My Bartop Arcade

[destronger]

well, after about a year of talk actual results are happening...

at this stage i would like to thank my friend caleb. he's a handyman and i'm learning quite a bit to as why i will never become one myself.  :

sooooo... this is what i am trying to achieve:






i have the top, back, and bottom cut to size too. i just haven't taken picture yet.

i have increased the bottom by 3.5" for more room and other options for later. maybe a subwoofer?? maybe a place for a rat to make a home?? i'm 6'1" so when it come down to it added height it is always appreciated. long term plan is to make a base for it so it stands at a normal arcade height. and that i can fold and put away, but that's along way off.

yes... i do have all the dims and degree's too for possibly doing another one.

when it comes to all the wiring and stuff i will be doing that with no help due to being a hvac service tech is my profession and electrical is EASY!!

idea's for the cp have changed due to discussions with sharpfork and ace9096.

anywho, they both have givin me idea's and helped me make things easier.

this was discussed at the coinops forum that which i am no longer part of due to stuff like having an opinion and using the xtra's forum too.

at this point i found something about it that will kinda look weird... the marquee will be thin. oh well, first time building an arcade. i will work with what i got.

more pix for your viewing pleasure:









hehe... i just got another modded xbox. only a 120gig hdd but i traded it for my unused atari 2600. i don't even know it worked and they couldn't check it either but they took it anyway.

and, WHAT THE!...  


silly fortress maximus, it's not ready to play yet!


it's starting to take shape!! finally...

all of the above happened the last couple weeks so i just moved it over here from the xtras site.

i have since got all my audio, video connections ready. i got the ultimarc i-pac and xbox converter and just need to get the controllers and buttons now.

[Lonely Raven]

That's nice!

I'm thinking about making pretty much the same thing.

What's with watermarking your photos so much? Are you really afraid someone's going to steal them and call them their own?

[Unstupid]

You shoulda posted this in the "Project Announcements" forum...  nobody visits "Woodworking"!    

Nice start... What the overall dimensions (LxWxH).  It looks pretty big!

[destronger]

oops... 

hopefully the mods can move my thread to the announcement section.

@lonely raven: the watermarks are for a reason. a former forum i used to visit had these on there and i put them on to ensure people know i did this. that forum has issues such as a very odd moderator.

@unstupid: 20x24x38ish i think. i don't have the dims in front of me.

i was going for the top half of a actual arcade. i used to own one and they are rather hard to move around when you have to. i went this route.

[jennifer]

    That"s a awsome project.. can"t wait to see it finished!

[GregD]

What size mnitor is that?  Seems kind of small in there.  Is it a 17?