Build Your Own Arcade Controls Forum
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: aqsmorningview on February 01, 2017, 09:18:55 am
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im starting to mock up in cardboard what my arcade machine will look like,was thinking literally making a podium to hide the computer and to mount my tank stick to and then have the screen mounted to the wall.Nothing fancy i know,but i also thought let me see some of your easy builds and maybe i could change my mind and make a more classic looking machine if its super easy to build on account of having next to know woodworking skills.
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Buy a arcade machine and convert it. Hardly any woodworking required.
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Buy a arcade machine and convert it. Hardly any woodworking required.
True,but thats a little more expensive or I just havnt found one close to me
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Buy a arcade machine and convert it. Hardly any woodworking required.
or buy a bartop kit.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=307880;image)
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Buy a arcade machine and convert it. Hardly any woodworking required.
or buy a bartop kit.
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=307880;image)
sure,but i dont think those can be 2 player,correct me if im wrong.
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Of course they can! Talk to HaRuMaN, he'll hook you up. I went with one of his 2-player bartops and love it - easy to put together, no woodworking required, works like a charm.
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Welcome to the forums. What you are thinking of building is called a pedestal cabinet. Pretty common idea and people have done them before:
Some examples:
4 player TMNT
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,134038.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,134038.0.html)
TurtleBox:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,137637.0.html (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,137637.0.html)
DeL
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sure,but i dont think those can be 2 player,correct me if im wrong.
consider yourself corrected :p
http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=59 (http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=59)
specifically:
http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=51 (http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=51)
and
http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=71 (http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=71)
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Of course they can! Talk to HaRuMaN, he'll hook you up. I went with one of his 2-player bartops and love it - easy to put together, no woodworking required, works like a charm.
exactly what i was thinking of building
oops i ment to respond to DeLuSioNal29 that was what i was thinking of making
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It's not it's used to be but cheap and free old arcades still happen. My last 2 cabinets were $100 for both.
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sure,but i dont think those can be 2 player,correct me if im wrong.
consider yourself corrected :p
http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=59 (http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/category&path=59)
Specifically:
http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=51 (http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=51)
and
http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=71 (http://shop.harumancustoms.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=71)
+1 for Haruman Kits. Just needed to glue all the parts together. Saved time and money. (marquee name was for a client, id never do that)
(https://s19.postimg.org/dd91rmcxf/0402151818.jpg) (https://postimg.org/image/esamgce0f/)
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im starting to mock up in cardboard what my arcade machine will look like,was thinking literally making a podium to hide the computer and to mount my tank stick to and then have the screen mounted to the wall.Nothing fancy i know,but i also thought let me see some of your easy builds and maybe i could change my mind and make a more classic looking machine if its super easy to build on account of having next to know woodworking skills.
I did exactly what you're talking about, because I wanted a MAME rig for my garage up and running in the least amount of time possible. I simply bought a tank stick and mounted it on a pedestal that I built in a single afternoon.
If you already have a tank stick, the pedestal is a very quick and dirty way to play some MAME, without having to hunch over a coffee table or computer desk. I obviously prefer my full cabinet, but I've logged dozens of hours on the pedestal and it gets the job done.
(https://6ik54a.bl3301.livefilestore.com/y3m84_1IaFvkNz1IW7V1JtYbSPBl_aZ4Seg4Dma-QbZHS_-_51ssNC6ojhc7D1OsTD8grIqTtx8oPqjaH0J0LtgoMMk8G4MJYIUhwpHdtaDYcBU-rdO782QAbSwBSWy1J7b06Di5OjglEgrgzGIN60DsbYbjlHtQM_PiX2SIH1Ijeo?width=495&height=660&cropmode=none)