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Wife- / Living-Room-Friendly Cocktail Cab
emphatic:
--- Quote from: piecesof8 on June 02, 2010, 07:43:36 pm ---I have a Logitech S220 speaker system that I'm going to stick in there, with the satellite speakers mounted behind those "grills" you can see in the photos. Not sure yet if I'm going to try to have an accessible hardware volume control, or maybe just use a software solution for that.
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I have this in both of my cabinets, very neat little system with just the right amount of bass to make the games "come alive". It comes with a small remote with volume control and a speaker muting headphone jack that should be really easy to hide under one of the edges of the "table".
piecesof8:
--- Quote from: emphatic on June 13, 2010, 11:15:29 am ---I have this in both of my cabinets, very neat little system with just the right amount of bass to make the games "come alive". It comes with a small remote with volume control and a speaker muting headphone jack that should be really easy to hide under one of the edges of the "table".
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That's good to know - I actually haven't even taken that out of its box yet. Now that I think about it, I think it may have been one of your posts that made me buy that. :)
MameMaster!:
Sorry I just noticed your question around how I fastened the top-- actually I used the industrial velcro. It isn't the best solution-- but it works like a charm.
piecesof8:
Wow, my progress really slowed to a halt after that first post, huh? I need another holiday weekend! I did finally get the top panel on.
Attaching the piece that Arcade Depot provided to connect the rear hinged panel to the top panel. I used glue here in addition to the provided screws.
Just a little extra room to add some extra reinforcement:
Attached each of my monitor spacers with glue and three big wood screws.
A preview of what the monitor will look like when mounted. Don't worry, it's still got a sheet of plastic on it for protection - it doesn't really look all hazy like that. :)
Flipped it over, lined it up, and pre-drilled the screw holes to attach the monitor mount to the spacers.
Lined up the top panel just right, clamped it down, and screwed it in place.
Used that little bit of extra space to add some small shelf brackets for some extra support when opening it up.
Don't think I'm gonna stick the monitor in there just yet - I have a feeling that gaping hole in the top may come in handy for some of the things I have yet to do. :)
piecesof8:
Slow and not-so-steady progress here, but I'm getting there in spurts... Received my order from Groovy Game Gear this week, so I couldn't resist playing with my shiny new toys!
Attached the supports for the vertical CPs - I think this was my final bit of gluing left to be done! (With the exception of some hot glue here and there, I'm sure.)
Started filling all those holes with my new buttons and spinners from GGG, then applied my vinyl labels from Pongo to the coin, player, and admin buttons.
Hmm, something's conspicuously missing from those pics... Gonna have to send some funds divemaster's way and see if we can't remedy that. :)
I got micro-leaf switches for all the action buttons, and the standard "soft touch" switches for the coin, player, and admin buttons. I must say, the standard switches that GGG offers live up to their name - I really don't notice that much of a difference in feel between those and the micro-leafs. The micro-leafs are noticeably quieter, though.