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shponglefan:
I echo Malenko's suggestion about building a stand-alone controller.  Better to get your feet wet with something a bit less complicated.  You can always build a pedestal at a later date to attach it to.

Alternatively, I would look at some existing pedestal designs and copy one of those.
andr3wrulz:

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Do you live at home, in a dorm, off camps apartment, or a frat house?

If you have the space, you can find cheep old non working arcade cabinets on craigslist or ebay. It wouldn't be tons of work to make a working cab from a gutted shell. I saw a free pre gutted cab by my brothers place last summer on craigslist. You could go crazy later with art and upgrades when you have money.
     

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I live at home currently but my room is about full to burst and I plan to move out in the near future so I would like the cabinet to be portable :) . I work at an arcade operator company that does most of the hotels and such around Disney Land so I might be able to get one from them if/when they throw something out (it would probably require a bit of work though).

--- Quote from: michelevit on September 25, 2013, 09:25:42 am ---The play surface looks flat which is uncomfortable for long periods of play. Slope it 10-15 degrees or so would make it better.
You should have a toe kick at the bottom like a kitchen cabinet. Thats a little recess so your feet can fit under it.


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Good ideas. I will incorporate both into the design. Does 5" height by 3" depth sound good for the toe kick? And should I tilt the whole top or would angled panels for the buttons and joys do?


--- Quote from: Malenko on September 25, 2013, 10:21:42 am ---I think you are better off making a stand alone controller. sit the controller on the shelf with the TV/Monitor and play. PC can sit on the floor. Eventually you can make a cabinet to mount the control panel to.


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One of the main ideas with my design was the ability to swap out displays. I just modeled it with a computer monitor I have sitting on my shelf collecting dust. When I have people over I might take it out to the living room and run an hdmi to the flatscreen.
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--- Quote from: andr3wrulz on September 25, 2013, 06:52:33 am --- I actually hail from the land of gaming pcs so that would be the reason for my folly into thinking fans were a good visual.

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It was an easy guess! 

Don't be put off by our comments, playing the games is the most important thing.

Even professionals get it wrong. Here is a beautiful cabinet, spoiled only by inappropriate fan. And a less beautiful and even more inappropriate fan.

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So I am thinking smaller black fans with no lights and a grate over them to blend into the cabinet? How much of a problem is heat ventilation? Do I really need that big of fans or should I go smaller?
PL1:

--- Quote from: andr3wrulz on September 25, 2013, 05:27:16 pm ---So I am thinking smaller black fans with no lights and a grate over them to blend into the cabinet? How much of a problem is heat ventilation? Do I really need that big of fans or should I go smaller?

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You shouldn't need huge fans, just set things up so that you have cool air pulled in low and hot air being pushed out high.

A pair of 120mm fans should do just fine unless you're overclocking like crazy.


Scott
andr3wrulz:

--- Quote from: PL1 on September 25, 2013, 07:19:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: andr3wrulz on September 25, 2013, 05:27:16 pm ---So I am thinking smaller black fans with no lights and a grate over them to blend into the cabinet? How much of a problem is heat ventilation? Do I really need that big of fans or should I go smaller?

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You shouldn't need huge fans, just set things up so that you have cool air pulled in low and hot air being pushed out high.

A pair of 120mm fans should do just fine unless you're overclocking like crazy.


Scott

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I found an 80mm fan for sale $9 with an $8 rebate so I bought three. I am thinking two on either side on the bottom and one central one on the back top.
PL1:
If you're doing an odd number of fans, put two near the top blowing out and one near the bottom blowing in.

It's not as good as a balanced system, but it should work.


Scott
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