I'm in the process at the moment (have been for the past eight months or so) of building from scratch a cocktail table for various emulators. Having no wood or metalworking experience beyond grade 8 has been downright crippling - but the beast nears completion anyway. I can't wait to get to the wiring and PC installation stage, where at least I am on familiar ground.
Since I'm too lazy to post up much info here, I'll just link to the
thread on the Build Your Own Arcade Controls (BYOAC) forum.
Anybody else ever done something like this, or own your own cabinets / pinballs?