Homemade MAME arcade kabinet

[maxio098ui]

yeah when i was in the rotterdam harbour looking at hundreds of cabinets.
i liked this ones shape so i prefered it over ones with monitors. I thought it was in craptacular shape when i saw it first but when it arrived and i cleaned it and raided the inside I was surprised in what shape it is in.

 

[Ben333]

I'd really like to do something like this. How much did it cost you?

 

[maxio098ui]

atm its costing me(euro): 50 for cab, 16 for xtra wood, 0 for pc cause i had one lying around, 0 for the tv sme reason as pc, and just about 130 on controlls including shipping to holland from america (30).
so roughly 200 euros which is a bit more in USD 269. but in america it is pretty easy to get ahold of a cab for free and you dont have to pay ridiculous shipping.
1 x Pushbutton Nut Wrench (PBWRNCH01) = $2.00
6 x Green Horizontal Pushbutton - HAPP™ (PBGNHPLGHZ) = $8.10
7 x Red Horizontal Pushbutton - HAPP™ (PBRDHPLGHZ) = $9.45
7 x Yellow Horizontal Pushbutton - HAPP™ (PBYWHPLGHZ) = $9.45
1 x Player 2 Pushbutton (P2PB) = $1.59
1 x Player 1 Pushbutton (P1PB) = $1.59
1 x HAPP™ Super Arcade Joystick - RED (HAPPSPRRED) = $8.49
30 x Solar Yellow 3/4-inch T-Molding (TM34SOLYEL) = $12.00
1 x OMNI-Stik BASIC - BLACK (OMNIBBLACK) = $13.50
1 x HAPP™ Super Arcade Joystick - BLACK (HAPPSPRBLACK) = $8.49
1 x KeyWiz Max 1.5 (KWS00015) = $34.95
15 x Blue ButtonBlaster™ LED (BLUBBLED) = $7.35
7 x Black Horizontal Pushbutton - HAPP™ (PBBKHPLGHZ) = $9.45
1 x OMNI-Stik BASIC - RED (OMNIBRED) = $13.50
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Sub-Total: $139.91
United States Postal Service (Priority Mail International Flat Rate Box (6 - 10 days)): $39.35
Total: $179.26

i accidently ordered too much, the 2 happ joysticks and black buttons are excess so ill probaly sell them on marktplaats.nl to get back that money cause i don't need 4 joysticks

 

[maxio098ui]

i've installed the tv and have just thrown the pc in cleaned the wires a bit and this is what it looks like now

This is the pc thats running in cab


I wonder if i shold take the xtra fan off the gfx card or not to kill sound

 

[Twigglish]

Id say leave it unless it gets really loud.

 

[maxio098ui]

yeah im gonna replace all fans with 120mm fans to make all as silent as posible

 

[kayson]

Wow. This is absolutely amazing.

 

[maxio098ui]

Glad to here. Also, I like your avatar

 

[maxio098ui]

my long awaited update. I've been waiting for 2 weeks for my package to arrive and it finally did. I't is all complete and alot is in a test or is on the cab.

BUTTONS!!!

this is the t-molding nice and yellow, my sister put it all on and did a good job

this is the test control panel, it is to test the interface and see what the best layout is

this is the full pic of the unfinished cab

 

[Rysjimmy1994]

Thats cool as hell. I WANT TO MAKE ONE!!!!

 

[Lotec25]

maxio098ui,

You dont anything else on this? what controler board did you use? i am thinking i might build one of these. I got a cabinet in the area the guy is going to let me have for a few bucks.

 

[maxio098ui]

I still have to post the final pics, but i used a keywiz 1.5 max all wired to happs buttons. and i like the choice i made. groovygamegear.com has everything i used

 

[Lotec25]

i guess your using xp what front end are you using? for Mame?

 

[djrussell]

very nice. haven't checked this in a while. i'm sure there's a ton of empty space inside that cab. you could make storage compartments for cds/dvds/old console games. it looks like space is kind of tight there.

 

[maxio098ui]

im using xp with mamewah, @djrussell there is pretty much no space in the cab anymore.