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Bill Mote:
OK, so I'm building my 1st MAME cabinet.  YEAH!  :-*  I'm using both the "Project Arcade" book, the information on-line at LuSiD's site and the many, many, many helpful posts in the forums.

Here's my problem.  There just isn't enough wood in 3 sheets of 3/4" MDF to build LuSiD's design.  His cabinet is 6'2" tall, but his "back" boards are a whopping 36" in total -- 26" wide and 18" tall each for the top and bottom section.  I finally figured out that the drawings don't account for the 3-1/8" the sides sit below the "real" bottom (inside) on the cabinet.  The angled top takes off some, but I'm still left with ~55" of cabinet back to cover.

Am I missing something?!

dot

Sephroth57:
hmmm i have no idea, good luck =P   thats why i decided to buy an old cab for 25$ and save myself the headache

Goz:
Hmmm I thought the Lusid cab didn't have a closed back to accomodate for TV and cooling.

Guess I picked the wrong day to stop sniffing glue.

spystyle:
I had to quit glue too, sadness...

You're saying you don't have enough 3/4" material for a back door? You don't need 3/4" material for a back door, go buy a sheet of 1/4" inexpensive material* and you should be all set. Or simply leave the back open for passive cooling of the components (that's what I do).

Dig it?
Craig

*like 1/4" hardboard braced with strapping.

Goz:
According to this thread, there is no back

Lusid back

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