Hello.
This is my first and maybe only ever "upright" cabinet. I started this cabinet sometime last summer.
For the cabinet dimensions, I started with Sasquatch's
Arcade paradise 3 plans and adjusted everything for my monitor and control panels. So, yeah, this is just another generic upright...but wait a sec, watch this (click on it!)
Planning on loads of fun with this setup. It's gonna take a bit of work controlling/automating the marquee change for my computer games and someday hopefully my console games, too. The internally projected marquee image is bounced of of two mirrors, then it hits the plastic.
here are some more photos:
These speaker covers + grills are the front faces of some satellite speaker boxes I bought from the local electronics junk shop. I like the screw-less look. The speaker panel is 1/4" MDF. This piece is separate from the marquee holding 5/8 piece which is at a different angle. This is my third try; I did a lot of trial and error designing on this part and the monitor bezel.
The marquee (currently) is a sanded plastic panel. Trying to detail here how it is supported from the inside by a 3/16" thick strip of , which has been glued and screwed to a 1/2" MDF; it is supported from the outside by some 3/4" t-molding.
The top of the marquee panel is supported from the inside by a mirrors edge instead of the 3/16" batten strip.
I had to build a way to adjust the projector angle, so here is a little stand. The playing cards on the left are a temporary level adjustment. The projector's position is very critical compared to the rest of the cabinet. The slightest maladjustment becomes magnified by the time it reaches the final image surface - the marquee - which I need to keep level and rectangular. The playing card on the right is also temporary. I am using it as a stay for the hinged movement of the stand.
The projector is a
Mitsubishi PK-20. I bought it specifically for this project because of it's small size and power consumption. It is a DLP that uses Colored LEDs instead of using a bulb and a color-wheel. This makes it very efficient - about 37 watts total. It is cool and quiet as well. It cost me $400(USA) plus shipping, I think.
This is the angled rear-top cover piece.
It holds the first mirror. I will probably just get some miniature clamps for each end of said mirror, so that I may adjust it's angle if I need to later. Currently it is only held in position by the friction and pressure between the boards. From this mirror the marquee image is reflected to the angled top mirror.
just a view from the top-rear of the cabinet, with the top-rear cover piece away.
rear access to consoles control panels and stuff.