The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Project Announcements => Topic started by: sealslayer on December 19, 2007, 11:27:46 am
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I finally got round to building my first cabinet that was going to be for sale last week. The buyer was extremely happy with it, which in turn makes me very happy ;D
Sorry got no construction pics as my old HDD decided to go into meltdown and I lost everything. :hissy:
Here's my second one, this time it has cp artwork, the first one I sold didn't have any, hopefully this one will sell for a little bit more with it.
This will probably be the last pink one I do as I got asked by most people if they came in any other colours, so I guess the old fav black and blue will be next.
(http://www.ultracabs.com/1.jpg)
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hmm all my pics have vanished... I'll have to fix it later... :laugh2:
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:notworthy: That is a very sexy cocktail cabinet.
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very nice and clean man!! backup your pics next time so we get some contruction pics :)
Neil
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That is teh sex!
Loving it :)
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I have always loved curves, ;)
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Wow, look at all that space in there. You running one of those 48 & 1 boards? Very nice. What are you selling them for ($$)?
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Yeah its a 48 in 1 board, nice and simple for people to use and less potential problems.
My last one sold for £820 ( $1600 ish), not as much as I wanted but its still a nice profit.
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Nice work. Someone is going to be very happy to see that under the tree. :cheers:
Is the top plexi or glass? If its glass, will any glass shop make cuts like that?
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Yeah, that top is incredible. I've asked for some prices here, but I was shocked... (In the Netherands, region Rotterdam.)
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The glass top is smoked, toughened and polished.
I gave them the cabinets wooden top and they used it as a template to cut the glass.
They make just three cuts to get the shape then polish it down to get a perfect match.
The price wasn't to bad either £65.00, ($130) I was very happy when I picked it up as I wasn't sure how well it would come out but I've used them twice now and each time its a perfect match to the wooden top.
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I like how you have held your CPs on. I was wondering how to hold mine on and I came up with various ideas but I like yours better, I think I will do the same. Liking the cabinet 'lid stay' too, I saw them in B&Q the other day and thought they would be a good idea. I was wondering if they would be strong enough but yours looks to be doing the job, I was going to make one but I may give one of those a go.
Where did you buy your glass from by the way if you dont mind me asking? Im just getting some quotes at the moment. That seems like a good price considering the profile etc.
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Where did you buy your glass from by the way if you dont mind me asking? Im just getting some quotes at the moment. That seems like a good price considering the profile etc.
Its a small independent shop that's near to where I live, they don't actually do the work in shop they send it out to another company to do all the polishing and cutting.
You have to shop around for the best prices, I was quoted double what I paid in the end.
With regards to the CP's I wouldn't go down the same route I have been using as its very time consuming having to cut the middle section of the end pieces out to fit them.
My newer design has the rear section of the cp bolted to the end piece, this way should you ever need to replace it you won't end up with fatigued screw holes in both pieces.
Simple four bolt holes in both pieces and a 2" hole to feed the cp wires through.
The top of the CP will be held in place with four chrome counter sunk allan screws to keep it looking nice and clean and its easy to quickly undo those if you have to change the joystick etc.
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Nice! :applaud:
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The light underneath is a great touch :) Well done.
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That's a super nice and clean job!! :cheers:
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Great job! :applaud: :applaud:
I too like the light underneath, may do that on my next project.
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Holy crap! true genius at work! :o
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:o Wow, that has to be the cleanest, nicest cocktail I've seen... it has 'commercial' written all over it. Well done.
Is that prefinished or did you paint it yourself? If so, what kind of paint/method did you use?
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neat :)
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Its laminated with "juicy pink" Formica, the cost is around £70 for a 10' x 4' sheet.
All the cabinets pieces where cut then laminated individually, its quite time consuming when you have to glue and cut each piece but that's the only way to achieve a perfect finish.
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PINK!!! WOO HOO!!!!
Ahem, sorry... I get a little excited whenever someone builds a pink cab - I love it!!! :cheers:
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congrats on the cab...
I like the "under light" idea.
Jay :cheers:
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Is that a 48 in 1 board? How difficult is using that in place of a standard computer. Are you using a PC power supply and monitor with it? What type of wiring harness was used?
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I'm building my cab using the same board(its not here yet), I assume you are using a atx power supply, what are you using for speakers
dm
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Is that a 48 in 1 board? How difficult is using that in place of a standard computer. Are you using a PC power supply and monitor with it? What type of wiring harness was used?
Yeah its a 48 in 1 board, its far easier to use, just connect a PC power supply to it and then connect it to a PC monitor and turn it on. It takes about 45 seconds to get into the games menu screen then your ready to go.
I used a standard jamma harness from jammaboards.com
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I'm building my cab using the same board(its not here yet), I assume you are using a atx power supply, what are you using for speakers
dm
Yep I used a ATX power supply, the speakers and grills are from suzo (UK HAPP)
speaker item no: 22-0142
Grill item no: 22-0183
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excellent work. loving the curves. it all works well together.
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WOW That really is a nice piece of kit, nice to see a good build coming from here in the UK :D
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That looks great. My only suggestion is to make the power cord come out of the bottom next time, I could see it getting yanked out where it is now.
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Thought I had commented when I first saw this one but I guess not...BEAUTIFUL JOB! :applaud:
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Its laminated with "juicy pink" Formica, the cost is around £70 for a 10' x 4' sheet.
All the cabinets pieces where cut then laminated individually, its quite time consuming when you have to glue and cut each piece but that's the only way to achieve a perfect finish.
I'm in the UK and wondered where you got that lovely Formica?
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I'm in the UK and wondered where you got that lovely Formica?
I am getting mine from http://www.plasman.co.uk/ although I would like to know this as well anyway! >:D
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Looks clean and professional. The only change I would make is to put it on 4 casters to elevate it an inch or so, then you could put the power outlet on the bottom so it would be out of site and also not a trip hazard.
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really nice design, sooooooooo smooth, and the execution... Perfect! No wonder the client is happy
I love it!
man, did you laminate the entire inside? That's some serious build!
I can't quite make it out in the pics, what is happening on thr front edge of the CP's? is that black part of the CP art of angle iron?
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Its laminated with "juicy pink" Formica, the cost is around £70 for a 10' x 4' sheet.
All the cabinets pieces where cut then laminated individually, its quite time consuming when you have to glue and cut each piece but that's the only way to achieve a perfect finish.
I'm in the UK and wondered where you got that lovely Formica?
Sorry this reply took so long, its just that I've had "cabinet Fatigue" and have not bothered to visit here in quite some time :)
The laminate came from a company called International decorative services http://www.idsurfaces.co.uk/
really nice design, sooooooooo smooth, and the execution... Perfect! No wonder the client is happy
I love it!
man, did you laminate the entire inside? That's some serious build!
I can't quite make it out in the pics, what is happening on thr front edge of the CP's? is that black part of the CP art of angle iron?
The inside was covered with vinyl Laminate http://www.parts-express.com//pe/showdetl.cfm?&Product_ID=120419&DID=7
My latest cabinets are now made with Melamine Faced MDF so no more messy laminating :laugh2:
http://www.ultracabs.com
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You've built a realy nice arcade. :applaud:
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Very nice work!
What monitor are you using?