My interest in building a mame cabinet was kindled a few months back, when I found out that it was possible to build one, and I decided that it was time for me to have one of my own!

 The first thing I did was try to find an arcade cabinet.    I didn't want to build one due to the sheer number of hours that I would have to spend on it, (and I didn't have any tools), so I looked around and found one on Craigslist.  I contacted him, traded my dreamcast for it, and brought it home using my brothers truck!  Here is what it looked like when I first had it:

As you can see, there was going to be a lot of work to do!