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"Ultimate Arcade II" cabinets
ahofle:
I have a friend that lives a couple hours away who finally decided he wants to make an arcade cabinet. I have an older UAII cabinet that I built from plans which he likes, but he doesn't think he can do all the carpentry so he wants to buy the pre-cut melamine UAII kit that mameroom.com sells and get a blank control panel to layout himself. However, it looks as though the design has changed since I built mine. For one thing, the control panel 'shelf' is not sloped toward the player. As far as I can tell it's parallel with the ground! The control panels they sell are also not sloped, nor are slikstik's blank CPs. Can anyone recommend either a different (but similar) kit or a control panel that will slant toward the player slightly? Am I just crazy for thinking this is a horrible oversight? I can't think of many arcade control panels that did not have a slight slope for comfort.
leapinlew:
My brother ordered a slikstik and had some custom work done to it - I believe it comes sloped by default.
ahofle:
Hmmm interesting. He forwarded me an email from slikstik stating that their control panels were not sloped. Maybe they stopped sloping too. It's a conspiracy!!
Kaytrim:
There are a few other cabinet makers out there.
Dream Authentics has four cabs. The Excalibur looks like it has a sloped CP.
Gargantugame has two models as well.
The final manufacture is called "A Friend's Help" ;)
leapinlew:
--- Quote from: ahofle on January 18, 2007, 02:50:54 pm ---Hmmm interesting. He forwarded me an email from slikstik stating that their control panels were not sloped. Maybe they stopped sloping too. It's a conspiracy!!
--- End quote ---
Interesting indeed!
Well, as far as building cabinets go - modding the CP to be slopped wouldn't be too difficult. Maybe he would have the confidence to do that?
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