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Traintruction:
I just moved into a new house, and, of course, the MAME cab I've been working on for a while is too big to maneuver through the basement stairwell. Phooey.

I was working from the Project Arcade plans (innovative, eh?), and I really like the overall look of that cabinet. However, it doesn't do me any good if it's in the garage. Have any of you guys encountered a similar problem? If so, did you come up with a design solution?

I guess I'm looking for a new cabinet design that's either 2 pieces, or that can be dismantled if we move again. With over 1,000 sites on the examples page, I'm a bit overwhelmed here. Overwhelmed in the best possible way.

Thanks for your help. I've been a lurker for a long while and I love this community.
webgeek:
This is a big problem for me as well. To keep the weight and size down, I'm using 1/4" plywood with an internal frame of 2x4s. The plywood panels are all removable. If you were to build something like this, you could use a series of carriage bolts in the middle to seperate the top half of the frame from the bottom. If you are careful with the layout, it's possible to ensure everything heavy is removable as well. This all makes it easier to move in the future.

With that said, I still can't get my current design into the basement. Anything more then 32 inches deep can't make one of the 90 degree turns required. It's horriby frustrating. On the up side, I get to leave my cabinet upstairs when it's done :)

Have fun!
Effayy:
The cab I'm building is a modified UAII design that will come apart in 3 peices.  The Bottom half with keyboard drawer, the top half with marquee, and the control panel.

That should make it a lot easier to get up the stairs.

- FA
digitalpackrat:
I knew I was gonna be moving soon before I started construction on my cab so my initial design had to make the cabinet break down in order to get it through semi narrow doorways.  before I started construction I found the narrowest doorway in the house and attempted to make sure it would be no wider than that.  My cabinet can break down into 3 pieces, bottom half (base), top half, and controler.  Each piece is held together by at least 6 bolts with nuts that have plastic inside the threading.  When you screw the bolt into the nut and through the plastic it creates the threading through the plastic and holds it in place.  It is impossible to get it apart without using an allen wrench and somthing to hold the bolt like plyers.  here's my work in progress page.  its based similar to the Ultimate Arcade II design from mameroom.com but not using their directions only looking at the design of the cabinet.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=42121.0
MameJunkie:
Might be too simple but how about making it smaller  :P

I'm making a mini-cab 4' x 20" x 26".  That should get thru any door.
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