ChanceKJ
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So, i've got this Joust upright sitting at home that a local Op converted to NeoGeo some 20 years ago. In fact, i have a Moon Patrol that went through the conversion as well. In an effort to convert both Williams cabinets back to their former glory, and to not just let the MVS parts go to waste, i've decided to build a new Joust body for the parts on the one cab. This will act as a NeoGeo MVS one slot for my collection, and i can put the Moon Patrol and Joust back to they way they were.
I've decided to cut the cabinet out of ¾" Pre-finished birch plywood, using the Joust plans on ClassicArcadeCabinets.com. The plans arn't perfect, but i hope to refine them a bit and resubmit them to the site to help others make better copies themselves.
We're using my buddy's shop, Cornel's World. Anyone who follows me or The Canadian Arcade on Youtube may recognize this place. www.CornelsWorld.com. Greg specializes in building custom Terrariums and a ton of wood working projects. He was also on the 7th Season of Dragon's Den with a successful pitch a few years back. Massive asset to the process for sure. I met Greg about 5 years ago when i was building my FLYNN's Arcade MAME cabinet and needed someone to CnC the side panels and Control panel top.
I couldn't get my Joust into the shop in time, so i decided to bring an old hacked up control panel and a Winslow speaker grill that i had laying around for reference. I've also decided to remove the lower coin door from the design. This is a home use cabinet. It will be painted Red/Black, and I had no needed for the added cost or time to add the lower cash box door. I'm having a hard enough time tracking down the lower marquee bracket for this build anyways.
We had a few screw-ups along the way, mainly in the settings of the tool path for the CnC, but we simply just tossed a new sheet down and kept going.
Here's a close up shot of the finish on the plywood. This will drastically speed up my finishing time when i go to paint the cabinet.
I've decided to cut the cabinet out of ¾" Pre-finished birch plywood, using the Joust plans on ClassicArcadeCabinets.com. The plans arn't perfect, but i hope to refine them a bit and resubmit them to the site to help others make better copies themselves.
We're using my buddy's shop, Cornel's World. Anyone who follows me or The Canadian Arcade on Youtube may recognize this place. www.CornelsWorld.com. Greg specializes in building custom Terrariums and a ton of wood working projects. He was also on the 7th Season of Dragon's Den with a successful pitch a few years back. Massive asset to the process for sure. I met Greg about 5 years ago when i was building my FLYNN's Arcade MAME cabinet and needed someone to CnC the side panels and Control panel top.
I couldn't get my Joust into the shop in time, so i decided to bring an old hacked up control panel and a Winslow speaker grill that i had laying around for reference. I've also decided to remove the lower coin door from the design. This is a home use cabinet. It will be painted Red/Black, and I had no needed for the added cost or time to add the lower cash box door. I'm having a hard enough time tracking down the lower marquee bracket for this build anyways.
We had a few screw-ups along the way, mainly in the settings of the tool path for the CnC, but we simply just tossed a new sheet down and kept going.
Here's a close up shot of the finish on the plywood. This will drastically speed up my finishing time when i go to paint the cabinet.
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