Went to Home Despot to pick up some MDF. MAN That stuff is HEAVY!!!
Did some cutting with a Jig saw, made measurements according to my Podium Mame Cab. Here's some piccies of the various stages. Wood glue is Da Bomb!

Found a fella on www.arcadecontrols.com who had some drawings of a trackball in Adobe Illustrator format. Since I use Corel Draw, I converted, then chucked it in, drew out some buttons, a Joystick, a Spinner, and voila! Played around a bit with the layout,a nd found a control panel layout I liked. I HIGHLY HIGHLY recommend spending time on the layout before you drill. I'll post a link soon with my Layout so you can download it.

Went to Kinkos to get print out my Control Panel. WARNING!!!! Don't go to a busy one.. they tend ot forget you, and I had to go back 4 times to get it done!

Here's some piccies of the layout, on the MDF, and soe piccies with the drillin commencing. Use a Power Drill, and avoid the cordless ones, or you'll be recharging alot!

YEEEHAW! Finally able to actually play a game of Robotron, and Joust! VIVA LA MAME!

Used some KILLZ on the MDF box to give it a paintable surface. I used 2 coats of KILLZ.

Used some Satin finish Blue spray paint. I think it came out decent enough. I'm going to do a bit more sanding, then give it another quick coat of blue though.

Notice the silver peg? There are two pegs holding the CP (Control Panel) in place. To secure the metal pegs are cotter pins. So, the idea is that if I want to build another control panel, I can pop out the cotter pins, remove the pegs, and pop in the next control panel! Dirt simple!

Here's some shots of the wiring. It does the job, but it's a tad messy. I used a bit of solder, but mainly quick connects.

Got my Oscar restrictors and spinner today. They look pretty sweet... However the paint job could use some work.. I think their starting to flake a bit already.

I worked on some Plexi today, and used fairly thin stuff. Cut out the CP dimensions, drilled some holes, and so forth. My advice when working on Plexi, go SLLLOOOW! Also when scoring holes, I used my Spade bit (Hole cutting bit) in reverse to score the hole, then worked from the other side of the Plexi, and completed the cut. Drilling seems to be my weak point. I think I almost cracked it a few times. go VERY slowly here. Near the end, perhaps if you run the drill in reverse, that may do the trick.

Well... SHIT! I cracked the plexi... after all that hard work.. *SIGH* I guess I'm going to go the painted route. CRAP!!!!

Here's some shots of me using my Dremel router.. Man It is SAHWEEET!!!!

Using some of that KILLZ stuff I used on the control box. Basically prime it first, then layer it with Melamine paint and some laquer paint.

Being putting layers of that Melamine paint.. nice purple, but it settles REALLY quickly, and dries VERY slowly. About 14 hours + !!!!

Check out the ALMOST finished Control Panel!!! Had some friends ova playing Toobin, Puzzle Bobble, and Tempest! I FINALLY got the Trackball working, and it ROCKS! Was playing Marble Madness, Centipede, and Missile Command. Mmmm... Nummy!

Another arcade addict gets her fix of Tetris and Frogger. Mamealicious!!!

This ol' cab. A future Bob Villa project! There must be some nice original art underneath all that crap gray paint! I'm sure of it! Hmmm.. I smell another project!!!!

Here's the Mamealicious cab with my old cab. Old meets New!