Cabinet Modification

[pezkore]

The Current Golden Tee cabinet i am working with is a converted Track and field cab. A picture of it is available on the following thread (scroll down about 9 messages) :http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=5857;start=0

I have decided that i want to remove the marquee, lighting, and speaker wiring from the top half of the game and jigsaw along the moniter and remove the entire overhang. I would then take the marquee, lighting, and speakers and cotnruct a free standing box from the removed overhang and attach it to the back of the cab with two chrome pipes. This auction has a cab that is very similar to what i want to do: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3219097223&category=13716


1: how difficult do you really think this would be. and 2: what do you guys think of the idea? I think it would make the cab look cooler, be lighter, smaller and easier to transport. Let me know what you think. Anything?

[paigeoliver]

I have seen a lot of modifed cabinets. The thing about them is that people who know their stuff can spot them instantly, and usually laugh at them, or post pictures of them on the internet and invite other people to laugh at them. (That goes for oversize panels on old school 19" cabinets too).

That cabinet in the picture is what I believe is called a lowboy cabinet.

Basically what I am saying is that it may not turn out as well as you would think, and it certainly wouldn't cut too much weight from the cab, as that top section really isn't all that heavy. And you end up ruining a cabinet that you may not own for the rest of your life. I modified (ruined) a Pac cabinet once, and I had to trash it once I didn't want it anymore because nobody wanted it.

Your time might be better spent repainting and refinishing what you do have instead.

[Sprucemoose]

If you feel confident in your building skills, I say go for it!  It will be hard to do, but if you take your time and don't cut any corners it will look pretty cool.

Good luck

[rampy]

I'd have to put my .02 cents in with PaigeOliver...

If you want a low boy, and your cabinet isn't currently a lowboy... maybe you'd be best served by trying to recreate a lowboy from scratch rather than chopping up your current cabinet.

I only say that because, at a certain point you've passed the point of it being worth it as you're nearly modifying the whole cabinet...  

With that said, I don't doubt anyone anymore (except nullboy)  when they come up with a slightly "out of the box" idea...  you do what you think is best, but in this case my opinion is that you  are off the mark (or off the green =P)

The idea of making a lowboy cabinet is pretty cool... I'm just doubting whether a jigsawed attempt at a conversion of an existing cabinet can look anything like the finished look you are going for...  also though you can probably see your cabinet better, from the original pic I wouldn't think the profile would come out right for a lowboy.

*shrug*  YMMV

rampy

[pezkore]

Is there anything i could do to my cab that i perhaps have not thought about that would make it look more like a lowboy than a screwed with upright?

[BobA]

I think that the only way to get a reasonable lowboy would be to start from scratch.  The cabaret cab that you have does not seem to have anything going for it to start making a lowboy cab out of it.  If you don't want to have a cab that looks like a hacked work  then don't try to use the existing cab.

Just my 2 cents.

BobA

Original cab to the left.

[pezkore]

I think that the only way to get a reasonable lowboy would be to start from scratch.  The cabaret cab that you have does not seem to have anything going for it to start making a lowboy cab out of it.  If you don't want to have a cab that looks like a hacked work  then don't try to use the existing cab.

Just my 2 cents.

BobA

Original cab to the left.

Well, do you guys know where i could find a pre-existing low boy? or if not, where i could find the plans for a low boy cab? i didn't see any in the examples area....

[paigeoliver]

Cabs like that are most commonly used in Australia and in Gambling applications. Do you have a casino that you can visit? Because they will have tons of slot machines and vid pokers in lowboy cabs for you to measure.