played more than my fair share of games inbetween somewhere ide say in the figure of about 10000 games give or take a few

and my Xbox360 collection at present is a little shy of 800 ALL ORIGINALS pics to proove haha so i can happily say the games bit suits

Anyways i can always add stupid annidotes inbetween the yackety yack of banter

and Pics yes Pics i got a Lot of PICS and altho i can up them here i need to fathom how to put them in the right areas inbetween type

NOTE TO SAINT haha
Ok
CONCEPT VENOMAME
Where did it come from

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Well to be frank The name came from looking at the way i bought the kit
And the way its gonna bite me in the @55
Also its my side idea art and stereotypical MAME added or in this cse just the AME part lol or it would be VENOMMAME doesnt roll of the toungue like VENOMAME lol
SO heres what i did BEING STUPID !!!!!!!!!!!!!
ya ˙ou guessed it straight of the BAT hes used the S Word
BEING STUPID i bought a what i thought to be a complete arcade cab ide seen what his pic showed me and thought ok that would do i guess it was supposed to be a wecade clone of sorts but not anyways
The price was reasonable 30 + postage at 10 ide use the pound sign but this kboard dont have one nope american gamers kboard lol but as us brits like to say
It was 40 quid total he was actually local to me and had i been driving ide of drove to get it lol
Not sure it will show fingers X let me know if it doesnt
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160772534642?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649as you can see looks ok seems pretty complete yah


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2 days later it arrived yay Very well packed lots of bubblewrap for later usage and well it was handled well .
So next Iopened it ya y note gap between the a an y excitement lowered lol
Anyways Pics this is what i got Various pics of the kit
Now take into concideration this guy sells or DID sell a few on ebay
Andthis was supposed to be pretty complete yet assembeld had choice of sent to me assembled add another 10 to cost or he would flatpack it

As you can see from the link Or pics

so i decided to grab a screwdriver and some short screws and it was then that i started to notice the horrors or small hurdles ahead

i hope you see descriptions for pics explains all

top bottom marquee and control panel
ok sod it screwdriver lets piece this puzzle out

2 sides attached loose monitor 15" compliments from bro
hmmmm

now as you can see unless your a guy/gal kiddy sized this truelly cant be righ

? Can IT

?
So by now ive tried screwing all the parts together even contacted the guy again regarding the way he put his together
and again he assured me m8 its complete
so i managed to get something resembling an arcade cab yay speakers seemed to fit great all lined up not so bad but as you can see its far from complete let alone PERFECT !!!!

Hang on aghhhh he said would fit a 15/17/19" this is a 17 now in there and GAH!!!!!

whys it over the sides like that
Grrr so as i looked at the machine and getting my other parts sent from my bro including the little amp below

a 19"monitor, drill press, heck it was a basket weighing 25kg of assorted goodies

so in no particular order some variable pics and believe me i took it from one way well you can see yourself lol
trying a different apraoch


ok looks ok but thats a 17"not the 19 i wanted ??
and also if you hadnt guessed i dropped it
so now the base is the back and the back is the base??
maybe i misunderstood maybe THATS why the guy cut out 5 x holes lol yeah thats gotta be it REALLY erm no !!!!!!!!
so anyways skip about 1 mth in time loads of tools arriving at this point compliments E-Bay will provide links where i can when i can

Item picture
Draper nail & staple gun
Black&decker planer
Orbital Sheet Sander (standard 1/3 sheet), 180W


Black and decker oldskool router depth guides minxed but hey it was FREEE Thanks farmerpalmer

3 PC COUNTERSINK BIT SET 12, 16, 19mm HIGH CARBON STEEL
NU TOOL 15 PIECE ROUTER BIT SET 1/4"
to go with this
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370582618718?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649yup my newish toools as my old ones gave up the ghost


and here you see the X-arcade dual joystick ,yup i also have EVERY adapter available the 5/1 lets just say this BADBOY "X-arcade review to follow LATER"
will work on my ps1/ps2/ps3/xbox 360/wii/xbox/dreamcast and my PC all connecters .
the controller came in at a WHOPPING 130 quid
it was cheaper for me to get the adapters from america and have them send them lots of probs in that respect will maybe explain more at latr date

So as you can tell at this point the projects taking a turn for the worse !!!!!
But me being me cant stand for it i got standards ya know lol
So i took myself to my local woodyard
where i purchased
2 x 8 x 4 3/4 mdf
1 x 8 x 4 1/2 mdf
8 x 1 x 1 battons ok there not 1"but close enough
and a few battons of 2 x 1 these were over 96"long infact measured its shy if 100 wow

