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MAME Part 3: Mounting the TV, Buttons, Trackball, Coin Door and Speakers!

Monday, November 19th, 2007 – running time 09:58
Buttons! Trackball! TV! Coin Door! Speakers! Our arcade sized MAME case is on track. We've got template help for the buttons... and tips on not getting shocked by the TV!

Buttons! Trackball! TV! Coin Door! Speakers!

The biggest change from our last episode was mounting the TV in our MAME case. You don''t have to take the TV out of the case, but David was looking for a more traditional feel for our cabinet.

So, in case you follow our example, we'll show you which part of the TV tube you'd better not touch!

Buttons took more time... we'd already built the mount for our TV. The buttons required a template and a lot of time drilling holes with a spade bit.

The template saved us a lot of time measuring... David mocked it up in Visio, printed it out and taped it to the deck. Next: he drilled right thru it with the appropriate sized bit. (We'll show you how he got the trackball installed on the show, too!)

Yes, you can have a copy of the button template David drew up.

And if you're wondering where David got the pushbuttons, joysticks, trackball, and coin door check out his fave source for arcade parts: HAPP.

Finally... the speakers and coin door. Patrick made a template for the speakers (we're recycling a computer speaker set) by taking a rubbing off one of the speakers, doing some measuring, and grabbing the case of hole saws, drilling holes, and gluing the speakers in place w/ a mess of silicone caulk. (Your standard household variety worked just fine.)

On a happy note, this is the last of the woodworking for the MAME arcade machine... next up, wiring the buttons, getting the MAME machine configured. Our resident UNIX maven, Brendan, is back to help us with that.

Want to play along at home? David has put together a PDF file with a drawing of our case, along with all the dimensions, tools and supplies!

We did the basic woodworking in Systm Episode 24.

In Systm Episode 25 we talked about the finer points of cutting vent holes, plastic wood (for filling in holes and cracks) and sanding. Lots and lots of sanding.

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" Is that that a system has brought you by virgin America airlines. Netflix and trade pub dot com. On an episode 26 insist. Maybe candidate part three. Buttons button slingbox quite a big addition the monitor monitor certain take form and speakers speakers and the buttons in the button which we start."

" Well basically let's start with the buttons and it -- in the simplest sense the buttons are all one and 18 inch wide holes. When you're dealing with India. The -- all the holes -- a little bit rough yet but. He's had a bit and that makes good quick work. Really see these are dirt cheap to really nice it keeps that's like 89 bucks -- much easier to use been saved a whole fall much easier than a whole song. Now if you were really clean polling done by a little more expensive setup -- worsen their beds. However it's gonna take a little bit longer. I like the idea of using peddle bits for the actual holes buttons because they have a little bit to cover opinion stakes. Forster bits for plastics. Got a lot lot better look a little more work a little less."

" Work to deal with. So for the speakers up music template much like the template that -- was destroyed in the creation of -- here she basically did you --"

" Mine is that in the -- isolated mountain complex and lock them out and video. The new measurements and all that is -- amount I was bitten by just putting dots off on the where I -- to buttons to go with the necessity. What they have those. You know as a pediatric way to download on the web sites. The things you didn't."

" They print about. And you basically pasted them or in this case duct tape them. Up on the panel upon panel and I just drill straight through the paper so I didn't really have anything to work with so -- took our computer speakers for recycling for this. Help the paper over it dual sort of grave stones rubbing -- I think we'll let gave me this basically the size of the speakers I knew what. Also size you can use and then. He directly in the photo copying machine. -- mark my senator picked him up there and got out the fabulous -- laws. And it actually sounds pretty pathetic people also -- for an --"

" Another -- one is that. The joystick in the buttons those easily amount through one and one -- So they're not that difficult. However the hard one as the track ball yet and the point or. And basically what we did is we manage this will stop signs vinyl. Octagon hasn't worked. And that matches the holes on the back. --"

