The Game is On!
We are getting very close to being done! Lots of things have happened since the kids got out of school… My second youngest made me promise we would get the […]
The Glass Menagerie
Like the Tennessee Williams play, this is a story of hope and implied promise broken like a little glass unicorn (or in this case a really big piece of tempered […]
The Case of the DeCase
Finally finished the computer decasing and modding project. Just to remind everyone… decided to decase the computer and mount on an open plane case. Then decided that the power supply […]
The Show Can Go On
Finished and installed the monitor glass mounts today. Once all the mounts were cut and fitted they got a coat of black paint except for the tab that fits in […]
Holding up the Show
We started working on the mounts to hold the monitor glass as well as the admin panel and the speaker grill. There are slots cut into the sides to hold […]
Power to the Players
Continuing the modding of the Cowboy Arcade computer… Decided to paint the optical drive orange too: The new fans came in… So I got them mounted: and then plugged things […]
Orange Power
We decided to decase the MAME computer. The tower case is bulky and there is not a good way to afix it to the arcade cabinet so that it won’t […]
Cowboy Up!
Side art is such a critical part of the arcade look. Simple or complex, classic or modern, each game’s graphics are a part of the total experience. When we were […]
Button, Button, who has the Button?
I do. six of them in fact. Got the vinyl icons for the admin buttons from Troy Robinson, and they look fantastic. When I designed and drilled the admin panel […]
The Devil is in the Admin Details
The plan for admin functions and other necessary items has changed several times over the last couple years. However, once the cabinet was cut and assembled it became much harder […]