Getting ready to build...

Apparently; it's harder than it looks to measure out dimensions accurately! It took me a good couple of hours to get the monitor mount and monitor cover dimensions chalked up. I won't be doing anything else until Saturday now, when I'll template the control panel. After which time, I'm waiting on the graces of my neighbour who just so happens to be a builder, so has all the right tools and experience required for the build to go ahead as planned, but this is what happens when I'm left to my own devices on a public holiday...

I also measured up for the new flourecent as the last one (that wasn't known to be working or not) suffered what I could only describe as catastrophic failure, which is to say: After removing it from the arcade, I set it down behind me, completely forgot about it whilst tidying up the inside, stepped backwards and BOOM! Catastrophic failure! On the bright side, the new one is 25w more efficient than the former one, so at least it's better for the environment.

That's all for now. I'll take more photo's and go through what else I've done as I progress with the help of my good friends and neighbours.