" Latitude and lot of screwing them a lot of assembly basically there is. We're gonna talk about the wiring until next week but this could it was an hour -- and all probably almost two hours to get all drilling done in some all the buttons back here. The Jewish things were kind of a traumatic. Took two people individually six yeah exactly now the box to the bottom but yes that's her right over the hole that makes it very difficult to do I don't is. Does it right. Now. Probably the most dangerous thing we did this week was announcing the television that you basically. Stripped television -- the case -- to tell us you don't have to do this. Because it's safer if you don't take intelligent advocates but as mister -- what else more authentic. To remove the television do from the case. If people who like that around it is an used to seeing this kind of behind a sheet of plexiglass. This kind of covered in black with the game play instruction all around. Wrestling this into the we had to cut off for one corner -- the fitted inside the case yeah that was that was ever parts creativity and you'll notice that I think it close look at view is that these -- transformer that I'm pointing --"

" The clock back an area that there there's this big giant suction cup on the top of the TV don't touch either one of those those of -- They won't hurt you now here's the thing flap back don't tell us whether that that but the underside of the board don't expect -- points are just as dangerous. --"

" Feel free. To leave the to be inside the case and for all those you are leaping to your email and you want to tell us that we couldn't you know taking the charge out of the -- with. We're not gonna teach people how to do that. Basically it's too dangerous and you know I I don't want people show me and help me and I don't -- much times and every single time still scares me. Who's been here twelve screws holding ascend to basically you -- of the television from the original mounting points that -- the design of the case into a sheet of India. Threat that we physically -- India mounted by the back. Correct this is a structural this is just here because I don't wanted to keep the board. Close to the TV -- when disconnecting you this stuff one last time since we're back here. This is dangerous that's dangerous that's dangerous that's dangerous don't touch. Don't leave it where your dog -- let it. Wow look horrible and it's."

" Like what the system -- a brief word from the folks think he's on the net. Virgin America is -- next generation domestic airlines serving as a vote JFK LAX Las Vegas and Washington DC -- loaded airplane featuring nine inch touch screen entertainment systems that every single seat. Like San Diego or on sale now and start applying for a 122008. -- virgin America dot com without. Place you can read over 75000. Titles online including a lot of HD dvd and Blu-ray titles with free shipping both ways to your home. They now have over forty shipping centers so almost all the -- is happening just one business day. That -- plans start from 499. As a new member you can get -- no -- two week free trial membership you check it out at www. Netflix dot com. Slash system. That's SY ST yeah."

" I'd like a free trial subscription doctor -- journal even software magazine -- information week Internet telephony sell goods they've got a ton of free trials it straight from dot com and not just -- And a dvd or all completely free it's just a Dutch trade post dot com."

" We're gonna given the forest recited Q -- scandal for me to say when using the gravity knocked on the direction of the spinning bit. There's resulting claiming a bad thing you remember those horrible sort of first couple lines I did. But it has stated basically that going right to left which is clockwise into the -- it tends to make you want to pull away from the thing you're holding it up against. You go. Right to left and no left or right is clockwise to cause climb away -- you right to left. It's gonna naturally pull it into your form. Now if the foremost above the route or the guy was above the routers. Then left or right would work because it would pull it into the died miscue a pull the Robert into the guy by taking advantage of the rotational. Direction of the -- So I should've gone right to left and."

" We're reminding me. Down that."

" First read this one which might mean you're mr. -- fiction about four gallons of Fonda -- on -- tell -- You think. We have -- over here actually gibberish. Hue and answer. They wanted to make a point about the rest respirator leaving he's the kind of paper mask. And those are okay we were you -- through them you know constant. Cheek and mouth but that they they point out it's like 2030 dollar respirators are much better off with India because that is fine. And out."

" I mean this is good for standing -- us fiberglass drywall dust meets OSHA and naive -- and 95 requirements. And but -- these we get credit up and we swapped out professional on. Because I think that the 400 pack."

" Every other quick thing about every good 1520 minutes. But all you can. Virus Greta that's about right -- maybe forty bucks for a good one yet. A lot cheaper than spending six months your life waiting for lung transplant and learning how to breathe again in the whole thing in the organ transplants. There. Goliath 553 says hey what do you guys who with the main cabin and after you completed AKA whose house who resigned in. -- I say they judge them how to back really doesn't want to leave the building so it's understandable I think I think in the kitchen. The kitchen the kitchen okay so like yeah people play and you -- queen doors were charged for it believes that violent."

