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Sorex:
Hello,

finally got my account fixed by the admin so here is my first (actually 2nd) post :)

I envy you guys with all those goodlooking cabinets, too bad I don't have the skills myself to do the woodwork, so I'm hoping to find a cabinet.

But as I'm living in Belgium and arcade game cabinets have been banned out of the pubs by some dumb poker/slot/picture thingies it's very hard to find cabinets,
or they are way to expensive for me to buy it.

I even contacted companies who rented arcade cabinets years ago and they are have been sold to foreign countries (Africa? :) ) or ended up on the trash :(

btw, any belgians inhere who made a cabinet or are planning to do so?

keep up the retro gaming spirit as todays games are not my thing at all (stopped gaming and lost interest in it when all the Doom clones came out in 95)

Spaced Ace:
What kind of world do we live in where arcades are unavailable or banned!? 

I would advise you to do this, since you aren't handy at woodwork, why not simply obtain some cab plans and pay someone who does know what they're doing to build it?  It would be way cheaper than shipping one, thats for sure.  Besides, despite your skill, after you have the cab, everything else comes easy. 

There are plenty of self published books/PDF's on the net, or you can flip through the Project Announcements here in the forums, some guys have detailed instructions building cabs up from nothing.

polaris:
hi sorex
there's definitely a few serious collectors close to you, have a look at dragonslairfans.com, darthnuno who posts here runs it, he is belgian and has quite a collection, he's a great guy and im sure he'll give you some tips.
ive heard him talk of others in belgium too, also look out for the dutch guys here.

enjoy

Trebeck:
Hey Sorex

don't loose hope.  If I can build one so can you.   :D

-beck

dna disturber:
Howdy neighbor.....

The netherlands isnīt that far so  :cheers:

I never built anything in my life before this project but boy was I posessed  >:D
You just got to take it step by step , try to build a control panel first , if you can do that the cabinet isnīt that hard anymore.

I did just that and it turned out pretty good  ;D

Dna Disturber

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