So I was keeping my eye out for a cheap project when I spotted a Fixed Odds Betting Terminal for sale just up the road from me for £100 on ebay. It had been converted into a Mame cab so I offered him £75 and he accepted
Its started out like a red version of this
Somebody had painted it black, with the screen bezel 3 different shades of silver, glued on a plastic CP, stuck a cheap Mame PC in and sold it on for £650! So when I picked it up it looked like this
Got it home, gutted it and threw out all shit inside I didnt need! All I left was the power supply, the 31k screen and the 2 speakers. All the following went in the bin
Leaving me with this
8 cans of refrigerator paint later and we had
Thought I would colour the bezel differently so it would stand out more
Printed the Marquee off on photo paper
Bought a Sheet of steel from a DIY store for the new CP
It was too thivk for my jigsaw so I had to end up hacksawing it out and filing it down
A guy off ebay printed out 2 sideart stickers for me for £10
I used some self adhesive vinyl to cover the CP and bought a few new buttons. Fortunately the sticks were Sanwa's anyway! Notice the custom dust guards
A sound amp, pad hack and VGA lead later and we have a nice new 360 cab to play Ikaruga, Blazblue and SSFIV on
Final Price
Cab - £75
Spray Paint - £55
Sideart and CPO - £11
Sheet of Steel for CP - £7
Buttons and Balltop - £20
Sound Amp - £7
Pad Hack - £30
Grand Total - £205 (Plus ive still got to actually buy SSFIV)
Its started out like a red version of this
Somebody had painted it black, with the screen bezel 3 different shades of silver, glued on a plastic CP, stuck a cheap Mame PC in and sold it on for £650! So when I picked it up it looked like this
Got it home, gutted it and threw out all shit inside I didnt need! All I left was the power supply, the 31k screen and the 2 speakers. All the following went in the bin
Leaving me with this
8 cans of refrigerator paint later and we had
Thought I would colour the bezel differently so it would stand out more
Printed the Marquee off on photo paper
Bought a Sheet of steel from a DIY store for the new CP
It was too thivk for my jigsaw so I had to end up hacksawing it out and filing it down
A guy off ebay printed out 2 sideart stickers for me for £10
I used some self adhesive vinyl to cover the CP and bought a few new buttons. Fortunately the sticks were Sanwa's anyway! Notice the custom dust guards
A sound amp, pad hack and VGA lead later and we have a nice new 360 cab to play Ikaruga, Blazblue and SSFIV on
Final Price
Cab - £75
Spray Paint - £55
Sideart and CPO - £11
Sheet of Steel for CP - £7
Buttons and Balltop - £20
Sound Amp - £7
Pad Hack - £30
Grand Total - £205 (Plus ive still got to actually buy SSFIV)