Talk about your weekend of FUN! Well I amazed myself the project is 95% completed. This week was a lot of labor work on cutting the Formica down and finishing the control panel. Not too much was purchased this week it was mainly a lot of hard work. I don't believe I will be posting anymore week updates but maybe in a few weeks I will publish one last page with before and after shots with the final machine I think the only thing left is to add some more decals.

The Naked Arcade Machine. I had to pull everything out of the arcade box so that I could put the Formica on the sides as well as add the new control panel.
I added two things here. To the left of the first coin drop is a volume control so users can control the volume and the red button below that is a simulated coin drop button so you don't have to insert a coin (Hey man now I won't get paid). However the coin drops do work for those that want the feeling of the real deal (no you can't have your money back)!
This was another one of my brilliant ideas. Since I couldn't put Formica on the sides because of these Carriage Bolts I switched them with a flush wood Screw lock. I had to do 6 pairs. This allowed me to put the Formica on the sides.
Here I removed the Computer out of the case to replace the NBA JAM PCB Board. I mounted it onto the board used inside the machine. It fits perfectly inside the arcade machine.
Didn't make too many purchases this week. I needed Screws & Tools bits for the Formica and to replace the carriage nuts $ 11.00
Phase II COMPLETE!!!! Here is the new Control Panel all finished!! The MAME sticker $5.00 on the center of the control panel I found from: http://www.decalsandthings.com