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Feeling much more confident after making my first MAME cabinet,
I decided to do a much more precise 2d model in Autocad. The 3D
model is just a simple model.
This should make a much faster and easier cabinet to build than
Project Mame.
I decided to go with a bartop design. The whole idea is to
make it as small as possibly for a 17" LCD and two player setup
with decent sound system. |
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The sides
were easily cut out in 12mm MDF board. I used 16mm for Project
Mame, but WeeCade is a much smaller bartop and 12mm is more than
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The
mouldings is mounted with glue and screws. |
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The
buttom is mounted and the backpanel is tested on with the PSU.
There aren't much room for mistakes in this cabinet, not much at
all. |
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The
speaker-board and top of the cabinet is placed. I also tried to
fit the control panel.
The control panel is made from 1.5 mm
stainless steel.
I also tested if the light would fit.
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Finally
the bezel and marquee is made and they fit perfectly.
The marquee is mounted with steel frames. |
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29mm hole
for pinball/coin input it made. |
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I made
this panel to be mounted on the backpanel.
2 x USB
1 x headphone
1 x mic
1 x Powerbutton
1 x Volumecontrol (not installed yet) |
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Here is
the back. I got the PCB from a midi-tower cabinet. |
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Time to
paint the WeeCade. First two layers
of primer. This is important, always use primer first.
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Then two
layers of paint.
The colour is beige, looks white on the
picture though.
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Time for mounting the speakers. Not the
best speakers, but they will do for now. |
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The fluorescent light is mounted after
the speakers. It is a 12 volt work light for cars that has been
modded.
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The amplifier is bought on Ebay. It's 2 x
8 watt RMS and runs on 12 volt. Perfect for this project and
more than powerful enough for this project, that's for sure!
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As you can see there is not much more
space than needed. I really tried to make this cabinet as small
as possible.
Motherboard and PSU is mounted.
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I made these aluminium mounts for the
hard disk. I needed something small, so I had to make it myself. |
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Rest of the space is needed for the
monitor and control panel. Tight fit, but everything is there.
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Big foot. Large rubber feet mounted.
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Control
panel for on/off, 2 x usb and audio installed. |
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The other
side of the panel. As you can see, it's a standard pushbutton I
have used for power button to the motherboard. |
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Finally
the monitor is installed :D
I made a lot of scratches to the cabinet installing this
monitor, but that's ok, I will paint all the scratches when it
is completely finished.
You just have to accept that ;) |
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Here is
the backside with the monitor installed. There isn't room for
much more inside this cabinet. |
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First
boot to windows. Works perfectly! Always a surprise when
everything works the first time around :D
There is some noise from the amplifier
though. Got to look into that at some point. |
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I had to
install a small PSU for the amplifier, the PC PSU was too noisy
for sound. Good thing I had this one in my basement. |
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The back
panel is mounted. Looks nice. |
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Finally I
received the artwork for the marquee and control panel. The
artwork for the control panel is self-adhesive. |
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It's a
bit tricky to mount the artwork. I tend to get quite aggressive
while mounting it, so I am always alone while doing it :D |
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Looks
pretty good with the buttons and plexiglass. |
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Love the
light buttons for pause and exit. They are expensive, but well
worth the money. I see that now :D |
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Looks
absolutely stunning to me. My best control panel so far. Love
the MagStik Plus too. |
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The messy
wiring. I admire those who can make a nice and neat wiring, I am
not one of those. But it works just as well. |
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I
installed the control panel after mounting the Ultimarc MiniPac.
Looks nice and matches the beige colour very nice i think. |
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The
marquee is installed and the cabinet is almost finished. I need
to fix a few small things inside though. |
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Just a
few last snaps... |
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Love the
MagStik plus. They are just so versatile! |
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Finally a
picture with light in the marquee and WeeCade front-end running! |
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This is
my custom skin for Maximus Arcade front-end.
First the boot animation. |
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Emulator
selection. |
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Game
selection. |
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