New Cabinet - All Metal Design

[pbj]

Looks like a movie ticket machine with a joystick bolted to it.

 

[scujr]

close

[yamatetsu]

Just trying to balance cost and look appeal is hard in metal.

Problem is, if there is not enough appeal to buy it, the cost doesn't matter. If I don't like it, I won't buy it, even if it doesn't cost much. The buyer doesn't care about the cab being made out of metal, since the metal will be covered by the art anyway. What the buyer cares about is buying a cabinet that looks like an arcade machine, and your design doesn't provide that look.

[yamatetsu]

The UAII is a fugly monstrosity.

How so, it shares a lot of it's looks with traditional arcade cabinets. I used the UAII plans to build my Mame machine and quite like it. In any case, even if you don't like the UAII design I still think it's miles ahead of this design in form and function.

I simply loathe the UAII's design. It's chunky, it's ugly, I hated it on first sight. I can't understand that it seems to be something of a favorite design, but hey, we all have different tastes. As to the OP's 'kiosk' design, yep, I don't like that, either. It's just too boxy. No amount of art is going to hide that.

[Ian]

Custom Metal control panels would sell! I would definitely be interested in that!

[scujr]

Closed

[stigzler]

That'd be handy for fridge magnets.

[pbj]

You're the second dude in a week to post a picture of his stool, binoculars, and lotion nook.

[yotsuya]

That'd be handy for fridge magnets.

---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, I LOLed

[pbj]

Stop, he's sensitive.

[rablack97]

Custom Metal control panels would sell! I would definitely be interested in that!

dude, instead of quitting do this.....simple cheap and people would buy these....

20ys of metal experience you could do some really cool control panel stuff and make money are the same time.

good grief man....

custom kickplates........

joystick control panel templates for undermounting.

reeingineer the t-ball mount......

ughhh opportunities all over the place.........

[yotsuya]

Oh man, I see he took down the initial post. That sucks. I don't think anyone was really mean about his design, they were just gave him real feedback.

I bet if he threw them on Kickstarter, some dudes would throw cash at him to get one for their man cave. That's really his target audience.

[8BitMonk]

If he didn't have the fortitude to withstand a little honest feedback there's no chance this was ever going anywhere anyway. He probably didn't expect real-world responses, just praise.

[scujr]

You're the second dude in a week to post a picture of his stool, binoculars, and lotion nook.

No I appreciate the feedback, but posts like this is why I am trying to close this thread

[Wyo]

Welcome to BYOAC! 

[yotsuya]

You're the second dude in a week to post a picture of his stool, binoculars, and lotion nook.

No I appreciate the feedback, but posts like this is why I am trying to close this thread

Just roll with it, my friend. It's Jim. Getting noticed is like a badge of honor.

[pbj]

 

[rablack97]

You're the second dude in a week to post a picture of his stool, binoculars, and lotion nook.

No I appreciate the feedback, but posts like this is why I am trying to close this thread

THats PBJ bro he hates everything.....

Take your ambition and and these pies to the face and do something cool with it.

Trust me i've seen worse, you just just need some tweaks, posting and hoping for yay great job takes some luck and hella love on design to get that kind of feedback here.

What you should of done, was show how you built it, what all you did to fabricate, then folks would appreciate your attempt more.

[pbj]

Yeah, man, round off those corners and that would have looked pretty sharp.  The lookout nook comment was based on your room's eerie similarity to another forum member's.

[Nephasth]

I missed all this...

What was the price?

[yotsuya]

I missed all this...

What was the price?

[rablack97]

I think he bounced.....

[ed12]

the other ppl where giving input (was really asked for)
the op took a pissy and pulled everything.??
a mod should just ditch the thread in the garbage can...

ed

[rablack97]

pissy no, deflated prolly so.

he should of posted the build process instead of just posting a finished prod and expecting a positive rave.

my thinking is he built before doing any real arcade style research and the mob gave him some brutal tell it like it is.

Oh well,    could of been cool had he taken the advice and changed up a few things.

[morton]

I can't blame the guy... I got through like 10 posts and didn't see one single compliment on a ANY aspect... this website is FULL of 1/2 done or less projects, and this guy just got shat on. Constructive criticism isn't just piling on the person. He expected some criticism no doubt, but I think it was more or less how it was said that just added insult to injury.

