Finished my first cabinet.

[tenka]

I finished my first cabinet, I've been lurking on this forum for a month or so and wanted to say thanks for all the data.

My intent was to have a cabinet that looked like furniture so my wife would let me keep it out in our family room.  It's Lusid's plan shortened up a bit with Maple/Birch ply.

PC: P3/1ghz
Monitor: Toshiba 27A33 (27")
Bezel: Smoked Safety glass  (I used black hammered spray paint to to create an exterior bezel on the outside of the glass)

It took me 4 weeks to build approximately 40-50 hours (weeknights and a few weekends).

Take care,
Tenka

Cabinet:


Control Panel:

[Iori]

Very cool!  The finished wood look is classy looking and I can see how it would sit better with the wife if she isn't into games...    Great stuff!

[Luxury]

what, no marquee/coin slots?  
but boy do i love that wood.  nice work

[Iori]

You could do an engraved wood marquee!  That would be a nice touch...  

[Santoro]

Nice work!  You  pulled it off the wood really nicely.

I considered wood also for a while but I (somehow) managed to convice my wife that it could still be tasteful if done in Formica as long as it didn't have gaudy side-art etc.  

(Those with side-art, don't get me wrong - the gaudier the better as far as cabs go IMHO!!)

[SirPeale]

Two suggestions for future photo taking: use a flash, and adequete lighting.  I can't see anything except the CP (which looks really snazzy, BTW).  I would love to see better pics of the cab.

[BobbyG66]

Looks great, nice wood finish

[SirPeale]

Played with the image a bit in Paint Shop.  Here's an image you can see the cabinet.  Very nice!

[Stingray]

Oh wow, that does look nice!

-S

[SirPeale]

If you do decide to put a coin door on it, don't put an over/under on it!  Those things are just plain ugly.  Make it a Williams style.

[tenka]

Thank you all for the kind feedback!

Sorry for the delayed response I had to run out of town for a few days.

I will take some pictures tomorrow in the daylight - I do admit those pics are terrible.  =)

I didn't put a marquee or coin door because the wife was shooting for furniture - BUT given the popularity of the machine over the past few days (with friends and family) I think I see some modifications in the near future!