More progress on the Arcade!

Today was another big day on the arcade front. It wasn’t all perfect, but it’s in the category of “good enough for now.”

The big progress was getting the control layout finalized. I got it designed in Fusion 360, cut with the Shaper… only to realize that something on the cabinet wasn’t completely square and I didn’t have enough wiggle room to make it work.

Sure, it looks pretty good, but if. you look at the left side of the controls, there’s a bit of the front piece that’s being revealed. While it’s not completely square, you won’t be able to tell. It’s only 3/16” over nearly three feet.

I also got the speaker cutouts, well, cut out.

I’m just using 6x9” car speakers for the audio. They should sound pretty good.

Tomorrow: recut the control panel, but be more mindful about the order of operations this time. Live and learn!