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Title: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: Well Fed Games on December 18, 2012, 05:59:17 pm: OK, so I have a weird redemption cabinet that I have decided (finally) is going to be a PS1 powered Point Blank cab using guncons. The cabinet itself has a small 45 degree angled area under the screen that should be a fine place to put the guncons, but I am trying to figure out how to hold them. I've done some research on arcade gun holsters and it seems that 1. they are way expensive (new) and 2. they don't fit the PS1 guncon.

So I am looking for some sort of container with an open top that I could recess into that anged wood to hold a gun... maybe like a cup holder, only not a cup holder. It needs to be 2"x 4"ish and at least 4" deep. I know something has to exist... pen holder for recessing in a desk? Ideally it would have a bevel around it that would support it in the lip of a routed hole. See horrible mock up I attached below to see what I am talking about. I simply need more search terms... must be something I can find to make an el-cheapo gun holder that looks decent. Ideas?
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: Nephasth on December 18, 2012, 06:06:32 pm: Make 'em out of scrap MDF.
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: Typefighter01 on December 18, 2012, 07:11:55 pm: How about arcade cabinet handles :dunno This question was asked about two months ago, and I was going to suggest it then, but forgot. They will give you the nice finished edge you need and are as cheap as dirt, you just need to modify the inside for the gun to sit on an angle. I removed one from my cab and measured the opening and it is 1 1/2" X 4 1/8". http://na.suzohapp.com/accessories/49006700.htm (http://na.suzohapp.com/accessories/49006700.htm) . I took a couple of pics, but I can't upload them for some reason :badmood:
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: Well Fed Games on December 18, 2012, 07:35:00 pm: Quote from: Nephasth on December 18, 2012, 06:06:32 pm
Make 'em out of scrap MDF.

I'm not here to build my own... oh wait. :lol This is definitely an option. I keep thinking what I need exists somewhere, I just don't know what it is called. :banghead:

Typefighter, may have to look into that some more. I really only measured the guns today, and the 2x4 measurement stuck out to me... I wonder if some sort of plastic or metal cap exists to put on the end of a 2x4 plank of wood? Off to google...
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: BadMouth on December 18, 2012, 08:31:14 pm: bling bling trim ring
http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-CHROME-TRIM-RING-BEZELS-FOR-LED-STANDAED-OVAL-TAILLIGHTS-BACKUP-LIGHTS-LG-/300596505421?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item45fcf2ab4d&vxp=mtr (http://www.ebay.com/itm/6-CHROME-TRIM-RING-BEZELS-FOR-LED-STANDAED-OVAL-TAILLIGHTS-BACKUP-LIGHTS-LG-/300596505421?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item45fcf2ab4d&vxp=mtr)
(http://www.alvielou2001.com/zxc692.jpg)
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: BadMouth on December 18, 2012, 08:38:05 pm: Not sure if they would be wide enough, but search "DIN Pocket" on fleabay
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: Well Fed Games on December 18, 2012, 08:50:27 pm: Thanks, I hadn't considered anything from the automotive side of things... "trim ring" may have been the search term I was needing. :cheers: In fact, since this is a home use situation, if I had a decent bezel that looked good and held the guns right, the "container" part of the holder could really just be a black cloth bag attached to the underside of the hole.

Edit: and I was sure there must be some sort of plastic end cap you could put on a 2x4 for putting it in the ground, etc... but I guess that is not a thing, unless my google-fu failed me. ;)
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: PL1 on December 18, 2012, 08:54:37 pm: Check out the holster on Jurassic Park in this thead (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,121607.msg1290238.html#msg1290238).

Scott
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: Well Fed Games on December 19, 2012, 08:33:48 am: Thanks Scott. The JP is definitely closest to what I am looking for as far as a factory cab goes. Very useful to see the different approaches... and that I'm not the only one looking for holster ideas!
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: yotsuya on December 19, 2012, 09:37:12 am: I've been designing a gun cab, so I've been doing the same thing. House of the Dead has a U-shaped laminated bracket on the front of the machine. Not recessed, but this might be my approach.
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: DaOld Man on December 19, 2012, 09:43:54 am: Darthpaul is making his guns retract into the cabinet like Robo Cop.
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: Well Fed Games on May 25, 2013, 05:22:55 pm: n-n-n-n-necro bump!!!

Still looking for the right thing for my Point Blank cab (eventually decided to just route holes in the CP and line the inside with T-molding). Finally came across the term "wire access grommet" and may have found what I am looking for:

(http://www.mockett.com/images/technical-drawings/RG1_technical.gif)
http://www.mockett.com/rg1.html (http://www.mockett.com/rg1.html)
Title: Re: What am I looking for (recessed gun holster thing)?
Post by: DLinkOZ on May 25, 2013, 07:48:52 pm: Maybe pinch them off a warzaid cab? I say that as I just bought a shell for a gun mame setup, and like the holsters on them.