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79fatcat:
Hi Folks,

Been lurking on here for a few years (built my first machine from the info provided on here) and am currently starting up a new driving arcade project. I've looked on here and thewayiplay for inspiration on what type of machine to construct and have finally settled on an arcade style machine rather than a racing pod. The only problem being that I had no plans to work off of when I was designing. Fortunately, I was able to find the google sketchup plans by Gozer and used that as a starting point. I think it was sheer dumb luck that my plans actually came pretty close to the sketch that BadMouth had made in their thread.

The projects I've seen on here are very impressive and I'm seeing if I can put together a machine on the semi/pseudo cheap. So without further ado...

First was the tv... rather than purchasing a new lcd tv, I grabbed a 34" HD CRT tv for $50. Not bad for 50 bux but VERY heavy.


Next was trying out the location for the seats. One thing was that I originally built the table portion of the stand outta 2x6's...kinda overkill so it was re done in 2x4s. I found the seats from a 91 Honda Prelude for the low low price of $0.00.



Last shot is of the side I've cut out for fit.


More shots to come as I progress.

Cheers

extendedplayarcade:
Looks like it is shaping up good.

Is going to stay in your garage?

79fatcat:
No I plan on moving it to my basement once it's complete. I'm designing this to be modular so that the cabinet, the base and seat are all separate pieces. I'm thinking running lag bolts thru the base to join them all together.

BadMouth:
The weight of those big CRT HDTV's is killer.  I've helped move them.
$50 is a steal for it.

Looks good so far.  Got a color scheme in mind?

79fatcat:
TV weighs 150 lbs. I wanted to go with everyone else's design on cantilevering the tv over the drivers legs to provide more leg room to get in but with that kinda mass, I can't quite pull it off which is why I had to go with 2x4s.

Haven't decided on color scheme yet. I'm debating on Xbox Black and Green or maybe an Initial D Black and White scheme.

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