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Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: rtkiii on February 04, 2020, 10:15:26 am
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Hey everyone,
I opened a thread asking some questions in another area and I have decided to proceed with this project. I wanted a dedicated spinner cabinet but by the time I bought the controls and saw I was going to drop another $200 for the cabinet I changed my thinking as I could only find about 40 or so games that I'd play with a spinner. It was tough for my mind to justify a $300+ for 40 games. :)
I decided to go with a 4-way joystick and 3 button setup on the left hand side and then a spinner setup on the right hand side. I have 4/8 way controllers in my main cab but I typically always use the 8 way so I thought this would be a good way to represent the 4-way games correctly. I also wanted to stay 4:3(I know the risk) but I just am not a fan of 22"wide screen LCDs cropped so much so I found a guy on ETSY who had the setup I wanted but missing the plastics, which I i'll buy and cut accordingly. Also cut for T-Molding but not included, $115 shipped and this is arriving today.
Using Rasberry Pii but not sure I am a fan of it as I normally just use an i5, but due to size restrictions I feel it is the only option...i'll need to test more once everything is installed.
I bought a spintrak and configured fine with Mame/RetroPi, seems fluid but it is not in the cab yet. :)
That is all I have for now. :)
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Site I bought from...looks like it is down to $95, which I think is $10 cheaper and he did custom cuts.
https://www.etsy.com/listing/691438317/bartop-arcade-cabinet-kit-black-easy?ref=yr_purchases
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Good luck as you get started!
$300 to play 40 games is bad you say? Hmmm, I probably shouldn't have spent nearly $800 to build my cabinet that I only use to play 20-30 vertical classics then huh? :laugh2: :laugh2:
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To me :) - to each their own, right! I built my first one for about $500(but got a legit cab for $50 which helped alot) and I have around 500 games, all tested and play well. Yeah I'm not sure I could have done on for $800 and only two dozen games....and you clearly have morre talent...nice Fix it Felix build! I just added this to my mame cabinet a couple weeks back for my daughter to play. But a stand alone cab...Sweet goodness!
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Hmmm, I probably shouldn't have spent nearly $800 to build my cabinet that I only use to play 20-30 vertical classics then huh? :laugh2: :laugh2:
Sounds about right.
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Making progress and built the cabinet and tested out retropie and things are moving along nicely but I am finding it tough to find some USB speakers for the cabinet as the speaker area is on 2 1/4" height and about 7" long. Even the smallest, decent speakers are 3in in height at the smallest. Curious if any have suggestions for some USB speakers I can use in the small area?
thanks
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Making progress and built the cabinet and tested out retropie and things are moving along nicely but I am finding it tough to find some USB speakers for the cabinet as the speaker area is on 2 1/4" height and about 7" long. Even the smallest, decent speakers are 3in in height at the smallest. Curious if any have suggestions for some USB speakers I can use in the small area?
thanks
Amazon Basics speakers are 2" I think? The case screws apart too so they are really easy to pull out and rewire. I just cracked open a pair yesterday and can measure them when I get home. They are definitely smaller than 3" when facing down.
I did something similar in my last project HERE (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,157460.msg1659979.html#msg1659979). The ones I cracked open last night are even smaller - Amazon must have updated their design. They also completely unscrewed from the case (unlike the pics I linked to). So you unscrew the case, pop off the front panel and then you can actually unscrew the speaker and use it however you want.
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Oh cool! I did not think of taking the plastics off...even though I did that in my last two builds...LOL. I guess I thought it would be easy to find super small speakers. :) I'll check out the basics but if you want to measure that would be helpful.
I need them to be thinner than 2 1/4" face down. :)
These? - https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Computer-Speakers-Desktop-USB-Powered/dp/B07D7TV5J3/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=amazon+basics+speakers&qid=1581368699&sr=8-3
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Ordered amazon basic speakers to see if those will work out.
Ordered t-moding - white
Ordered some mounting feeet
Ordered some LED buttons(6 white, 2 red and 1 green) but need to find a LED controller. I am not going to go with LEDPAC(or whatever it is called) this time around as I do not plan on doing anything too fancy, just light up. I had just regular happ buttons but I am not feeling the yellow and blue buttons I have. Been looking for a certain style button and stumbled across the ones I chose to go with when I was getting t-moding and feet.
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These? - https://www.amazon.com/AmazonBasics-Computer-Speakers-Desktop-USB-Powered/dp/B07D7TV5J3/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=amazon+basics+speakers&qid=1581368699&sr=8-3
Yup.
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I had a constant hum/buzz in the speakers so I have returned those and bought something else. They did not sound "horrible" when the games were playing but the buzz was always in the back of my mind. What did I expect for $13 :) - LOL
We will see if that pan out.
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I had a constant hum/buzz in the speakers so I have returned those and bought something else. They did not sound "horrible" when the games were playing but the buzz was always in the back of my mind. What did I expect for $13 :) - LOL
We will see if that pan out.
Oh man... my hearing is crap probably because of decades of headphone use so I probably don't hear anything. Or maybe you got a bad set?
:dunno
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I put the t-modling on the the cabinet. I was surprised the TModiing cut went along the bottom of the sides. I was planning on feet so it will not slide around but I worry the tmold cut will be too big for the screw that goes into the foot. I have not done a bartop before but if I do tmodling along the bottom does that keep the cabinet from sliding on smooth surfaces?
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on my bartops i mounted the feet on the bottom not on the edges -
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,158182.0.html
post #10 shows the feet
they are supposed to go on a toilet seat ;)
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Oh YEAH!!!! That makes sense....yeah I'll do the bottom...LOL. I feel like an idiot...ha!
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remember, there are no stupid questions ;)
plus it gives you just enough room to get your fingers underneath to pickup the bartop when you want to move it :)
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This is coming along nicely. I have the buttons and controls in, I have the t-molding installed, monitor and sound bar installed. Seems to control well. working on LED buttons. I bought 12v versions on accident and trying to get PS for them, ordered and on its way. I will post a picture soon
But I am looking for some ideas on the control panel graphics. Normally I do just a paper printout of some sort with graphics and 1/8" plastic sheet to protect it. Well my LED buttons are barely 3/4" long to get through the 3/4" CP and so I do not have the room for the plastic. So I am hoping to find a good quality, thin plastic printable graphic CP design(that I design but someone else prints) to use. I do not really want a sticker but will use if that is the only other option.
any suggestions?
Thanks,rich
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Working on graphics and marquee. Decided on name "Spincade Classic" :)
CP pretty basic so I dont have to measure out holes...but that might change
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Marquee Draft
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Cab progress. Everything is wired up except the power, which i will get done this weekend. Need to get some bigger feet because LED lights on bottom of cab did not emit light. LOL
Need to figure out a theme for RasPi as well...using this comic one since it is 4x3 as a start.
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(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=159740.0;attach=381540;image)
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That bezel art lined up nice, didn't it?
Looks good.
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Someone photo-shopped that in :) - might be a little too much blue for me but thanks
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CP graphic installed.
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Did more tweaking to marquee and think I am going to go with this one.
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Nice Marquee design! I definitely think this version is the best.
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Nice Marquee design! I definitely think this version is the best.
Thanks...yeah I usually throw some ideas out and then walk away for awhile and then come back and tweak :)