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including forstner bit or what i THOUGHT was and some woodglue 1 "screws 200 in a box the total come in at
86 with delivery most expensive part 28 for a 28 inch bit

insert funny hey bro check i got the forstner bits i needed check this

to which my bro replyed erm no thats no forstner
So what about these bro


nope hole cutters with arbor

nope nope standard spade bits :sighs
Will i ever get the right bits :S
Im sure i did eventuaally get the right forstner bits
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320870875174?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649yay me lol
500ml Multipurpose Heavy Duty Carpet Fabric Foam Craft Adhesive Glue Spray
and loads more
will certainly add products hicups and success storys and links later as i go:)
Promise ill Also do a breakdown on costs and such later at the mo im just one guy on the rappids no canoo or paddle just eyeballing and up for the challenge

and a So a 3 day wait turned into a week my order was prelost resent to a different address and other mixups :S
so in that time i spent more time looking at the assembled erhum resembling arcade cab lets just see what i CAN do with this

As you can already tell this is more the test piece my DUMMY RUN as you wish

or as well call If it can go Wrong Its better Now then on the final Run

after more measuring yah this time i grabbed the tape measure !!!!
Good thinkin george der why didnt i think of that earlier to busy wanting to see it assembled lol
side panels 10mm

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pannel front piece control pannel and top and bottom marquee supports 1/2

?? substandard ok
bottom and back 3/4 :S ok the normal size

WTF i mean see item
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/160772534642?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 again he didnt mention this :S
but as ide only paid 40 it was a case of swallow pride and utilise this as the biggest can you make it workable


check out those SEXXY FEET oh yah solid more solid than the build at this pont and the only bit im proud of 2 quid for the 4 wasnt bad


speakers sat in the marquee area but whats with the pyramid top bit "scratch head lol

another view but as i stated before whats with all those holes and the insert abletive here crappy white bodge job :S
The more i looked at it the more it annoyed me but heck
Perceverence !!!!!
So eventually after many many MANY days of bad weather ill health and accidents i managed to come up with a kind of compromise !!!!!
And this is where i need some well erm ADVICE !!!!!
As you can see ive allready rebought wood and bits its all in storage ie shed keeping safe fingers xxx
but its enough for my OTHER projects yah this isnt a one shot deal i got a lot planned

need to kill time
Being a carer to my mother who has bowel cancer is taxing to say the least this is my Hobby/stress release mech

Will add my ideas later too much too fast cant do that youll ney come back lol
did i remind you to bring coffee haha pause and grab another
NOW

back to the topic
ok so as said after hours of messing about i came up with a compromise
Please excuse my makeshift workbench yah the bed lol
I dont own a massive garage/basement or anything else

And uk weather is well a LITTLE unpredictable rain rain/snow hail RAIN !!!!



loads of room kinda liking this

added a laminate floorboard as width example for control pannel oooh loving that
THE DEPTH NOT THE laminate idea altho will make an awsome template

and a great test piece for button/joy placement

monitor lines up really great im feeling happier


cut some plastic splash back it was a bit in the shed FITS perfect WOW

Side view awsome its fitting and doing what i want loads of room for bezel plexi
Time for a celebration drink yup MORE COFFEE lol

all squared up and back pic for art/render later

and yah those splits are really bad :S screwing mdf one of the hardest things to do right
Remember i DIDNT make those holes/splits they were there when i bought it

and above all the final part FOR now the top

Now heres the thing look at those last few pics and heres where i need advice

im happy with the monitor 19"fits level and snug with the bottom marquee top
giving me loads of clearance under for the motherboard / usb adapter / power strip / ps / and room to wiggle

there may be an easier way to actually work out monitor angle in perspective and i guess theres room to bring it down a little and raise it at bottom towards panel
But What im Mainly concerned about is Where to stick my speakers/ and sort a marquee speakers are 2 small cubes may look into removing these but there great as is
Bought all 5 of the cubes at less than 2 quid each again BARGAIN see pictured aswell as 2 throwaways my bro sent me with mini amp


I can cut reammend this if a plan comes together to make things look a lot more planned

So really im after a way to work out my monitor angle and placement

If you have an idea as to where i can re-amend this and put the monitor at correct angle can you do me example pics PLEASE
So this is where im stuck
is it ok to not have a marquee :S
You can see ive got an obscure triangle top but might be some room to SQUEEZE a marquee in i thought about heck i wont say what i thought IDEAS PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PPS if you hadnt noticed i went back and re-ammended my first post

when it goes to a new page ill replace this and we can continue hahaha
Taking a break with fiancee this weekend lots happening soon none good

So comments and help please

Trying to move forward
But stuck into reverse

ok ok sneek peek render artwork

basic render


left or right side or both

ya i enjoy messing with photoshop

This is my Right side
Basic color schme as you can tell is red and black
I have 22 chrome edged led red buttons "ültracabs"


2 x zippy joysticks bit clicky but not TOO bad : theres mods to make these more useable

will attach mod notes if and when i do this


got off e-bay 4 quid with delivery BARGAIN led too bonus
still working on things need help with vectors/so forth and a quotte for vinyl prints

BTW the VENOMAME is all based from these aswell

ooooh SHINNY love em and yes i have 20 of these

Got them at the right price and well look spider/alien themed


Note to self keep it Clean lol and Try yup Try to add punctuation haha THANKS