" We may end up with a headphone Jack on it to the people and planet with the audio about driving me insane since my cubicle right next in the kitchen. I'm big announcement in terms of the main cabinetry. No more wood working after this episode. So next week we've got -- friends going to come on."

" British Cucamonga most of the show and he's gonna talk about the software he's done some crazy stuff. He couldn't really decide on an operating system. "

" Is it -- next. Door when you take could decided he couldn't decide on what distribution of one explorer could decide whether do clinics or windows or OS-X or -- year."

" You could decide across multiple versions of it though I think he's working on a solution handle that problem -- well interest and I got a lot of good stuff has to be a lot more than just save -- mean and drive. Business -- that you tie it in the quarter slot through ten -- thought it powerful that it can take care of all the buttons and a track ball router but we'll learn how has the look all the stuff. And we'll talk about -- according to odors and we'll talk about it but options and we'll talk about quality kind of electronics that make network. So wiring in -- configuration come up in the next episode of system. I outside the system after this -- dot com and located all globally doesn't show notes."

" Is that that a system has brought you by virgin America airlines. Netflix and trade pub dot com. On an episode 26 insist. Maybe candidate part three. Buttons button slingbox quite a big addition the monitor monitor certain take form and speakers speakers and the buttons in the button which we start."

" Well basically let's start with the buttons and it -- in the simplest sense the buttons are all one and 18 inch wide holes. When you're dealing with India. The -- all the holes -- a little bit rough yet but. He's had a bit and that makes good quick work. Really see these are dirt cheap to really nice it keeps that's like 89 bucks -- much easier to use been saved a whole fall much easier than a whole song. Now if you were really clean polling done by a little more expensive setup -- worsen their beds. However it's gonna take a little bit longer. I like the idea of using peddle bits for the actual holes buttons because they have a little bit to cover opinion stakes. Forster bits for plastics. Got a lot lot better look a little more work a little less."

" Work to deal with. So for the speakers up music template much like the template that -- was destroyed in the creation of -- here she basically did you --"

" Mine is that in the -- isolated mountain complex and lock them out and video. The new measurements and all that is -- amount I was bitten by just putting dots off on the where I -- to buttons to go with the necessity. What they have those. You know as a pediatric way to download on the web sites. The things you didn't."

" They print about. And you basically pasted them or in this case duct tape them. Up on the panel upon panel and I just drill straight through the paper so I didn't really have anything to work with so -- took our computer speakers for recycling for this. Help the paper over it dual sort of grave stones rubbing -- I think we'll let gave me this basically the size of the speakers I knew what. Also size you can use and then. He directly in the photo copying machine. -- mark my senator picked him up there and got out the fabulous -- laws. And it actually sounds pretty pathetic people also -- for an --"

" Another -- one is that. The joystick in the buttons those easily amount through one and one -- So they're not that difficult. However the hard one as the track ball yet and the point or. And basically what we did is we manage this will stop signs vinyl. Octagon hasn't worked. And that matches the holes on the back. --"

" Latitude and lot of screwing them a lot of assembly basically there is. We're gonna talk about the wiring until next week but this could it was an hour -- and all probably almost two hours to get all drilling done in some all the buttons back here. The Jewish things were kind of a traumatic. Took two people individually six yeah exactly now the box to the bottom but yes that's her right over the hole that makes it very difficult to do I don't is. Does it right. Now. Probably the most dangerous thing we did this week was announcing the television that you basically. Stripped television -- the case -- to tell us you don't have to do this. Because it's safer if you don't take intelligent advocates but as mister -- what else more authentic. To remove the television do from the case. If people who like that around it is an used to seeing this kind of behind a sheet of plexiglass. This kind of covered in black with the game play instruction all around. Wrestling this into the we had to cut off for one corner -- the fitted inside the case yeah that was that was ever parts creativity and you'll notice that I think it close look at view is that these -- transformer that I'm pointing --"

" The clock back an area that there there's this big giant suction cup on the top of the TV don't touch either one of those those of -- They won't hurt you now here's the thing flap back don't tell us whether that that but the underside of the board don't expect -- points are just as dangerous. --"

" Feel free. To leave the to be inside the case and for all those you are leaping to your email and you want to tell us that we couldn't you know taking the charge out of the -- with. We're not gonna teach people how to do that. Basically it's too dangerous and you know I I don't want people show me and help me and I don't -- much times and every single time still scares me. Who's been here twelve screws holding ascend to basically you -- of the television from the original mounting points that -- the design of the case into a sheet of India. Threat that we physically -- India mounted by the back. Correct this is a structural this is just here because I don't wanted to keep the board. Close to the TV -- when disconnecting you this stuff one last time since we're back here. This is dangerous that's dangerous that's dangerous that's dangerous don't touch. Don't leave it where your dog -- let it. Wow look horrible and it's."

