ArcadeCab

8/22/06

Future Cabinet Plans Menu button
Watch for the new addition in the coming weeks.  I have worked up a new template for the plan pages which should make the presentation a lot cleaner.  Pages, more than likely, will be added gradually as we make progress on the cabinet.  

Single-Player panels on indefinite hiatus
My plate is full in the coming months.  Between the cabinet build (and associated plans), a project to rip my CD collection to FLAC, a PVR build, and Real Life, there will be no time left for these for the foreseeable future.  The pricing was not making me rich, being set low to make a quality product available to more people, but some tried to take advantage of it.  The special requests had become increasingly ridiculous.  This took time from projects that could benefit more people.  We'll see how everything looks after year-end.

8/20/06

Cabinet Begun
Yesterday was very warm and extra humid.  Despite the conditions we made progress on the new cabinet.  The two sides are cut out, with half the ledgers attached to the sides.  We rabbitted the sides to accept the base.  The picture shows the second side being flush-trimmed to match the first side. A lot of pictures were taken, which will be helpful.

8/18/06

New cabinet construction set to begin
I got the new template for the cabinet side cut out today.  It is a slight modification of my existing design.  It will now hold a custom control panel easier.  The interior width remains the same at 20", as does the depth.  The interior construction will see the most changes due to three-plus years of experience under my belt.  I will be taking far more pictures than on the first build, and try to fill in the holes that were missing from the current cabinet doc.  Just in the past week I have had three different persons email me with questions that could have been answered by just including a few more critical shots.   

Expect a new online doc by Fall, with a PDF document later on.  I'd release both at the same time except I'm not sure how to incorporate all the full-scale pics within the text for the printable version.