Control interface used is the IPAC: www.ultimarc.com I also bought the T-Stick joysticks there. They let you switch from 4-way to 8-way, and are great quality.

http://www.doughansen.net/arcade/spinner.htm is the website that I used to make my home made spinner.

The control panel overlay is simply 3 sheets for the upper level, and 3 sheets for the main panel printed on my Epson 740 and taped together. It is sandwiched between the particle board panel and a sheet of plexiglass. The graphic I used was resized and flipped - it came from this site: www.robboweb.com/mamecab/.
The marquee image came from the same site, and I had it printed from this site: http://www.emdkay.net/ - great quality and price. I highly reccomend them!

The larger section of the control panel is removable. I have secured it using two metal braces in the back that just keep the panel from lifting - and two angle braces in the front that secure with screws that mount from underneath. The small upper section is permanently mounted, and contains 1 and 2 player start plus 4 other buttons. These are: ESCAPE/PAGE UP, PAUSE/PAGE DOWN, TAB/TILDE(`) and ENTER/F3.

My goal is to run the games in their native resolution using a scan converter and custom resolutions from the video card. See this page for more details: www.trouble-makers.com/kami/emulation/main.html.

Still to do: figure a way to mount plexi in front of the TV, get a video card that will let me play with custom resolutions.

Click on images for bigger pics: Here is the up to date picture of the cabinet taken on 3-24-2004. The only things needed are plexi over the TV, and possibly a back door. Of course a little software tweeking wouldn't hurt either. I'm still trying to decide which front-end I like best. I have also not played around with custom resolutions like I mentioned above. CONSTRUCTION:   Getting the general idea. First dry run of IPac and coin door. The coin door had a circular hole covered by a piece of metal right between the coin slots. I bought a button that fit perfectly in the hole, and wired it up to give credits. I still have the plug, so it can be returned to stock if wanted. Permanent and removable control panel - first generation shown. Starting to take shape. You can see the 2x2's I used instead of the metal L-Brackets that the plans called for. The cabinet is VERY sturdy. Trial fit of control panel and coin door. Really looking like a cabinet, glad that the TV fit perfectly. After semi-gloss paint, but before T-molding and side laminate. Control panel graphics on first generation control panel. Nearly there, MAME up and running. PC and amplifier to the right of the cabinet. The PC is set up to boot on power up, so all you have to do to turn the whole machine on is press the button on the power strip. Then after exiting Windows, you just press the button again to power everything off. I changed the Windows98 power off screen to display "It is now safe to turn off your arcade." Back interior view before PC install. Note: the plans did not include a back door. I never got around to making one, but figured that the extra cooling would be good for it. Looking pretty good - no monitor bezel yet. Generation 2 control panel with switchable 4/8 way sticks, and 6 buttons per side. Coin door with hand made channel to direct coins - coin mechs not needed. You can coin up with any size coin, press the red button on the front of the coin door (removable if not wanted) or use P1 start and P1 button 1 (configured through IPAC). Coin bucket and pc - I may take the PC out of it's case and mount the components to the cabinet to save weight. Marquee light and speakers. Detail of removable panel. The panel is connected by a 25 pin connector from Radio Shack. When more panels are made, you connect all the wires to a new connector. Then to swap panels it's just 2 screws and one connector to remove/install a different panel. Removable panel removed. You can see the wireless mouse (just used it because I had it lying around) and the remote control for the TV. Detail of construction - 2x2's used instead of metal L-brackets for strength. Detail of construction, also power strip, amplifier and coin bucket. This is the current main control panel. The joysticks are 4/8 way switchable, and the spinner knob is made out of hard drive and mouse parts. The main mouse is connected via the serial port and the spinner mouse is connected to the PS/2 mouse port. They both work at the same time in Win98. Here you can see the keyboard tray pulled out. Through the opening on the left side you can see the top of the PC.