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felixtibs:
My head...has exploded!

Its very simple what I want to do:

1) Build a standard sized upright cabinet
2) Have swappable/modular controls

Is there a one stop shop for this information?  What I have had to do is dissect threads created by others who have way more knowledge than I on the subject.  Most of the conversations are too detailed to benefit me.

What I want is a step by step plan on how to build a modular arcade cabinet.

Does one exist? :dunno

Thank you for your help!
FT

Generic Eric:
Project Arcade http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=project+arcade

Or, check these videos out by the lumber jackass
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,103919.msg1100049.html#msg1100049 / http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLumberjackass?feature=watch

I remember them being quite detailed.

Ond's Metropolis: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,118612.0/all.html
The videos by Delusional should get you going too: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,80229.0.html

felixtibs:
Thank you for the reply!

Does this address the modular step by step walkthrough?

shponglefan:
Dunno if you've come across it yet, but there is Doc's Modular MAME.  It's got a reasonably detailed description of the construction and modular system involved.

happyfunball:
there is no step by step walkthrough for exactly what you want. the thing is that you can do it any way you want and lots of people has so there isn't going to be one solution that fitis what you want to do.
my reccomendation is patience. keep reading and looking around, if you haven't read the Project Arcade book, that is an excellent place to start.

its confusing at first cause there are so many options. I've spent the last 1.5 years building 5 different control panels to figure out what I want, what I like to play and how best to arrange it. I have a gutted arcade cab in the garage and I'm getting 4 more next month. I have 5 arcade monitors laying around the house. it gets much less confusing as you go.

I've decided on 3 different control panels that I was going to be able to swap between a vertical and horizontal arcade cab using real arcade monitors. I was going to set it up so I can hit a button to lock down the CP with a solenoid door lock. press a button, disconnect the panel, connect the new one, press the button and lock the new one down

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