Home built Cocktail Cab

[creatine28]

Finally tooks some pictures of the cocktail cab my brother and I made for his kids.  It's based on the pacman plans by Kyle Lindstrom with a few tweaks here and there.  Still need to add a few finiishing touches, but it's pretty much done.

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[javeryh]

Wow.  That's nice work!  Are you going to add any artwork?

[creatine28]

Thanks!
Yeah,  I think my brother wants to do a custom underlay.   We also need to do some type of overlay for the control panels, but not exactly sure what yet? (Plexi glass, paint etc)


Steve

[danny_galaga]

id suggest anything but paint as it will wear off quickly, especially where your hands rest...

[rchadd]

We also need to do some type of overlay for the control panels, but not exactly sure what yet? (Plexi glass, paint etc)

i covered my CPs with sticky black vinyl which has a leather like texture - it looks good and seems quite robust - got it from happ

[rchadd]

We also need to do some type of overlay for the control panels, but not exactly sure what yet? (Plexi glass, paint etc)

i covered my CPs with sticky black vinyl which has a leather like texture - it looks good and seems quite robust - got it from happ

take a look!

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=25687

BTW: what wood have you used? its kind of whiteish (i like it)
is it laminate?

[creatine28]

Thanks!

We used MDF wood, with wood veneer over the top.  We were going to use laminate, but then decided to go with the veneer.  




BTW: Nice looking cab!   Very clean looking!

[javeryh]

Are the CPs removable?  I noticed that you made them out of wood instead of metal like the original plans call for.  I am thinking of building a cocktail and I would likely do what you did.  I guess what I really want to know is was it a pain to wire the CPs?  

[creatine28]

Actually the control panels aren't removable, we just used the original cocktail plans for a guide and then kinda winged it here and there.  The controls were really easy to wire.

Here's the system specs:

Dos advmame 62 with  ArcadeOS
Hacked sidewinder joystick.  
PII 266Mhz system
Monitor 21 inch computer monitor that I picked up at a surplus computer store for $60.  

Controls:

2 Happs supers (1- 8way and 1-4way)
1 Wico 2/14 trackball with a hacked mouse

The system work excellent although it does take a few seconds extra to load the games since it's only 266mhz. But, since we running nothing but classics, it works well.  

Steve

[missioncontrol]

nice work.........got to get my cocktail finished

[rchadd]

Are the CPs removable?  I noticed that you made them out of wood instead of metal like the original plans call for.

javeryh, take a look at mine - it has wooden removable CP's!

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=25687

here is photo of the cp build phase

ps. creatine, sorry about hijacking this thread