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Hounddoggy
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Sides and back now as well.



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Sanded her down and she's lookin' pretty sweet. Two brass hinges secure the top.



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Here's how the inside of it looks. I used my neighbour's nailgun instead of glue to put it all together. Didn't bother with wood glue. Thanks, Rick!



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Picked up the lock & keys for $2.99 at Princess Auto. Haven't done the coindoor mechs yet as I'll have to get a router to do those. Guess it's time for another trip to Sears. Rick came over and replaced a broken spring on one of the mechs and we also took the magnets out so they'd accept Canadian quarters.



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First coat of paint. Oil-based black gloss, $25.99 at Canadian Tire. Stinks to high hell, but looks pretty damn good! Notice I took off the T-Molding earlier. I may go with either a plain gray or a deep red from t-molding.com. Haven't decided yet.



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A side-shot of the first coat.



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A look at the first coat from the back. I hooked up that fan and the marquee light and neither seem to work. Oh well.



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OK, So I cheaped out and printed the layout on separate pieces of paper. I wasn't gonna pay $25 to have a black & white piece of paper printed out. I used a 1-1/8" hole saw for the buttons and 3/4" spade bit where the joysticks will go. The buttons on the top left are small pushbuttons for PC power, reset and mame stuff. It was a 15/32 drillbit I used for that.



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Coming along now. BTW, The 2 white buttons to the left of the trackball are left and right mouse buttons, very handy. The joysticks and trackball weren't actually mounted at this time. I just wanted to see how everything looked.



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Here's how it looks on the cabinet:



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Thanks to Rick for the plexiglass for the marquee, bezel and control panel. The original plexiglass for the bezel was scratched all to hell, not to mention very dark.

Locash photoshopped a control panel and marquee for me. I love the Donkey Kong-style font he used. If anyone knows of a good professional printing place local to Ottawa that's got good prices please let me know. These are low resolution pics.



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Coming along well!!  Keep the pics coming!

1 point - the CP overlay shouldn't have the buttons/controls whited out..  Now you have to get the print job PERFECTLY aligned, which is somewhat difficult.

I would get that printed at Staples..  

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Currently owning:
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MAME in Sega cab with 25" arcade monitor (Has a 12" Bazooka powered subwoofer in it) - Not for sale
Williams Civic Center Shuffle Alley (Puck Bowler) (1973) - 350$
Seeburg LS1 "Spectra" Jukebox (1967) - 300$

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Heavy Metal Meltdown SOLD - leaving soon

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Hot Tip, Countdown, HS, WWF, TFTC, T2, RS, Pinbot, Laser War, LOTR, Flinstones, FH, DM,
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