I finally started…

It might seem like I only started today, but I’ve been busy with the arcade for a few weeks now.

 I’ll just sum up everything I need to complete my Arcade:
- Wood
- Paint
- screws, glue etc.
- Lights
- Sound
- Pop’n Music Buttons with PS1 circuit board etc.
- a PS2
- TV

The first thing I did was making a complete 3d-model of the cabinet.
It would give me a good idea what it will be looking like, and how big it will be.
After some fine tuning (Made it way too big at first) it looked like this:

(Yes, it looks like crap. But I only made it to give me some idea what it would look like)

Since I already made a Pop’n Music ASC, I already had all the stuff I needed to control the game.
(Believe me, it took me a lot of time to find an old,”not-sony-brand”,”no-analog” PS1 controller, which is needed to make it work correctly)

After this I went for some Audio shopping.
To make my Arcade to be heard, I spent roughly €400 on my Sound installation.
This includes:
- VX200 Amplifier by JBSystems
- 2x 3-way audio filter
- 2x Sub woofer (200Watt, 91dB)
- 2x Mid-range speaker (100Watt, 90dB)
- 2x High-range speaker (100Watt, 90dB)
- Light organ (Makes the lights react to the music)

I also needed something to see what game I was playing, so i bought a second hand TV ( €40)

After that it was quite for a while, but last Saturday I finally went shopping for wood, and I could finally begin building

The first thing I did was make blueprints out of my 3d-model I made.
Almost all the wood was cut for my by the guy at the DIY-shop, but both sides of the Cabinet are one complete piece and oddly shaped, so I had to cut those out myself.

On one of the big wooden planks, I drew the outline for the left side of the cabinet.

After I saw it out and shaved it, I attached it to the second wooden plank using frame clamps and I drew the outline for the right side. Saw it out, and shaved it.

Tomorrow I’ll be working on the “button-board”, and from what I remember of my Pop’n Music ASC it’ll cost me a few hours….