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Arcade Game Project
« on: July 15, 2010, 02:43:59 am »
I'm almost done with my second cabinet, but never posted anything on the first one I did a couple of years ago.  So here's some pics, keep in mind that before this I never did any woodwork or anything like that.  :)

My wife bought me this:


After reading through the whole book, and seeing how easy everyone on this forum made it look, I bought joysticks, buttons and stuff from Ultimarc.


Coin door from Happ.


Modified coin mech to work with R2 coins.


Bought a 21" slimfit tv and removed the cover.


"Removed" the speakers.  :)


to be continued...

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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2010, 02:54:48 am »
Bought some MDF wood and started cutting out the sides.


Both sides done.




Control panel layout done.


Got this design somewhere on this forum I think.  Since then lots of people have been using the same one.





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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2010, 03:25:13 am »
Checking to see if the control panel fits.


From the side.


Coin door panel added.


TV in.


Panel for speakers added.


Closed the screw holes on the sides.

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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #3 on: July 15, 2010, 04:36:59 am »
From the back.


« Last Edit: July 15, 2010, 10:09:51 am by RVZ »

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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #4 on: July 15, 2010, 04:47:32 am »
Added and connected the coin door, fitted perspex over the screen, connected the speakers and added t-edging for the sides.  Can't remember which frontend I used, but it's not nearly as good as HyperSpin FE which I'm using on my new one.  Overall it turned out ok, but I made a lot of mistakes.  I sold this one shortly after completing it, and then recently started a new one.

Some pics of the finished cabinet, just not very good quality.





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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #5 on: July 15, 2010, 06:30:51 am »
I've never seen a CRT that slim. That's pretty cool.

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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #6 on: July 15, 2010, 07:48:15 am »
+1 on the slim tv. Never seen that before.

I like the "Hacksaw to the TV" approach!

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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2010, 08:06:31 am »
+1 on the slim tv. Never seen that before.

I like the "Hacksaw to the TV" approach!

Most of the new crt tv's over here are slimfit's. 


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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #8 on: July 15, 2010, 10:01:10 am »
+1 on the TV choice.

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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2010, 10:07:55 am »
great work for never doing wood working. I bet you learned a heck of a lot in a very short time!

also, I bet the tool collection is better too!

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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2010, 10:14:40 am »
great work for never doing wood working. I bet you learned a heck of a lot in a very short time!

also, I bet the tool collection is better too!

Definitely learned a lot.  I'll start a thread on my new arcade later tonight or tomorrow morning.  In my opinion you can't even compare the 2.  :)

lol, yes.  It went from non-existent to quite a big collection.  The tools probably ended up costing more than the whole arcade.  Luckily my wife bought me a lot of tools as well.  :)

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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2010, 01:53:29 pm »
Add another +1 on the tv. And it sounds like you've got a very supportive wife, too. :D

Nice work on the cabinet! I can't tell if you've got t-molding on the cabinet in those final shots or not. By the light reflection, it seems like it. But I'm so used to seeing the classic slot-cutting shot in build threads. Are you keeping both cabinets when you finish the second one?

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Re: Arcade Game Project
« Reply #12 on: July 15, 2010, 04:16:10 pm »
Add another +1 on the tv. And it sounds like you've got a very supportive wife, too. :D

Nice work on the cabinet! I can't tell if you've got t-molding on the cabinet in those final shots or not. By the light reflection, it seems like it. But I'm so used to seeing the classic slot-cutting shot in build threads. Are you keeping both cabinets when you finish the second one?

Yup, she's the best! :)  And she's the one always asking me to play games with her, instead of the other way around.

Yes, I did use t-molding.  Didn't have the correct slot cutter back then, so struggled to make it fit.  Sold this one shortly after completing it.  Too many things I wanted to do different, so decided I'll rather do another one and this time do it better.  The new one I'm definitely keeping.