Author Topic: Apartment-Sized Cabinet: FINISHED! (Read 17681 times)

thrdbace · « **on:** December 28, 2004, 02:32:52 pm »

Hi all,

I just finished ordering supplies yesterday, and spent the day building the base and sides of my new "apartment-sized" cabinet!

I will take pictures tommorrow (wednesday) and post them as well.

I can't thank this board enough - When i started contstruction, i fealt like i had done it before, after reading a million posts!

Stay tuned for pictures tommorrow, I need some advice.

ChadTower · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2004, 02:35:17 pm »

Erm... when you get to the size of an apartment... it's probably not a cabinet anymore.

thrdbace · « **Reply #2 on:** December 28, 2004, 02:43:06 pm »

Oh its a cabinet buddy.

22" wide or so...about 5' high.

I show you pictures tommorrow - you tell me if you think it looks like an arcade cabinet or not.

ChadTower · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2004, 02:49:35 pm »

Those dimensions would make a damned small apartment. Where do you live, Tokyo?

thrdbace · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2004, 03:03:43 pm »

I live in boston,...where do you live, smart-ass-ville?

ChadTower · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2004, 03:08:39 pm »

Ah... I used to live on the Fenway, so I know just what you're talking about. The apartments there are pretty small. Not exactly 5 feet by 22 inches, but small...

thrdbace · « **Reply #6 on:** December 28, 2004, 03:15:09 pm »

what size are the apartments over in smart-ass-ville?

do you have a baseball team?

TOK · « **Reply #7 on:** December 28, 2004, 03:19:21 pm »

Quote from: thrdbace on December 28, 2004, 03:03:43 pm

I live in boston,...where do you live, smart-ass-ville?

I think I'm from smart-ass-ville too, because my first thought when I read your title was a cabinet so huge you could live in it, not small and space efficient.
I pictured someone ringing the doorbell, and you popping your head out the coin door. That is super-stupid, but it's really making me laugh.

ChadTower · « **Reply #8 on:** December 28, 2004, 03:27:08 pm »

No kidding, I may be from smart-ass-ville, but he is apparently from ambiguous-grammar-ville.

clanggedin · « **Reply #9 on:** December 28, 2004, 04:32:47 pm »

Call Guiness you may have a world record with your tiny apartment.

I lived in an apartment in Buenos Aires that was 10' x 10'. Seriously that was the size of the WHOLE apartment. The shower head was installed over the toilet, so I could take a shower and a crap at the same time. There was about 2 fett of space between my bed and the fridge on the other side of the wall. If I opened it up no one could get past.

ChadTower · « **Reply #10 on:** December 28, 2004, 04:45:14 pm »

Quote from: clanggedin on December 28, 2004, 04:32:47 pm

If I opened it up no one could get past.

Where exactly would they go anyway?

BobbyG66 · « **Reply #11 on:** December 28, 2004, 05:05:10 pm »

Quote from: TOK on December 28, 2004, 03:19:21 pm

Quote from: thrdbace on December 28, 2004, 03:03:43 pm
I live in boston,...where do you live, smart-ass-ville?

I think I'm from smart-ass-ville too, because my first thought when I read your title was a cabinet so huge you could live in it, not small and space efficient.
I pictured someone ringing the doorbell, and you popping your head out the coin door. That is super-stupid, but it's really making me laugh.

stevejt · « **Reply #12 on:** December 28, 2004, 07:38:59 pm »

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spent the day building the base and sides of my new "apartment-sized" cabinet!

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Oh its a cabinet buddy.

22" wide or so...about 5' high.

Please explain how 2' by 5' feet is apartment sized? Do you share a jail cell with someone?

I guess I live in smart-a** ville too. BUt here apartments a little bigger than 2x5...

Steve

thrdbace · « **Reply #13 on:** December 28, 2004, 09:13:59 pm »

ok,

for those of you who have a problem with ambiguous language.

apartment-sized means: small enough to be placed in an apartment setting. I know, its a tough concept.

if you go back and read my original post, i complimented the board for how helpful reading posts were - then i begin my project, and get ranked on.

i guess ill spare you all and not post pictures.

clanggedin · « **Reply #14 on:** December 28, 2004, 09:57:00 pm »

No one was ranking on ya, but if you can't take a little bit of humor, then this board is not for you.

Just trying to have fun.

