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| DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: btp2k2 on March 13, 2007, 02:03:45 am --- Plus, it's a cheap way to add a fun cabinet to the game room. --- End quote --- Were you just putting this out there to see what it looked like? You're buying a console, then building a couple-hundred-dollar cabinet to play something in a room that should already have a TV which you can connect a console to.....FOR FREE! Which would be easier to move? A console and a television, or a cabinet? Console & TV = 1 person. Cabinet = 1 person and a dolly, or 2 people. Got a dolly handy? If so, you just added to the cost of your "cheap" solution, if not, you've gotta ha......nevermind. You've gotta be just looking for any reason to build a cab, and your wife bought that. |
| vrf:
while I agree with several of those "mistakes" listed above, I'm a little uncomfortable with this idea that there's a "right" way to build a cab. Seems to violate the entire DIY spirit of this website. If a guy wants to overbuild a little bit with an internal frame, who are you to say that it's the wrong way to do this hobby? I'd guess Pixelhugger couldn't care less if you were to tell him that his massive exotic wood cab with steel artwork "adds extra weight without functionality." All that said, the tiny monitor/construction paper thing certainly drives me batty... |
| paigeoliver:
Well, a lot of the mistakes are made by well intentioned new builders who want to make machines like real arcade games, but are copying things off of other cabinets. Some of the truly complex masterpieces out there are pretty much beyond this document. If you are making machines out of fiberglass and stainless steel then you really don't need any advice from me. Ok, here is a picture of the infamous rear notch attached at the bottom of this post. And for a look at a cabinet that combines almost every "design problem", then look here at the http://www.mameroom.com/product_UltimateArcadeII.asp Ultimate Arcade II. Manages to work in front notch, rear notch, 2 piece cabinet, and two deep of a control panel all into one cabinet. And to avoid insult without praise, I think the Ultimate Arcade I, their cocktail cabinet and their showcase cabinet (same website) are all really faithful designs. |
| paigeoliver:
Here is an example of a front notch cabinet. And just so people don't think I am picking on everyone, this cabinet used to belong to me. |
| SavannahLion:
Umm.... About the notched thing. I don't want to argue your points, I'm just not certain if it's really as simple as one would make out. The UAI example you give for the notched back isn't a really good example at all. From what I can tell, without looking at the schematic, the cab has a "foot" extending out at the very bottom below that notch. In essence, the foot makes up for the missing material from the notch and stabilizes the cab. You can still get a dolly under that portion, except I don't know how strong it would be. The drawing you show, however, is probably a nice example of poor cab design. The foot lacking at the back would make the cab more prone to tipping backwards. And are those wheels at the bottom? As for the notch at the front. I asked someone about this once years ago. I think he's feeding me ---smurf-poop---, but I've been told that it's to better accomodate people in wheel chairs. Of course, I've never seen a person in a wheel chair play an arcade machine so I don't know if they can justifiably reach the controls much less be able to look over and see the screen. :dunno Would I do the notching on my future cab? On the back, no. I need the internal space. On the front? I am, but that's because it's part of the original cab I'm basing the design off of. The beast is massive enough as it is, notching the front appears to lower the weight. |
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