Need help to Mame my Donkey Kong Machine

[KeithPuetz]

Anyone have a 2 player (6 buttons for each player) overlay that will print to the correct size if I take it to an overlay printing website? Either 2 Player 6 Button Donkey Kong Themed or Mario Bros Themed? I can't find any high res versions of these type of overlays. And I can't tell if it's in the correct size to print, because I hear the file needs to be in the correct size before you print it. Can anyone help me out located these and get them in the correct size? If so I won't need help building a whole arcade control panel.
Something like this?
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5sr9M8dUfhM/R6UZy0H-OAI/AAAAAAAAAJI/kIybDE50mqQ/s1600-h/DSC_0005

I created this and it's probably in the incorrect size
http://s1265.photobucket.com/albums/jj510/TwiztedFan/?action=view&current=ControlPanel10.png

If anyone can make me an overlay and control panel that is set up for 2 players and 6 buttons each player. I could pay you. Or if you make it Mario Bros themed I can give you my stuff from my Donkey Kong. I got a Donkey Kong 1/Donkey Kong 2 board. And marquee and control panel. Please let me know. I would really like it to make it illuminated controls as it's not much more expensive at all. I would prefer if a seasoned control panel veteran could give me a hand. Please let me know. E-mail me at KeithPuetz@gmail.com or obviously, reply here.

[CheffoJeffo]

At this point, you need to tell people the size you want (e.g. you want to MAME your working Donkey Kong machine).

[KeithPuetz]

Yes. That. I want to mame my Donkey Kong Machine.

[matsadona]

Yes. That. I want to mame my Donkey Kong Machine.

Why do you want to do that?

[flashiv]

  I'm with matsadona, don't do it.  But it is your cab, your choice.

[Well Fed Games]

Hey, do what you want, but DK is pretty hot right now, probably easier to sell it, and take the money for a MAME cab. May want to post for offers on CL or KLOV and see what people are willing to throw your way for it. If you are talking about 6 button games, that cab may not necessarily be the best fit for your needs. Where are you located, Keith? If you are around Chicago I might know of some good cabs to MAME.

Oh, and give us a pic of the cabinet in question!

[KeithPuetz]

Which cabs would you consider to Mame? DK, more specifically Mario Bros is my favorite cab of all time. I LOVE the bezel.
Over time I learned that it's not the games that make the arcade experience, it's the cabinet. I love the donkey kong/mario bros cabinet because you look through the bezel at a floating screen. I dislike arcade cabinets with the screen up front and center. Seriously I really dislike them. Well, knowing that what are you recommendations for a different cabinet?

I am obviously replacing the monitor that's in it. What's the best sized LCD I can fit in there? Is there a certain recommended one? I want a square lcd tv for maximum screen capabilities, that's giant that almost fits precisely in. And how do you keep LCD tvs from just falling out of the cab? Do you guys recommend using a computer CRT or a computer LCD instead?
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. And I know monitors are better for arcade machine. But I am trying to put something new it that will last a very long time without giving me any problems. Maybe I can get a new CRT if you guys really recommend it.
What sucks is I am afraid if I get an average CRT monitor or LCD the game will no longer look like it's floating. I feel like I use black construction paper it wouldn't look as good, but honestly I don't know I haven't tried it. Let me know what you guys think!!

Like I said, LCD's are inexpensive and I want to get big as possible while still making it mountable and able to make it angled. Please let me know! Thanks guys.

Oh and I am not going to completely destroy the cabinet or anything. Actually I am going to restore it. Yeah someone down the road may have to put the original parts back in it but I do plan to keep this forever anyways that's why I want to put new stuff in it, and stuff that's going to last.

When I am turning into Mario Bros I am obviously going to paint the sides orange. I read a post about that on here. I will be sure to sand Formica or whatever it's called. How do I know if I sanded it too much or not enough?

Sorry for the butt load of questions. Hopefully you guys can help me out with all of them.

I'll post pictures of the progress!

Let me know if someone wants to build me the CP with illuminated lights all pre-wired with an Ipac. If nobody wants to do it, no problem, I am sure I'll figure it out. But if someone wants a project I'll pay you! I am just afraid of making rookie mistakes.

[Gray_Area]

Hmmmmmm. This is sorta chicken an egg.....   If you make a whole other cabinet, what will be different?  I guess the deal is that someone else wouldn't build a DK cab, so you would be depriving them their chance of having one (as well as destroying a piece of arcade history....).

I recommend, as others have, selling your machine, and making a fresh one.  OR, start collecting machines.