Posted by Lilwolf on 30, 2001 at 8:43 PM:
In Reply to: Free/Cheap Cabinet (gutted) needed in Chicago Area posted by Kelly R. Johnson on 30, 2001 at 7:39 PM:
Theres a bunch of people on this board in MI area (6 hour drive or so). You might find someone around there with some extra cabs.
Theres bunch of tips around on the board. Contacting all the local arcade chains are the best in my opinion. You will get a more used cabinet, but they are usually cheap if not free. Especially if you continue to talk to the people. (I have two cabinets locally a month after I bought one on ebay and spend 400 bucks! should have pushed the local aspect more)
Last, some nice free cabinet plans around. If you want great quality, you can't go wrong here (unless your carpentry skills suck of course). But any cabinet you get will be eaten away a little in corners, have burn marks ect.
good luck.
(quick note, I would build my own if I had it all over to do. But that was when I ripped everything out, I realized how little I kept, it would have been fun to build it all 100% by myself)