That, and the internet be ruthless... I only go to family members if I expect universal praise 

[yotsuya]

I can't blame the guy... I got through like 10 posts and didn't see one single compliment on a ANY aspect...

Why lie to the guy?

[wp34]

I can't blame the guy... I got through like 10 posts and didn't see one single compliment on a ANY aspect... this website is FULL of 1/2 done or less projects, and this guy just got shat on. Constructive criticism isn't just piling on the person. He expected some criticism no doubt, but I think it was more or less how it was said that just added insult to injury.

That, and the internet be ruthless... I only go to family members if I expect universal praise 

On the one hand there wasn't much to compliment.  On the other this place isn't known for tactful feedback.  You will get honest feedback if you ask for it but it isn't likely to be tactful.

[scujr]

I can't blame the guy... I got through like 10 posts and didn't see one single compliment on a ANY aspect... this website is FULL of 1/2 done or less projects, and this guy just got shat on. Constructive criticism isn't just piling on the person. He expected some criticism no doubt, but I think it was more or less how it was said that just added insult to injury.

That, and the internet be ruthless... I only go to family members if I expect universal praise 

On the one hand there wasn't much to compliment.  On the other this place isn't known for tactful feedback.  You will get honest feedback if you ask for it but it isn't likely to be tactful.

The reason I removed it from the thread was not due to the feedback. It was related to the off topic replies by some people on this forum. I have requested to the moderator just to trash this thread, but that has not been done. Most of the feedback was expected, because by design my cabinet is not supposed to be nostalgic. I have a 100% nostalgic cabinet already and so does almost everyone else in this world. So I wanted to make something different.. This cabinet is Metal which I can not find too many examples of work by anyone except when you start looking at gambling class cabinets.  So I appreciate the ones that did give real feedback, and I am sorry to the others that my cabinet is so far different from a nostalgic cabinet that it offends you.

[Mike A]

It has nothing to do with nostalgia. It is just an ugly box. I get it. You are trying to make a buck. Just don't pretend otherwise.

[behrmr]

If you are just trying to make money then do what a lot of custom builders do. Post the one you did for sale on CL. Then if you get a bite you tell them you just sold your last one. Then you make two and sell one. If you get no bites then no one likes your design.

[Ian]

Think of it as a good first draft... refine it and comeback a better builder. 100% of us did the same thing. All of our first starts where a bit rocky.

[thomas_surles]

Do a bartop and get back to us at 5pm. (Eastern time) GO!

[scujr]

Do a bartop and get back to us at 5pm. (Eastern time) GO!

I have done a bartop gaming cabinet , but it was for class 2 gambling machines . It would be easy to modify the design for arcade purposes.

[thomas_surles]

Do a bartop and get back to us at 5pm. (Eastern time) GO!

I have done a bartop gaming cabinet , but it was for class 2 gambling machines . It would be easy to modify the design for arcade purposes.

Check out the tempest design, those make great bartops.

[mourix]

Am I the only one who thought the cab was not that bad? With some proper artwork and refinements it could be turned into something quite nice

[scujr]

Do a bartop and get back to us at 5pm. (Eastern time) GO!

I have done a bartop gaming cabinet , but it was for class 2 gambling machines . It would be easy to modify the design for arcade purposes.

Check out the tempest design, those make great bartops.

Thanks for the tip on the design. Before my next build I will post some 3D model images. I am still trying to figure out how to add radius bends to my other unit with out jacking the cost. Plus considering cutting out a marquee at the top that can be customized per order and you can just add acrylic and lights behind it. Things like coin doors or custom kickplate could be added as well. The Prototype that have already built is the basic shape and is a prototype not the final product. Taking something from an idea to reality is not going to be perfect on the first builds.

[scujr]

Am I the only one who thought the cab was not that bad? With some proper artwork and refinements it could be turned into something quite nice

Thanks 

[mahuti]

I'd like to see this as a bartop.

[yotsuya]

I'm going to parrot some good advice given here - soften the edges.  Or go balls to the wall, embrace the blockiness, and do Minecraft - inspired artwork.

[yotsuya]

Am I the only one who thought the cab was not that bad? With some proper artwork and refinements it could be turned into something quite nice

Yes, I think you were.