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Cutting grooves in the front board for the control panel so it will bend with the curve of the panel.
Sanding the curve of the front of the control panel after cutting with a band saw.
The control panel is done being cut, just need to drill some holes.
Another picture of original cabinet
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Was walking through volleyball tonight and saw an Operation Wolf cabinet, which is what my cabinet started out as, so had to take a picture.
Control panel laid out on plywood
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Got the control panel laid out on on the plywood this weekend.
Also ordered the controls, a 3" trackball, 2 competition 8 way joysticks, and 32 various push buttons, all Happ controls.
Also ordered the controls, a 3" trackball, 2 competition 8 way joysticks, and 32 various push buttons, all Happ controls.
Inside cabinet
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Got the remaining glue removed and the inside sanded down.
Also went and purchased a 1/2 sheet of plywood to get started on the control panel.
Removed the extra interior boards, hello glue!
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Nailed and glued in, had to pry the interior boards away far enough to fit a sawzall in there to cut the nails, but of course the glue kept clogging up the blade!
Front panel and mirror removed
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Sent from my mobile phone.
Got cabinet home
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Sent from my mobile phone.
MAME Cabinet begins...
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And thus my dream of building a multi gaming arcade cabinet begins.
It will all begin this used Operation Wolf cabinet that will have to be modified.
If all goes well, I will hopefully see this ending with a game cabinet running MAME and other emulators controlled most likely by a Maximus Arcade front end. A custom made control panel, and some custom cabinet artwork designed by my daughter.
The control panel goals for the moment are at least a 2 player station with a dedicated 4 way joystick for MS Pac Man for my wife and a trackball as well. I still can't decide on if I will install a spinner or not... I would only use it for Tempest, and I didn't really like that game that much anyway, but it would be nice to have it there when other people come over to play it.
It will all begin this used Operation Wolf cabinet that will have to be modified.
If all goes well, I will hopefully see this ending with a game cabinet running MAME and other emulators controlled most likely by a Maximus Arcade front end. A custom made control panel, and some custom cabinet artwork designed by my daughter.
The control panel goals for the moment are at least a 2 player station with a dedicated 4 way joystick for MS Pac Man for my wife and a trackball as well. I still can't decide on if I will install a spinner or not... I would only use it for Tempest, and I didn't really like that game that much anyway, but it would be nice to have it there when other people come over to play it.
My daughters Point of Sale project
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One daughter took a picture of our dog, and the other daughter used it for her point of sale project at school.
Elephants memory
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In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University. On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure. He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly. Probably wasn't the same elephant.
Vista Error
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The error I get when installing Vista Business on top of Vista Home Basic.
On the bright side, MS Support was very helpful and free!
Ponderous
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THREE THINGS TO PONDER
1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
THE CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq Why don't we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this: You cannot post "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery," and "Thou Shall Not Lie" in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians. It creates a hostile work environment.
