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9/14/2005 Preparing the front door and cutting for the coin door. Cutting the coin door hole. The completed cut. Coin door test fitting. At first it didn’t fit. I had to keep going back with the sander in order to finally get it to squeeze into the hole. And all [...] 9/3/2005 – Part 2 Cutting the speaker holes. I decided to use the Creative Inspire T3000 2.1 speakers ($32) instead of those recommended in the book. The grill lifts right off of the speakers. I’m going to see if I can use these as my finished cabinet speaker grills. I made [...] 9/3/2005 – Part 1 This was a big construction day. I installed the cabinet sides and bottom back, routed for t-molding, and cut my speaker holes. Routing the t-molding groove. Great fun. I had never used a router before, but I found it to be no problem. The groove was cut smooth as [...] 9/21/2005 Priming and painting. I’m not very patient when it comes to painting. But fortunately my choice of high quality plywood provides me with a very nice, smooth surface to accept the paint. Even so, I applied 1 coat of primer (not pictured) over the entire cabinet. Then I sanded the sides and [...] 9/7/2005 Computer arrives from Newegg.com. Damn I love Newegg. I have ordered components for 4 computers from them over the years and they never disappoint. Amazing company. One of the gems of the Internet. Here are my computer specs: SAPPHIRE ATLANTIS RADEON 9600 Radeon 9600 256MB DDR AGP 4X/8X Video Card – Retail Item [...]  Tags: aladdin, arcade, build, cabinet, castle, construction, mame, rhinebeck Category: MAME Arcade Cabinet8/31/2005 Continuing construction pics. Day 2. Here is the finished Project Arcade kit. Laying out all of the base pieces with the casters… for fitting purposes: The pieces of the base need to be positioned according to the casters that you purchase, not strictly by the book. Testing the fit of [...] 9/13/2005 Another big construction day! Further cabinet assembly, speaker panel refinement and installation, monitor panel installation, television monitor fitting! Continuing with cabinet assembly. These clamps are the best friggin’ invention. I decided to miter the front of the speaker panel in order to give the marquee a perfectly flat surface for mounting. [...] 9/1/2005 Constructing the base. Notice recessed machine screws for caster installation. In my opinion this is better than the exposed bolts as depicted in the Project Aracade book. The completed base! Yes, I rode around on it for a little bit. 8/29/2005 Here are some early construction pics. I made a few, slight modifications to the Project Arcade plans as I went along. Transferring the plans to the wood and making the rounded marquee overhang: I found that a 1 gallong paint can is the perfect “stencil” for drawing in the necessary curve. [...] So I decided to build the cabinet that is presented in the Project Arcade book by John St. Clair. This design is known as a modified Lusid cabinet. The design calls for the use of a type of wood-product called MDF (Medium Density Fiberboard?). Well I hate that stuff so I decided to spend [...] |
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