" Like what the system -- a brief word from the folks think he's on the net. Virgin America is -- next generation domestic airlines serving as a vote JFK LAX Las Vegas and Washington DC -- loaded airplane featuring nine inch touch screen entertainment systems that every single seat. Like San Diego or on sale now and start applying for a 122008. -- virgin America dot com without. Place you can read over 75000. Titles online including a lot of HD dvd and Blu-ray titles with free shipping both ways to your home. They now have over forty shipping centers so almost all the -- is happening just one business day. That -- plans start from 499. As a new member you can get -- no -- two week free trial membership you check it out at www. Netflix dot com. Slash system. That's SY ST yeah."

" I'd like a free trial subscription doctor -- journal even software magazine -- information week Internet telephony sell goods they've got a ton of free trials it straight from dot com and not just -- And a dvd or all completely free it's just a Dutch trade post dot com."

" We're gonna given the forest recited Q -- scandal for me to say when using the gravity knocked on the direction of the spinning bit. There's resulting claiming a bad thing you remember those horrible sort of first couple lines I did. But it has stated basically that going right to left which is clockwise into the -- it tends to make you want to pull away from the thing you're holding it up against. You go. Right to left and no left or right is clockwise to cause climb away -- you right to left. It's gonna naturally pull it into your form. Now if the foremost above the route or the guy was above the routers. Then left or right would work because it would pull it into the died miscue a pull the Robert into the guy by taking advantage of the rotational. Direction of the -- So I should've gone right to left and."

" We're reminding me. Down that."

" First read this one which might mean you're mr. -- fiction about four gallons of Fonda -- on -- tell -- You think. We have -- over here actually gibberish. Hue and answer. They wanted to make a point about the rest respirator leaving he's the kind of paper mask. And those are okay we were you -- through them you know constant. Cheek and mouth but that they they point out it's like 2030 dollar respirators are much better off with India because that is fine. And out."

" I mean this is good for standing -- us fiberglass drywall dust meets OSHA and naive -- and 95 requirements. And but -- these we get credit up and we swapped out professional on. Because I think that the 400 pack."

" Every other quick thing about every good 1520 minutes. But all you can. Virus Greta that's about right -- maybe forty bucks for a good one yet. A lot cheaper than spending six months your life waiting for lung transplant and learning how to breathe again in the whole thing in the organ transplants. There. Goliath 553 says hey what do you guys who with the main cabin and after you completed AKA whose house who resigned in. -- I say they judge them how to back really doesn't want to leave the building so it's understandable I think I think in the kitchen. The kitchen the kitchen okay so like yeah people play and you -- queen doors were charged for it believes that violent."

" We may end up with a headphone Jack on it to the people and planet with the audio about driving me insane since my cubicle right next in the kitchen. I'm big announcement in terms of the main cabinetry. No more wood working after this episode. So next week we've got -- friends going to come on."

" British Cucamonga most of the show and he's gonna talk about the software he's done some crazy stuff. He couldn't really decide on an operating system. "

" Is it -- next. Door when you take could decided he couldn't decide on what distribution of one explorer could decide whether do clinics or windows or OS-X or -- year."

" You could decide across multiple versions of it though I think he's working on a solution handle that problem -- well interest and I got a lot of good stuff has to be a lot more than just save -- mean and drive. Business -- that you tie it in the quarter slot through ten -- thought it powerful that it can take care of all the buttons and a track ball router but we'll learn how has the look all the stuff. And we'll talk about -- according to odors and we'll talk about it but options and we'll talk about quality kind of electronics that make network. So wiring in -- configuration come up in the next episode of system. I outside the system after this -- dot com and located all globally doesn't show notes."