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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: billgatesmate on June 10, 2014, 04:53:48 am
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I'm in the middle of building cab and I'm wondering is 600mm wide fairly standard? I know I can obviously make it to whatever I want
to and there's no 'right' or 'wrong' way but just wondering what everyone else has built to? 600cm is feeling a bit on the small side
at the moment.
(edit .. meant mm not cm :) )
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I'm in the middle of building cab and I'm wondering is 600cm wide fairly standard? I know I can obviously make it to whatever I want
to and there's no 'right' or 'wrong' way but just wondering what everyone else has built to? 600cm is feeling a bit on the small side
at the moment.
Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---! 600 cm?! You must mean 600 mm. That would seem more normal. I'd make it wide enough to accommodate your screen and controls. The cabinet I designed for myself on the computer is as wide enough to accommodate my 27" widescreen monitor and no larger. If say it's around that size without checking.
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I'm in the middle of building cab and I'm wondering is 600mm wide fairly standard? I know I can obviously make it to whatever I want
to and there's no 'right' or 'wrong' way but just wondering what everyone else has built to? 600cm is feeling a bit on the small side
at the moment.
(edit .. meant mm not cm :) )
that's too narrow for 4 players, and unnecessarily wide for 1 player :)
Mine is 600mm, with a 1920x1080 lcd. I've not yet tested the SFII panel with 2 players.
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It really depends on what you want for a monitor size and how many players as well as space between.
My control panel is only slightly larger than that, it's 24" wide and I have a 27" monitor mounted vertical and two player setup with 4 buttons each and it works out well.
What are your plans for your panel?
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Mine is 600mm wide (plus 2x18mm sides), and has a 21" monitor.
I usually base the cabinet size on the size of the monitor...choose your monitor and make the cabinet as small as poss around it (allowing a bit of clearance of course).
Oh, and make sure it will fit through your doors.
Edit: spelling typo
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Mine is 600mm wide (plus 2x18mm sides), and has a 21" monitor.
I usually base the cabinet size on the size of the monitor...choose your monitor and make the cabinet as small as poss around it (allowing a bit of clearance of course).
Oh, and make sure it will fix through your doors.
I subtracted 2 or 3 inches from the size of the smallest door on the way to the basement.
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Is it 1 player or 2 player?
Is it going in an old school Pacman style cab, a 90's Mortal Kombat style cab, or a modern slim LCD cab?
600m is about standard for old school 1 player. Some people squeeze 2 players into that space if they have an old school cab.
On the old cabs, the CP needs to fit between the sides to look right.
If it's a MK style cab with sides that overhang, my preference is to have the CP overhang 1-2" past the edges of the cab.
As a reference for 2 player setups, the x-arcade tankstick is comfortable for 2 players and is around 730mm.
My personal slim lcd cab is crazy wide to allow for the rotating 27" widescreen monitor. The cab is 32" wide and the CP is 34" wide.
I think it would look better about 4" less, but it's as wide as it needs to be to accommodate the monitor rotating.
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Mine is 28 1/2 inches (724mm-ish.) That's for a 32" widescreen LCD television.
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Mine is 600mm wide (plus 2x18mm sides), and has a 21" monitor.
I usually base the cabinet size on the size of the monitor...choose your monitor and make the cabinet as small as poss around it (allowing a bit of clearance of course).
Oh, and make sure it will fix through your doors.
I subtracted 2 or 3 inches from the size of the smallest door on the way to the basement.
I was wrong
Half an inch.
Measured just now. The basement door was 29". The cab is 28.5" The monitor is a 22" LCD. I could put in the 24" LCD. TBH I don't know why I haven't, other than the reason I want a vert. :blah blah
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Flynn's is 33.5" across for the cab. Can't remember the CP top exact width.
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Pretty much every arcade cabinet with a 19" monitor (both one and 2 player machines) was in the 23"-25" range that 600mm happens to fall in. Even dedicated Neo geos fell in that range.