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I realize this isn't the greatest project for "LumberJocks" as it's made from particle board and paint, but I thought I'd post it anyway. I'm currently building a new kitchen island that's got a little more skilled wood working and less electronics. Should be able to post it in a couple weeks.
 

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Are you kidding? This is a great project!

Nice work!
 

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This is cool. It's good to see the progress pics as well. Thanks for sharing
 

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A friend of my brothers has a company where they build these all the time. They are great and a lot of fun. I love it. I might end up building myself one at some point.
 

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If I only had space in the house… (My wife would still not go for it.)

Great job. Who cares if it's not a walnut cabinet. It still rocks!
 

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Join the club! Here are other machines that your fellow lumberjocks have made.

Great looking job!





I didn't want a large one so I built a smaller version:

 

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Nice!

I used to have MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) cabinet that I built from a generic JAMMA (Japanese American) cabinet for real arcade games. It was a bit over sized and I eventually wound up selling it.

Yours looks fantastic!

Also, one of the build photos looks like it may have had an accident and the front lower corners got mashed?
 

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Thanks for all the great feedback.
Good eye LonelyRaven. I had just finished painting and was wheeling the cabinet back into the garage. It proved to be more than I could handle when I hit a rock and it fell over onto the concrete. Had to patch it up and repaint/reroute that area.
 

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where did you source the control panel from?
 

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The source panel is an X-Arcade Tankstick. You can see different models at www.xgaming.com
 

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Great job ! I love to have one in home. In fact I followed up on the www.xgaming.com web site that you mentioned ( in the comment box above mine. for anyone else that wanted to know) and you guest it. Now my wife is mad at me and YOU for posting this and that website.

But don't worry she doesn't know where you live. ha ha
 

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Neat. Great job. I sure the kids will love it ;-)
 

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My buddy and I built one of these about two years ago, mine's all wood though. I hate particleboard personally, and it needed to be able to withstand the elements…..
 

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looks great
 

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Very Impressive,,,, what paint did you use on the MDF? did you seal the edges before painting?
 

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Thanks for the complement.
I just used a black (black as I could get anyway) latex interior paint then sealed it with a couple coats of clear enamel. I routed all exposed edges with a slot cutter bit and then pressed black plastic "t-molding" (http://www.t-molding.com/store/product.php?productid=19&cat=0) into the slots after the cabinet was painted.
 

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