The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Woodworking => Topic started by: Bigun on December 05, 2006, 04:48:54 pm
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I have the cabinet posted below:
(http://cybergrunge.com/images/Cabinet/New/11-11-06-02.jpg)
As you can see, one user input will not cut it. I will need mutiple buttons, with multiple joysticks, and a trackball... ergo, the top will need to be bigger, and so will the support below. Problem is, I am a complete woodworking newb.
I went by harbor freight and bought the following:
Hole Saw bits (a set)
A cordless drill, sander, and jigsaw
A router
I have a list of questions off the top of my head:
What kind of wood to use?
How do I attach the wood at the joints? Nails? Glue? Both? Something else?
If I can have some generalized points, it would help.
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I'm not sure what you mean by "one user input will not cut it" - it looks like you have plenty of room for 2 players on the CP. Anyway, to answer your questions, I think you should use plywood to make a new CP box. I'd get "cabinet grade" - most likely birch - so that you start with a somewhat smooth top but you should still sand it down if you are going to apply a finish or vinyl or some type of artwork overlay. Glue is perfectly fine as far as joining two pieces goes but if you have a nail gun some small brads could help hold the pieces in place while the glue dries (but you certainly don't need to do that).
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I plan on having 4 players... and what I mean by "one user input" is one button... that's all it has right now.
Two outside players will have 3 buttons, two in the middle will have 7, and a fifth center joystick with 4 buttons to control game selection, and a trackball for games like centipede and bowling.
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why would you want a special joystick to control menus? just use player 1. or use the trackball.
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Well, seperate buttons would be required to pause the game, enter and exit menus, and to turn on and off cheats..... what's one more joystick to prevent some confusion.
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if you have the room then do it. Im just sitting and thinking about how im going to layout my arcade panel. to have a dedicated joystick for menu's is out of the question for me. it is wasted space.