Do you have 27 years of arcade working through you sinuses?

Looking good!

Same here, but no matter what, you get the smell.

Just make sure you have real oil based kilz

That's a good spot for some thin superglue. It'll wick right in.

Looking good!

If you're going this route, you can paint the base and cabinet interior different colors for a good contrast without any masking. Then assemble when the paint is dry.

Dry assemble the whole thing so you have all of your screw holes complete before painting.

I'm confused. If you made a new bottom for the machine, why are you making an adapter plate and not sizing it correctly for the speaker?

You can't beat a router

Align what the eye sees first.

Not really. Only if they're damaged.

I cleaned mine up. Still have the sticker on it. IMG_20190814_203225 (resized).jpg