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wbassett:
I went with a mameroom kit for my first cab... wickedly easy but expensive.

Since then I have found some local places that I may be able to get some gutted cabs from for cheap or free.  Since they are already gutted, as long as they are in semi decent shape and no structural damage, why not mame it?  It will same a ton of money over a kit and the hassle of cutting the wood for your own cab. 

Plus if you think about it like this... you're saving a cab from being thrown out and giving it a new lease on life! :)

Glad to see you're not gutting the Virtua Fighter cab, that looks like it is in really good condition.

Chase:

--- Quote from: wbassett on July 01, 2008, 03:48:47 pm ---I went with a mameroom kit for my first cab... wickedly easy but expensive.

Since then I have found some local places that I may be able to get some gutted cabs from for cheap or free.  Since they are already gutted, as long as they are in semi decent shape and no structural damage, why not mame it?  It will same a ton of money over a kit and the hassle of cutting the wood for your own cab. 

Plus if you think about it like this... you're saving a cab from being thrown out and giving it a new lease on life! :)

Glad to see you're not gutting the Virtua Fighter cab, that looks like it is in really good condition.

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Thanks for the advice! 

I'm happy about not gutting out VF2.  It plays well and is in excellent shape for it being 14 years old.

Now, I'm off to Craigslist! :)

gatordad:
FYI my virtua fighter cab had a dual res switchable monitor, meaning it had both standard and med res available switchable via a plug on the chassis, so change the plug and hook her up to a avga and your good to go.
FYI Side art for VF stuff is impossible to find.
You could always "build your own arcade controls" aka a new cp throw in a computer (or 50) inside that beast, and leave all of the guts of the VF intact so if and when you decide to sell it, put the origional cp back on and conversion back to origional is easy.

Flake:
I tell you what, if you can find a old cabinet in good structural shape that is the way to go.  WAY cheaper and fairly easy to fix up.  All you need is an orbital sander, some bondo and a good paint sprayer (at least thats what I used).  Man the thing turned out awesome, my brother in law did the painting because it was his sprayer and he had experience with it.  Honestly the thing turned out almost brand new.  I dont have but $200 in the cabinet tops.  A kit will cost you three times that amount. 

BTW - I found mine at a local auction.

Chase:

--- Quote from: Flake on July 01, 2008, 04:43:20 pm ---I tell you what, if you can find a old cabinet in good structural shape that is the way to go.  WAY cheaper and fairly easy to fix up.  All you need is an orbital sander, some bondo and a good paint sprayer (at least thats what I used).  Man the thing turned out awesome, my brother in law did the painting because it was his sprayer and he had experience with it.  Honestly the thing turned out almost brand new.  I dont have but $200 in the cabinet tops.  A kit will cost you three times that amount. 

BTW - I found mine at a local auction.

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Sounds great!  Do you have any pictures of your resulting hard work?

I'm going to lean away from the kit....and look for an old cabinet and work from there. :)   I already have a paint sprayer ;)

The only thing I may do is have MAMEROOM or Arcades to make the control panel for me.

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