mini/bartop GT 99 (advice needed)

[pharoah007]

I have a GT99 JAMMA PCB, hoe made control panel and a marquee that have been sitting in a box for a few years here.  I miss my GT a lot so I want to build myself a SMALL GT cab.  I will be using a LCD via a video converter.

I am wondering if anyone has pics to anything like this (bartop type GT)  Just to help me get my creative juices flowing.

I may even build a "thin and tall" GT as GT is a game that lends itself to being played standing up.  Again any pictures of something like this to help me get going would be appreciated.

As for the wiring and guts, I am good to go on all of that except one thing.... are JAMMA speakers 4 ohm or 8 ohm? I an nor remember.

I will take pics of the entire build to contribute here.

Thanks all.

[BobA]

I am assuming that you are talking about a golden tee not a GT racing game.

Make the cab top as wide as your chosen LCD and you have a bartop.

[pharoah007]

I am assuming that you are talking about a golden tee not a GT racing game.

Make the cab top as wide as your chosen LCD and you have a bartop.

OOOH, I like that design a lot!   Where did you get it so I can try to find some exact angles?

Thanks.

[eds1275]

hoe made control panel

Nice! My hoes aren't pulling their weight around here. All 92 pounds of it. lol j/k

Golden Tee rules! Best party game. A bartop one would be superb, the bigger the ball the better. Those little pimple trackballs look more like an undersized novelty item to me.

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

Looks like he just erased the bottom part of a picture of the actual cab, given the waviness of the bottom of it.

[opt2not]

OOOH, I like that design a lot!   Where did you get it so I can try to find some exact angles?

Yeah, photo-chopped!
Good work BobA, I'd say that's got to be the quickest conceptualizing I've seen

[matsadona]

As far as I know the JAMMA standard is an 8 ohm speaker.

[pharoah007]

Thanks again everyone.

man they pic of the "chopped off" GT cab has realy got my brain in high gear. Tomorrow or the next day will be Cardboard mock up day I think.

Wish me luck!

[IG-88]

That base will have to be damned heavy or that cab will fall over! 

[BobA]

I chopped up a newer cab as they are LCD based so are not very deep except for the control panel area.  Make the base a little deeper to help keep it upright.  Added a quick side view to give an idea of angles. 

[jipp]

bar3 should have enough mass to keep it up right. looks good.

chris.

[pharoah007]

And so it begins.....took measurements of all components today and started to make a cardboard mock up, I had to take a break for 2 reasons. 1, I am real hung over from new years   and 2, I ran out of cardboard big enough to do the side pieces. The wife will be bringing me back some boxes from work tonight.  I will start back at it tomorrow as I have a pinball play night tonight.



I went back inside to see i am not the only one hung over from last night

[EvilNuff]

That's an awesome cat pic.

[leapinlew]

This is supposed to be a family friendly website. You need to clean that cat smut out of this thread before BYOAC gets blacklisted as an adult website!!!

(keep up the good work)

[BobA]

It probably only gets black listed if you call your cat a ---Bad words, bad words, whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do when saint censors you?---.

[pharoah007]

Got around to making a rudimentary card board model of the GT Bartop today.  Due to the width of the Control Panel (650mm ish) It looks like she is going to ba a bit of a "fatty", but at least she is still smaller/lighter than a full size arcade machine.

I had to deviate a bit from the design BobA showed us here (my fave). I had to change the marquee area in order to give it a bit of a overhang. This was done so I have somewhere to put speakers

here is a pic of the mock up...


and my material estimation. i got everything in a 4X8 sheet of MDF EXCEPT the bottom piece. I plan on checking the "off cut bin" to see if I can find something to be cut to the bottoms specs. If not, I guess I will have to but another 4X4 sheet of MDF.

[leapinlew]

Watch that the overhang doesn't obstruct the view. I made that mistake once. I've had good luck putting the speakers facing down from the bottom of the cabinet and out of the CP.

[pharoah007]

I went to buy a 4X8X1/2 sheet of MDF today and have it cut.

Did not go well....

1st, the rona I went to said theu could not use there "wall saw" as one of there employees cut there thumb off and they were not cutting wood anymore (time to shop somewhere else)

2nd, even if the saw was avaible, they did not sell 1/2 inch width mdf in 4x8 sheets... only 4x4. 

I had to go home and re draw my plans for 5/8 mdf (which comes in 4x8) and also to Google different home depot/rona as I had had bad experiences at my local store before, today was the final straw, my money now goes elsewhere.

just finished drawing up the new plans.


  All I need to do now (after I get the wood) is to wait for my friend to find her router so I can borrow it for a while. This will give me time to order some T-moulding.

Anyone know how to cut a t-molding slot other than with the tool provided (4 sale) @ T-molding.com??   any tricks out there??

[eds1275]

Groovy game gear has the cheapest slot cutter deal out there

http://groovygamegear.com/webstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=75&products_id=330

another option would be the peel and stick style t-molding, but I say if you are going to do it, do it right - $20 for the right tool isn't a project-killer.

http://www.t-molding.com/store/product.php?productid=71&cat=5&page=1

[leapinlew]

Anyone know how to cut a t-molding slot other than with the tool provided (4 sale) @ T-molding.com??   any tricks out there??

Get a slot cutter. It's the best way to go. The only other successful method I saw was cutting the spline out and gluing the molding in place.

[pharoah007]

I made myself a "saw board" It was Quick and easy to do.  This allowed me to clamp the saw board down on the wood and cut right to the line thus eliminating the need for sanding   I used my Jigsaw to do the rest. Jigsaw part was time consuming but did a good job.




now to hunt down a router and T-molding cutter

[pharoah007]

Got the T-molding and slot cutter in the mail today.

Now to cut some slots!

[BobA]

Make sure the cutter is in the right way.  Some people have put it in upside down and the end result is smoke and a very hot cutter.   When the cutter rotates the teeth are driven by the router into the mdf point first.  It should cut like it is going thru butter.

[pharoah007]

Make sure the cutter is in the right way.  Some people have put it in upside down and the end result is smoke and a very hot cutter.   When the cutter rotates the teeth are driven by the router into the mdf point first.  It should cut like it is going thru butter.

Roger.

all done cutting, worked like a charm