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Moved out, couldn't take arcade. Need ideas
sdweim85:
--- Quote from: Javy3 on February 07, 2013, 12:40:15 pm ---Dude just go with an arcade Pedestal. If you have a wall for your cabinet just mount the TV there instead and buy or make a pedestal. The control panel I would buy unless you know what your doing. That's what I did.
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Do you know of any places that make barebones 4 player pedestals for fair prices, under $300? I can paint, route, and put in sticks and buttons myself. I've seen some places that just do barebones once for 500+ which seems totally ridiculous.
jammin0:
--- Quote from: sdweim85 on February 07, 2013, 01:27:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: Javy3 on February 07, 2013, 12:40:15 pm ---Dude just go with an arcade Pedestal. If you have a wall for your cabinet just mount the TV there instead and buy or make a pedestal. The control panel I would buy unless you know what your doing. That's what I did.
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Do you know of any places that make barebones 4 player pedestals for fair prices, under $300? I can paint, route, and put in sticks and buttons myself. I've seen some places that just do barebones once for 500+ which seems totally ridiculous.
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Homedepot where I live will do any number of cuts for you. Sometimes it takes forever to get someone to do it and generally the older the worker, the more accurate cuts you get. There isn't really any reason you couldn't get 90% of all your cuts made that way and then you're just cutting a few angles on the CP. I know I wouldn't make a barebones pedestal for someone for much less than $300 since that is the majority of the work involved.
Just a thought. Even as I get more and better tools it usually saves me a ton of headache and mess if I have HD cut for me.
sharpfork:
I like Javy3's pedestal idea. As the owner of a slim and former owner of a pedestal, what do you think jammin0?
jammin0:
Wife loves the slim and it is in the front room. The pedestal always had to go out in the garage when not in use. Need I say more?
I would definitely say pedestal though if you're set on 4 player.
Felsir:
--- Quote from: sdweim85 on February 07, 2013, 10:21:05 am ---Anyone have any ideas, or know places in NJ or the surrounding area that might be selling empty showcase cabinets. Or even have a subtle idea for a mobile control panel, like integrating it into a coffee table, or on a rolling stand?
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This is how I got the coffee table converted to an arcade. When powered down no one will notice it is an arcade so it is seamless with the living room. Just plug in the power and ready to play. Added USB ports to plug in extra controllers for those 4 player games.