Speaker Construction

Control Panel

Control Panel 2

Base Construction

Side Construction

Speaker Attachments

Painting

Final Construction

Price/Cost/Materials List

All prices include shipping

Bob Roberts:

$20.00 - 2 – Super Happ 8-way joysticks

$10.00 - 1 – Ultimate Happ 4-way Joystick

$22.00 - 14 – Blue buttons with cherry microswitches

$4.50 - 3 – red buttons with cherry microswitches

$3.00 - 2 – black buttons with cherry microswitches

$3.00 - 2 – players 1&2 buttons with cherry microswitches

$6.00 - 4 – yellow buttons with cherry microswitches

$8.00 - 10 different colored 10’ spools of Wire

$76.50 total

Home Depot:

$21.00 - 1 – 4’*8’*3/4" MDF

$5.00 - 3M Spray adhesive for control panel overlay

$2.70 - 12 – 10*24 T-nuts

$2.50 - 2 Rubber Bungee cords for speakers

$2.70 - #8 bolts + nuts + screws for control panel mounting brackets

$3.60 - 1 – Bag each of #10*24 washers, lock washers, bolts/nuts (3 bags)

$20.00 - 1 – Gallon of Black Satin water based Latex Paint

$5.00 - 1 – Quart of Oil based Killz Primer

$8.00 - 4 – Casters (each wheel supports 200lbs, non-locking)

$3.00 - 1 – box of 1 ¼” drywall screws

$17.00 - 25 – 4’ Garden stakes for ledger to hold the cabinet together (I only used 13)

$1.75 – 1 - Black Caulk

$3.00 – 1 can - Black Spray Paint (for marquee retainer)

$3.00 – 1 small tub - Wood putty

$80.00 – 2 – 4’*8’ Sheets of ¾” Maple Finish grade plywood

$7.26 - 1 – sheet of 1/8” lexan cut in half to sandwich marquee

$1.50 – 5 ft - Chain for holding CP open (double Jacob I believe it’s called?)

$6.00 – 1 - Piano hinge

$5.00 - 1 box - .187 female quick disconnects

$3.00 – 1 – multigrit sandpaper med to fine

$7.00 – Flourescent Light for Marquee

$2.80 – 1 2*4 for caster support

$5.80 – Bolts, nuts, lock washers for casters

$4.00 - 2 Low-nap rollers

$220.61

Other:

$55.00 - 1 – CPO Overlay ($45) from mamemarquees with cutout template ($10)

$30.00 - 1 – 2.25” trackball with mounting plate ($14) from Ultimarc

$43.00 - 1 – I-pac 2 from Ultimarc

$45.00 - 1 – Optipac from Ultimarc

$230 - 1 – Toshiba 27A33 27” TV from Target (auto on after power loss)

$16.00 - 1 – 1/16” slot cutter for router from Coastal

$30.00 - 50 – feet of T-molding from t-molding.com

$30.00 - 1 – 27” bezel from the ripoffs at happcontrols

$25.00 – 1 - Smart Strip surge protector (turns all items on/off when computer is turned on/off)

$45.00 - 1 – sheet of tinted glass for in front of monitor

$25.00 – 1 – Creative labs speakers with subwoofer

$574.00

TOTAL - $871.11 including TV, not including computer stuff. 

Things I already had:

$75 – A computer. I only had to buy a cheap radeon 7200 card with S-video out, 1 case with power supply ,and a 30GB hard drive ($75 for the stuff I had to buy). Everything else, I had.

$WAY too much - ALL tools not listed above (router, drills, bits, table saw, router table, circular saw, jigsaw, drill bits, blades, router bits, soldering iron, solder, crimper , rollers, brushes, etc…etc…)

$1-$2 – I’m printing my own marquee for now. It’s temporary unless it looks good enough

$ – wall molding for hanging ceiling tiles painted black, bent, and used for marquee retainer