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Added in spreadsheet to keep a running tab of the costs and where items where purchased. Arcade Cabinet Bill of Materials

Cute base to size Fitted castor wheels Left and right side panels Fitted support beam and front panel

After a lot of reading up and visiting tons of cabinet building sites I eventually decided to settle on the Centipede cabinet design. See here for plans and a pic I’ve also uploaded some close up shots of the Centipede arcade which I’m going to base my build on. First thing was to measure out …

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Still busy reading up on the exact design I’m going to do and have come across a few useful sites worth mentioning. http://buildahomearcade.com/ http://www.webbpickersgill.com/mame/ http://www.got2getalife.com/arcade/index.html

  A excel spreadsheet of all the items I’ve needed and where I purchased them. Arcade Cabinet Bill of Materials

If you order the UltraStik you can also order the cable harness which will save you the trouble of building your own cables. I’m going to build my own cable as its simple enough to do. You need a few crimp connectors and a header connector. The wiring should be easy enough to work out …

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Got the wood from Lumber City. Not badly priced at all. A 16mm x 1820 x 2750 piece costs R340 Also purchased 4 x castor wheels for the base from Brights for R35 each.

Received my buttons and joysticks from Ultimarc today. Very impressed with their service. Received the items from the UK via DHL in under a week! Thumbs up!

Bought a 74cm Sansui TV off Gumtree for R500. Perfect condition. Feel almost bad that I have to chop it up to use in the cabinet.

After reading up all about joysticks I decided to order the UltraStik from Ultimarc These these joysticks don’t appear cheap, but the buttons connect to the joysticks which are then connected to the USB port on the PC thereby saving you from purchasing a I-Pac or a similair device. So for only a few extra …

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