Started cutting wood last night. No pics until I get it drybuilt or something worth showing anyways.
Based on the Ultimate Arcade II (as close as I can get from pictures anyways) with some modifications. 27" sony trinitron, 4 player CP (A ways off at this stage). Leaf buttons will be illuminated. Still undecided on joysticks.
Taking WAY too long, but I'm almost there... a few more pieces to cut, and then the bezel will be last.
Then halfway through cutting the wife hit me up with the idea of parking it in our 'play room' and making it so the kids can still watch TV on it if necessary (Eliminating another TV in the house). This means I will need to park the PS2, DVD & Sattelite receiver underneath with 'open' shelving of some sort (for remotes). It also means face frames
But it's certainly feasible.
Any thoughts on this? Does anyone else regularly watch tv in their cabs? is it awkward with the screen up high and angled upwards (for a 27")
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Hours total so far: 160 (10 of that is fixing the damn tv) I stopped counting a while ago
Cost Total so far: $1038.50
$113 5/8" Particle Board, 1 x 2 & 2x2 Framing
$70 - Misc (Paint, sanding discs, tack cloth, bondo, etc)
$50 - 27" Sony Trinitron (craigslist)
$65 - 60 ft T-Molding, Bit
$18 - 100 - 6,000 mcd 3mm wide angle flat top LEDS ebay
$184 - 2 mag-stik plus, I pac-4, mounting kits, pcb feet
$136 - Buttons, 2 happ competition 8 way joysticks, trunk latches
$18 - pc Speakers & sub
$60 - Pr Glass Doors
$40 - 500w Power supply
$50 - Misc phono jacks, usb hub, coax connector, stereo connector, etc..
$37 - .2 acrylic for bezel face
$20 - Red Paint, More Primer
$70 - Happ 3" Trackball (Trans. red) & Mounting plate
$100 - Ultimarc Spinner & Knob
$30 - More misc (Spade bit for sinking tnuts, dblstick tape, bolts, etc)
$50 - more misc (plexi, corner protectors, replacement saw blade)
-$105 - Returned some unused/unneeded items (radio shack parts, nuts/bolts/constr. adhsive, 4 port usb hub, etc)
$10 - Screws. chain, piano hinge
$16 resistors
17.50 another crap tv
Basic plan (not to scale):
Basically it is a modified version of the Ultimate Arcade II cabinet. I did not have the plans, so everything was based on measurements found in various posts or in their assembly instructions or by eyeballing it. My original design (still a secret) was loosely based on this design, but was too difficult to pull off for my first build. I hope to try that design after this cabinet is completed. The further I got into simplifying my original design, the closer it got to the plain UA II style. When and if I start my second cab, you will see why I 'went back to the basics' in this cabinet.
CURRENT STATUS:Completed! Yay!