TMNT Shell Shocked Cabinet

A snapshot of my experience building an arcade cabinet

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Price Lists

Here's a full dump of the spreadsheet I used to keep track of pricing as well as time.  I tried to track where I bought everything or where you could buy it, and what the cost was. Keep in mind these prices are from 2005.  Some stuff like the PC can be had for $200 or so.  Also some of this I already had. While the cost may seem daunting the truth is if you borrow tools, and work smartly you can … [Read more...]

October 9, 2011 Brent Chaters Planning, Side Stories Leave a Comment

Cutting and Stencils

When building my cabinet to try and save on time I created stencils of everything first by tracing or drawing it out on Bristol board. I then traced that stencil onto the MDF. The one good thing is that because there are 2 sides to the cabinet most parts I only had to create once, and once it was done each side was almost identical to the other. The other thing is that when you work with MDF make … [Read more...]

October 8, 2011 Brent Chaters Artwork, Planning, Wood Working Leave a Comment

Materials For My Arcade Cabinet

Getting materials for the cabinet was pretty straight forward. A cabinet it's self is not all that complex. It is pretty much MDF, Paint, Screws and Glue. I'm positive anyone who wants to do this can with a little help and some determination. Truth be told if I was in wood shop I'd have probably opted to build one of these instead of the chess board I did build in grade 8. At this point I should … [Read more...]

October 8, 2011 Brent Chaters Planning, Wood Working Leave a Comment

Getting Started

Project Arcade Book

The first thing I did to build my cabinet was research.  I checked out the BYOAC community site, and I came across the Heavy Metal Arcade Cabinet that was the cabinet I wanted to model mine around. I loved the kick plate, the cartoon artwork, and it just looked bad ass in general.  Except I wanted mine to be 4 players, just like the TMNT arcade game.  I also went out and got Saint's book  Project … [Read more...]

October 8, 2011 Brent Chaters Planning Leave a Comment

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