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TheBigBadWolf

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My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« on: August 31, 2015, 06:34:55 pm »
Hi All,

Just wanted to show off the mini cabinet I built using IKEA Lack tables, it only plays asteroids and space fury at the moment, just need to get some screw covers to finish it off.

Took a weekend to build, I was initially worried the IKEA wood wouldnt be good to cut and drill but it turned out ok.

Cheers,

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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2015, 02:09:39 am »
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #2 on: September 01, 2015, 11:00:43 am »
Yeah, laminated wood is easy to cut and keep decent. Hey, if it's good enough for you... :)
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #3 on: September 01, 2015, 11:26:31 am »
Do you sit Indian style in front of it to play?
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #4 on: September 01, 2015, 12:58:02 pm »
Quote from: trickman on September 01, 2015, 11:00:43 am
Yeah, laminated wood is easy to cut and keep decent. Hey, if it's good enough for you... :)

IIRC the LACK tables are way too light even for that. I think the thin shelf that sits under the table is heavier than the table top itself. I believe it's actually a corrugated-like cardboard that fills the bulk and very thin sheets of a particleboard-like substance with a veneer. The edges might have something reasonably solid holding the metal inserts but I doubt it.  I ---smurfing--- hate it because even the tiniest little scratch on the veneer quickly bubbles with the smallest amount of moisture from any source.

The construction makes for a reasonably strong table but when you finally toss it in the fire, you won't get too many BTUs out of it.
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2015, 04:56:05 pm »
Cool, reminds me of this strange german cab



It needs a marquee though.
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2015, 05:22:20 pm »
I don't see a joystick. What does it play?
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2015, 05:47:16 pm »
There's a joystick with a black balltop on the left.
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2015, 05:48:46 pm »
Quote from: yamatetsu on September 03, 2015, 05:47:16 pm
There's a joystick with a black balltop on the left.

He is asking about the Ikea machine in the first post. It doesn't have a joystick.
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2015, 07:37:17 pm »
Yes, I was asking about the Ikea machine. Just buttons. What games can you play with that setup?
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2015, 07:47:46 pm »
D'oh.

Found an old topic here in the forum : Arcade games that only use buttons(no joystick)?
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2015, 07:51:00 pm »
I think that's an Asteroids layout.
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2015, 11:26:37 pm »
Were the two games mentioned in the first post not of sufficient information?
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2015, 11:39:07 pm »
Quote from: SavannahLion on September 03, 2015, 11:26:37 pm
Were the two games mentioned in the first post not of sufficient information?
Pfft, you expect us to READ?  There were pictures to look at!
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Re: My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables
« Reply #14 on: September 04, 2015, 02:53:49 pm »
Quote from: Slippyblade on September 03, 2015, 11:39:07 pm
Quote from: SavannahLion on September 03, 2015, 11:26:37 pm
Were the two games mentioned in the first post not of sufficient information?
Pfft, you expect us to READ?  There were pictures to look at!

What Slippy said  :applaud:

I missed those two games. It's a nice looking cab, though.
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