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stand alone pedestal control panel...opinions

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Kevin Mullins:

--- Quote from: Gray_Area on September 03, 2011, 03:32:28 pm ---I would bet he's thinking of being able to put the pedestal to the wall when not in use.

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I think you would have to rig up some sort of removable "outriggers" (for lack of better words) in order to have enough stability while in play, but removable in order to store up against the wall.
If you just build a stabilizer setup large enough to hold the control panel steady you'd end up using just as much space as it already does now.

If any of that made sense.....

severdhed:
if i do this, i plan on making it so that i can slide the panel up against the wall when it is not in use, and i'm sure if it was just me and my friends using it, it would be a problem...but with kids, i am afraid it would tip over.

Gatt:

--- Quote from: severdhed on September 06, 2011, 10:15:20 pm ---if i do this, i plan on making it so that i can slide the panel up against the wall when it is not in use, and i'm sure if it was just me and my friends using it, it would be a problem...but with kids, i am afraid it would tip over.

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Use MDF,  and make sure you make it's dimensions sufficient so that it'd be relatively stable,  which shouldn't really be a problem if you're doing 4-players.  That'd be wide/long enough to be stable.

The weight of the MDF should keep it from tipping,  just make sure you do at least 3 sides closed all the way to the floor.  You'll probably end up with ~40lbs of MDF,  it's not going anywhere from a bump or two,  nor during play.

Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: Kevin Mullins on September 03, 2011, 03:46:38 pm ---
--- Quote from: Gray_Area on September 03, 2011, 03:32:28 pm ---I would bet he's thinking of being able to put the pedestal to the wall when not in use.

--- End quote ---

I think you would have to rig up some sort of removable "outriggers" (for lack of better words) in order to have enough stability while in play, but removable in order to store up against the wall.
If you just build a stabilizer setup large enough to hold the control panel steady you'd end up using just as much space as it already does now.

If any of that made sense.....

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It just needs to be cut in an L shape, with the bottom 'leg' facing the wall. It'll still only be about two feet in depth, which means you can put the PC inside it. You could even be clever, and have a spring-loaded cable spool, and run a cable track from monitor to close to the floor.

boardjunkie:
I think MAME looks like crap on computer/LCD displays, but thats just me.

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