Wow! Some really progress has been made and its beginning to take shape. I'm really impressed in how easily everything has gone with only a few hiccups in "part 4" and how well everything has gone even though I have changed certain aspects of the original design. As you can see by the above picture I've got a spare bit of plexi-glass to start angling up my black border so the monitor will be unseen, I know what you're thinking, you can still see the monitor right? Well that's because if you are player 2 you would be unable to see certain parts of the screen if the border was any more enclosed, I have a fix for the yet to be unseen monitor which will be in the next article. But for now keep reading and check out some more pictures:

Weeeeee! I've now got my X-arcade stick all setup and ready for some classic arcade gaming after my brother picked it up from eBay. A fair amount has changed since the second article but not much that is noticeable. First off I went about measuring a shelve for the X-Arcade stick to sit on without sliding all over the place, this was fairly simple and was just a case of making to mounting pieces attached to each side of the unit then adding a bridge to work as the shelve. Keep reading to see what problems I encountered:

The retro PC has finally found its new home where it should be living for next so many years... So now that all the base pieces had been painted it was just a simple task of screwing everything together and enjoying the view, or was it? First of all I went about screwing in the back board into the baton frame on the right hand side, this was extremely difficult at keeping it straight as it was the first 2 pieces connecting and it was only myself with a slightly skewed piece of wood trying to keep everything in line. After taking me around 20 minutes to pilot drill and screw in 5 screws I thought this project is going to only get worse, but after getting it upright and chucking it into the corner of my living room I managed to get a fair amount of help from my wall to stop the unit from sliding around while I was trying to put the remaining 5 screws in. Continue reading to see some more pictures and how the rest of the build has gone so far.

As you can see from the image above some of the parts of the cabinet have all ready been cut with the marvelous skill of our woodwork technician at my workplace. I've not had all the pieces cut yet as I need to measure up how the cabinet will look once full built so I have the base parts which all need screwing together before I continue. The design has changed slightly to make it easier to create and move around my house, the main change is the side panels are 2 pieces of MDF glued together and held in place via a strut. Also some of the angles of cuts have been changed to give more space within the unit for cables and ventilation along with the roundness being remove to give a more retro feel. Keep reading to check out some more pictures and a wee mention about painting: