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2 Player folding bartop, near completion!

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frankba771:
yeah my CP board is only 20".  I found I was able to make it comfortable by putting both controls at a slightly offset angle.  I thought about hiding the hinge, but I decided against it in case it ever needed to be adjusted (Which is convenient because I need to reset the hinge, it's off by 1/16", making it slightly off when its closed grr....everything else in the build went smoothly).  The real trick was the whole order of operations for the build.  The trick is to cut all slots first, then Formica visible inside edges, then assemble, then outside Formica.  The brain of the beast is an ASRock ION 330 (Makes it a pretty bad-ass beast, I've been playing Mario Kart 64 on it all day).  I'll take pics of it opened and closed once I fix the hing and make the back cover hinge piece. 

*Side note: wireless keyboard and mouse are a must

Bender:
Lookin' good!!!! :cheers: :cheers:

menace:
I tried holding my joysticks in like you did on one of my machines and after one party they were both broken.  So just a heads up that it may feel solid right now but if any of your buddies played in the arcades they are going to beat on it the same as they did on the original machines--unless you tell them not to I suppose..  More pics! :cheers:

frankba771:
How exactly did they break menace? Because I helped my buddy build one like 3 years back and we mounted the joysticks in the same way, and that hasn't shown any signs of wear yet.

Those joysticks are recessed to be flush and fit tight, and those big fender washers seem to be securing it really well.

menace:
They torqued the joystocks so much that they popped the fender washer and screw out of the panel.  Maybe your friends will be more respectable (or less intoxicated) :cheers:

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