Here's some good news for our fighting boys overseas. The wonderful folks at the Sega Corporation have developed a thin plastic material that can't be destroyed by conventional weapons. They were also good enough to coat both sides of my arcade with this substance just incase it was hit by some stray artillery shell.

With the wiring in a good place, I wanted to focus on the cabinet. I spent the first part of this weekend designing a wood frame for the arcade control panel. Next it was time to sand the body. After some initial tests with various types of sandpaper I wasn't making a dent in the plastic laminate. Time to break out the big guns...



I busted out my angle grinder and attached a circular steel wire brush head. After four hours I was able to remove all the laminate from one side and annoy about fifteen neighbors. I hadn't anticipated this step taking as long as it had and my plan of having the second control panel completed this weekend had to be scrapped. Hopefully I can make the most of the upcoming long weekend and get the control panel set.