Ultimate 3 Sided Cocktail Table

[DJ Infinity]

Hello All I would like to share my W.I.P of my three sided cocktail table. I always wanted one but after scouring the net looking for kits I discovered that they call for small CRT monitors, ugh   Mind you I should've e-mailed to see if they could mod the kit for a 32in LCD TV. So that being said I decided to go with some buddies of mine at Arcade Services here in Indianapolis. Also after talking to my better half we decided to go all out and use a 42 in Visio TV.

[DJ Infinity]

This posting shows some preliminary progress on the table as we work thru it. In hindsight which is always 20/20, I should have made the table a wee bit shorter but oh well. 

[cmoses]

A very interesting project, I will surely be keeping my eye on this one.

[DJ Infinity]

Thanx Cmoses    More W.I.P. The next group of pictures show things like the TV mount, Space for the Blu-Ray drive, how the top looks, car speakers, console drawer. etc.

[DJ Infinity]

The next set of pictures shows nearing completion. Table is now moved from the shop to home. I ended up ordering the following, IPAC-2, Ultralux buttons (no word yet on Electric Ice buttons they seem to be on indefininate backorder  ) WII & PS3 Console adapters, about 9 daisy chain harnesses, and earlier today I went over to retroarcades to order 4 lighted perfect 360 joysticks. I like the idea of using TV(s) for my projects because connecting other things like consoles are a snap, no need for extra gimmicky stuff for it to display  right now I just have the Wii hooked to it and I haven't wired up the IPAC yet. I am currently working on mounting up the PC and stuff. I think I will have 2 power supplies. One will handle the PC the other will handle powering the joysticks, fans, and buttons. More on that next W.I.P keep the comments coming. 

[emphatic]

Huge build! 

[Stobe]

if you get one of those clip-on nets, you can make this double as a ping pong table (or other types of pong) 

[DJ Infinity]

Too funny!  It probably is ping pong table size LOL

[DJ Infinity]

Small pictureless update. I finally got my lighted joysticks from Dream Authentics. So I got those in place and wired up most of the panels in the cab as far as lights go. Now all I have left to do is wire up the controls to the IPAC. And last but not least mount the computer for the emulators and I'm done.

[jmike]

  
    Awesome build so far. Love the color scheme. What kind of buttons are those?

Keep those pics coming

 

[DJ Infinity]

Buttons are Ultralux from Ultimarc. I didn't get the boards for them to flash etc. as I am kinda tapped out. They will be constant on. Which reminds me I'ma hafta buy some more wire for the fans and get those done. 

[DJ Infinity]

Ok, I got the lights wired up. Since there are so many lights and 4 joysticks all require +5v, What I did to make things easy was use a ATX power supply and wire it to be on when  current hits it. I also used molex & butt connectors. I have the PC motherboard mounted. Now all I have to do is finish wiring to the IPAC and mount the power supply and hard drive(s) and find a way to tack up some of the wires so it's not so messy. Neat wiring hasn't been one of my strong points