Posted by CthulhuLuke on January 02, 2002 at 17:27:20:
In Reply to: Re: Free/Cheap Cabinet (gutted) needed in Chicago Area posted by Kelly R. Johnson on 31, 2001 at 12:15 PM:
Damn man, that's gonna be a major bitch! Oh well, making your own cabinet is very good if you want to have a solid body that you don't have to mess with much. The cabinet I bought had no way of getting to the bottom of it besides a coin door, so I have to cut a nice big ol block in the back of it and make a trap door. Plus if you're building your own you could get a fuck load of semi-gloss polyurethane and make it look like a giant piece of funiture. Or have it slick black and get some glow in the dark paint to have like stars or somethin, I wish I could paint my cabinet, but unfortunately my cabinet has laminated colors on it, and taking those off has wayyyyy too much of a chance of chipping the hell out of the wood and potentially ruining my baby!
the only bitchy thing bout my cabinet is gonna be the control panel, ugh, but I'll get pictures up of it sometime and show everyone what I gotta do, not too hard, just a bit more work than I'd like in terms of measuring precisely.
good luck with the cab, I have a list of suggestions of cabinet plans if you'd like to see one, just email me.
Cthulhu Luke
: Thanks everyone for the responses. There isn't mush in the way if arcades around here, except for major chains like Gamewerks and Dave and Busters, and they've both told me that a gutted cabinet would run anywhere from 500 to 800 bucks. Naturally I told them I would think about it and promptly left, looking for an alternative.
: I found what looks like a good set of plans online, and I'm reserching a few other things (namely what pals of mine have large cargo capable vehicles and power tools) and I plan to construct my own, unless someone in the area has a cabinet for me in about a week.
: Thanks for the help guys, it means a lot to me.
: Peace out
: Kelly