Just don't get pissed when someone reads what you have written the wrong way.

Mameotron · « **Reply #15 on:** December 28, 2004, 10:05:13 pm »

ROFL!!!

We may have to modify ChadTower's title to "Chief Kicker from Smart-ass-ville!"

thrdbace, nobody means any harm.

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #16 on:** December 28, 2004, 10:08:20 pm »

Dude.

That was the funniest exchange of posts I've ever read.

Daniel270 · « **Reply #17 on:** December 29, 2004, 12:42:50 am »

I would've thought that the apt sized cab was accomplised by Bishmasterb with his Tron bartop

DrewKaree · « **Reply #18 on:** December 29, 2004, 07:54:52 am »

Quote from: thrdbace on December 28, 2004, 09:13:59 pm

ok,

for those of you who have a problem with ambiguous language.

apartment-sized means: small enough to be placed in an apartment setting. I know, its a tough concept.

if you go back and read my original post, i complimented the board for how helpful reading posts were - then i begin my project, and get ranked on.

i guess ill spare you all and not post pictures.

Someone told me I had been elected Mayor of Smartassville. My first act as an elected official was to mandate any living quarter be larger than 2' x 5', but evidently there are a few slums here and there. I wanted to attract a baseball team, but ChadTower musta got the last good one. I've heard of his home team....The Chuckleheads, IIRC.

Perhaps instead of a coin door, you can see if Happs has a special on humor, sense of.

If you call THAT getting ranked on, I'd have you in tears on a daily basis if you were an aquantance of mine! Toughen up, sally, that was wicked funny. Make witcher pics and relax a bit, you'll enjoy life more. I promise.

JackTucky · « **Reply #19 on:** December 29, 2004, 08:30:01 am »

Quote from: DrewKaree on December 29, 2004, 07:54:52 am

Toughen up, sally, that was wicked funny

Yikes! Sally?

Art "It WAS funny"

stevejt · « **Reply #20 on:** December 29, 2004, 09:27:06 am »

Quote

ok,
for those of you who have a problem with ambiguous language.
apartment-sized means: small enough to be placed in an apartment setting. I know, its a tough concept. if you go back and read my original post, i complimented the board for how helpful reading posts were - then i begin my project, and get ranked on. i guess ill spare you all and not post pictures.

Lighten up. You can bet now that everyone wants to see pics even more. People here have a sense of humor, well.. most of of us... I give you alot of credit for building a cabinet at all. I have been talking about building my first one for years. My step father used to work for a vending company when I was younger. I talked about hacking a joystick when the NES first came out, (I have been soldering since 5th grade). I still have NOT built my first cab, so I can really appreciate yours, wether its a bartop, of the coin door has a door knob. When I finally build mine, I am sure I am going to get some jokes, but whatever. You should have noticed reading here that after a few jokes on peoples cabinets, it ALWAYS ends up the same: If you like it, its GREAT for you. Like I said, I'm a procrastinator, I might end up drilling some joystick holes in my coffee table before I build a whole cabinet... Lets see some pics of yours already...

Steve

stevejt · « **Reply #21 on:** December 29, 2004, 09:32:00 am »

Quote

Dude.
That was the funniest exchange of posts I've ever read.

This was my favorite:

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,26332.0.html

Whan I started reading it, I wanted to put a monitor on the hood of my pickup, and send in a pic. You might have to read it to understand...

Steve

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #22 on:** December 29, 2004, 11:42:50 am »

LOL. I remember that one.

It was a mad flame war starting, and I suggested we all start making guesses, then photoshop got involved...

Still, this one was just a more amusing conversation.

I am enjoy? YES!!

paigeoliver · « **Reply #23 on:** December 29, 2004, 09:37:51 pm »

Apparently you have never been to my apartment. I have 11 uprights, 1 cocktail, 1 cockpit, and one countertop in my 2 bedroom apartment and it isn't even cramped.

Why the low height? Do you have 6' ceilings?

Everyone seems to be under the mistaken impression that a single normal sized cabinet takes up a lot of space. A normal full size cabinet has an identical footprint to that of an end table.

SirPeale · « **Reply #24 on:** December 30, 2004, 08:51:20 am »

Quote from: paigeoliver on December 29, 2004, 09:37:51 pm

Apparently you have never been to my apartment. I have 11 uprights, 1 cocktail, 1 cockpit, and one countertop in my 2 bedroom apartment and it isn't even cramped.

