I have a friend who has a sizable pinball collection and also does repair/maintenance on them himself. He has a decent amount of roughly 21"x43" tempered glass panels from pinball machines and is willing to give me a couple.
My plan is to get the glass first and build the cocktail table around it. I will likely use a 32" TV LCD panel. Attached is my very rough first sketch of what it might end up looking like. The boxes that contain the buttons and joystick will be shaped nicely, not just a box, but the dimensions and proportions are pretty close to correct at a 29" table height.
FWIW, I've built pedestals and cabinets before but this is my first attempt at a cocktail table and my first use of real glass rather than plexi. The wood will likely be black melamine 3/4" with red T-molding.
Any thoughts/suggestions?