My mini arcade cabinet made out of IKEA tables

[TheBigBadWolf]

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,

TheBigBadWolf

[ark_ader]

 

[trickman]

Yeah, laminated wood is easy to cut and keep decent. Hey, if it's good enough for you...

[harveybirdman]

Do you sit Indian style in front of it to play?

[SavannahLion]

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.

[Automark]

Cool, reminds me of this strange german cab



It needs a marquee though.

[mvolke1]

I don't see a joystick. What does it play?

[yamatetsu]

There's a joystick with a black balltop on the left.

[vwalbridge]

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.

[mvolke1]

Yes, I was asking about the Ikea machine. Just buttons. What games can you play with that setup?

[yamatetsu]

D'oh.

Found an old topic here in the forum : Arcade games that only use buttons(no joystick)?

[Slippyblade]

I think that's an Asteroids layout.

[SavannahLion]

Were the two games mentioned in the first post not of sufficient information?

[Slippyblade]

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!

[mvolke1]

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 

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