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Repurpose furniture at right height for lightweight stand-up MAME machine?
alfonzotan:
Before I wound up building my cab from scratch (which was not as difficult as I thought it would be, although it was a lot of work), I had the same thoughts. Ran across a corner desk in a thrift shop similar to the one below, and picked it up in anticipation of doing what you're talking about here.
If I'd have kept with that plan, I'd have put on panels to cover the front and sides, a marquee on the top (the one I got--for $10--was taller and more "arcade proportioned" than the one in the picture), but you get the basic idea... control panel on the main desk, LCD monitor suspended at eye level behind a bezel, etc.
Would have been an interesting project, but I don't regret passing on it...
alfonzotan:
... stupid "quote" button...
Donkbaca:
Never saw one that didn't look like grabage IMHO. No matter what you do to it, it would always look like a workstation desk with a bunch of crap stuck to it. Why would you use one as a "frame" and then put panels on it? Adding 1x2 batting to cut panels is the easiest part of a build
BadMouth:
I thought this one was pretty clever (if you can make it out through the whirling camera):
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=107277.0
He did have to drill holes for the buttons/joysticks and wire them.
Vigo:
My recommendation to the cabinet building skiddish is to find a buddy with some power tools and pay him a case of beer to cut out a simple cabinet design.