Yeah, but you're single, with no children living with you. I could do the same thing, except many more, if my wife would allow it.

paigeoliver · « **Reply #25 on:** December 30, 2004, 11:07:46 am »

Quote from: Peale on December 30, 2004, 08:51:20 am

Quote from: paigeoliver on December 29, 2004, 09:37:51 pm
Apparently you have never been to my apartment. I have 11 uprights, 1 cocktail, 1 cockpit, and one countertop in my 2 bedroom apartment and it isn't even cramped.

Yeah, but you're single, with no children living with you. I could do the same thing, except many more, if my wife would allow it.

I could add a wife without losing any games (other than the TMNT in the bedroom that I WANT to get rid of), but children would require losing some games.

But who am I kidding, there are two things wrong with that scenario.

#1. The last time I kissed a woman was June 2003, and the last time before that was Feb 2002. So the idea of me finding a wife is crazy, especially at my age in my subculture.

#2. If I could find a wife I probably wouldn't have nearly as much time for the hobby anyway, and would want to lose some games, and you KNOW I would be under pressure to do so.

ChadTower · « **Reply #26 on:** December 30, 2004, 11:35:42 am »

Quote from: paigeoliver on December 30, 2004, 11:07:46 am

#1. The last time I kissed a woman was June 2003, and the last time before that was Feb 2002. So the idea of me finding a wife is crazy, especially at my age in my subculture.

If you were married, that would be about the schedule too.

clanggedin · « **Reply #27 on:** December 30, 2004, 11:43:03 am »

Actually it would be less.

thrdbace · « **Reply #28 on:** December 31, 2004, 01:16:33 pm »

heres a couple pictures, you insensitive ---daisies---

ChadTower · « **Reply #29 on:** December 31, 2004, 01:34:30 pm »

I wouldn't want to live in that. There's no bathroom and the monitor is way too big for my living room.

TOK · « **Reply #30 on:** December 31, 2004, 02:53:30 pm »

I like it! The rounded top is a unique touch. Make sure to put a kickin' sub in there to keep the neighbors awake. Nothing like blasting Frogger music at 1am!

SirPeale · « **Reply #31 on:** December 31, 2004, 04:05:05 pm »

Quote from: thrdbace on December 31, 2004, 01:16:33 pm

heres a couple pictures, you insensitive ---daisies---

*shakes fist* smile when you say that!

thrdbace · « **Reply #32 on:** December 31, 2004, 04:22:52 pm »

Thanks TOK....i think my sub blew a fuse...its a cambridge soundworks thing, i took it apart but it looks like the fuse is buried somewhere.

it was tough to squeeze that trackball in there. i may redo the control panel, make it a bit deeper.

pocketbikez · « **Reply #33 on:** January 01, 2005, 03:07:22 pm »

looks good. i like the curves and rounded edges.

*after reading the post header i also thought the cab was going to be humongous. thanks for the laugh guys, i like the story about the 10'x10' apartment. LOL

thrdbace · « **Reply #34 on:** January 04, 2005, 02:12:37 pm »

Today was my sixth day to work on the project...I filled some holes, sanded, and primed this thing.

Day five was the front and front door....

Anyone have any suggestions on colors of paint??

This will probably be a golden tee themed cabinet.

Gunstar Hero · « **Reply #35 on:** January 04, 2005, 02:45:19 pm »

Oh man, that "cupboard door" on the front has got to go....

thrdbace · « **Reply #36 on:** January 04, 2005, 02:46:04 pm »

is it the door knob you dont like?

RayB · « **Reply #37 on:** January 04, 2005, 04:49:15 pm »

Yeah replace it with a barrel lock.

thrdbace · « **Reply #38 on:** January 04, 2005, 06:49:43 pm »

a barrel lock?

just to look a bit more professional?

any more suggestions would be cool...i think im going to inkjet print the golden tee marquee on large sheet-sized sticker paper.

SirPeale · « **Reply #39 on:** January 04, 2005, 07:22:42 pm »

Quote from: thrdbace on January 04, 2005, 06:49:43 pm

a barrel lock?

just to look a bit more professional?

Indeed! You need some? I've got some on my site.


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Author Topic: Apartment-Sized Cabinet: FINISHED! (Read 17681 times)

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