The guitar case I used for this project came with a nice velvet lining for a guitar, which I immediately tore out. No need for that with my plans and I needed as much space as possible.
I scraped off the glue that was holding the lining and cleaned up the wood.
The case's wood was pretty thin for arcade controls, and I was concerned with how it might flex when playing so I decided to glue in a piece of 1/2" thick MDF that I cut to fit. I also cut a hole for a trackball using a layout I worked up for all the controls. More on that later.
I finished off the MDF insert with some hot glue in the corners and around the edges.
I put some drywall sealant on the wood to cover up some of the glue that didn't scrape off very well and reduce splintering.
I worked up this layout and had it printed at a local print shop at scale, roughly 2' x 4'. I incorporated the button and joystick positioning found on slagcoin.com, which was essential to getting the spacing right.
I could have just put the print out on top and marked the drill spots, but I decided to work from the inside out so I flipped over the printout and marked the underside of the case top.
I used an automatic punch to set the drill points.
I then marked each point with a marker, including some notes on the MDF to make sure I didn't drill the wrong sized hole by mistake.
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