My Bartop Project

[monkeychunkuk]

posted this over on hyperspin and i thought you guys may like to see my little project i really want to own a arcade machine,but of course with a baby joining the house im a bit tight on room so im going to scale down a full size cabinet




First i made a cardboard mock up using the dimensions from the tiny arcade kit
Oh and here is monitor i have spare


I changed the template a little and marked my first cut of the day onto 13mm thick Mdf


After lots of dust and cutting here are my two side once i cut the first one i used the other as a template




Now using the easy method i put the parts together as a dry fit ( my carpenter brother would be hanging his head in shame not one dove tail in site)







I screwed the 2 sides together and used a really course sandpaper now they are both the same shape





Soo end of the week and the cabinet is built, its kinda been 1 step forward 2 steps back. after i did the under coat i put the cabinet back together the fit was not great the trouble is when you cut with a jigsaw its very easy to wonder off the cutting line and my original measurements for width were a rough guess,using these handy set up plans i found, i marked up some MDF and popped along to Home base were you can get wood cut you get 2 free cuts and 50p for each cut after that.



I put it all together today and the fit is much better I also did a dummy fit on the buttons and joystick to check the spacing


i took it outside and did a few under coats with gloss spray paint


i put it all back together and fitted a lock and few other bits here is front and back





these are the buttons i bought form ultar cabs not the best but a good price


here is me drilling out the control panel



i fitted the stickers i got printed on the Cp and fitted the buttons


i sat down and wired up all the buttons to the CP



and this is were i am now i fetted the CP in place and fitted all the other stickers to the side the design is from a guy on hyperspin called mike

left side



right side



the front




so i would say im about 90% finished i have the mother board to fit the wiring to complete and the bezzle to to cut and fit oh and of course all of games to set up

thanks for letting crash in on the site all un intoduced im Steve by the way

[javeryh]

Really nice job - I love the art.  How wide is your CP?  Is it comfortable to play a 2P game?

[monkeychunkuk]

Many thanks the cp is 490mm wide ive yet to play any games on it yet still waiting on the motherboard to turn up its now sitting in my front room
ill let you know asap

[teeuwen]

very cool, where did you get your artwork from?

[jmike]

Love the art. Also great job on the wiring.


 

[Unstupid]

You used the same artowrk for the sides, back, top and Control Panel?  Buy 4 for the price of 1?   

[monkeychunkuk]

You used the same artowrk for the sides, back, top and Control Panel?  Buy 4 for the price of 1?   

the sides are the same picture but the Cp has back ground info on it i you got to love the space invaders monster

[monkeychunkuk]

So just a little progress today i fitted a perspex front to the marquee and i fitted the light I'm well chuffed with effect

[monkeychunkuk]

Little bit of progress today no i haven't finished just checking the screen viewing angle and of course to see what it will look like



I also taped up my bezel ready to spray black



Oh here is a look at the back

[monkeychunkuk]

In the voice of young Skywalker

"its working!!!!"