Custom Raspberry Pi Arcade Cabinet- Constructing the Cabinet Part 2. Episode #7

Went from shopping on facebook for a $500+ version of this to watching your vids for the last hour. I have 2 extra 32 inch tvs and a ton of plywood just sitting around already i bet i could build a less fancy version pretty cheap. Gonna do some sketching tomorrow. Subscribed

Hey! Do you have a parts list/final price available?

Lord I wish I had an industrial cross cut sled. I have a worksite saw I built into a table, maaaaybe ill try cutting out the back door on that and clamping some straight edges. Or see if I can plunge cut with my circular saw . I'm super annoyed that it'll might take me 2 sheets to get this done and even MDF is nearly 40 bucks a sheet now. But ah well, it'll be worth it.

excellent video brother. wish you could sell the cnc plans to cut the piece for the controls or at least the printable drawing that could be traced to the MDF

I could watch these videos over and over and over!!!! Awesome awesome job and incredible attention to detail! What an artist! 👍🤜✌️

Hey there, Awesome build. I just built my first tabletop arcade. and i was wondering what speaker system did you end up using. You mentioned that its a bluetooth system, but i couldn't see what it was. having bluetooth in mine would make it multi purpose. !

The cut to lock down coronavirus times ruined the illusion that this was all done in a few hours :)

What size TV did you use. I keep missing it...

Nice job! Going to your link above, after smashing like many times :) did not show the PDF. Was wondering if the PDF document is still available?

I being watching your video for couples of days. I saw another cabinet you made., but this one is a must and my 32" samsung tv I have seating around will fit perfectly. where can I get the measure and parts you used for this cabinet. Or do you sell and ship them? I'm in Florida. Let me know

Espetacular trabalho...!! Qual é a dimensão / características do 2.º ecran (LG)? Obrigado

Thank you so much for the free plans :)!!!

So this guy used his workshop class to make an arcade machine. nice.

Most of the people don't have the tools out there to make nice arcades..

Is it complicated to do a cabinet with a coin slot receptor that works with almost every arcade games...just like game over and you put a coin in to continue or to start another game. or is it not possible? Btw. I don't like the coin slot receptor they sell out there (looks cheaply made)..I want the one you'd normally see in the old arcade games with the door. that's nice.

Well...if you use raspberry pi you can't run high demanded consoles like N64, PSP, DC, PS2, GC, Wii, 3DS..if you run a PC you could run almost everything but the downside is that you'd have to deal with heat it and it costs more..you need at least a mini pc or so.

@Way of the Wrench while you're at it..have you thought about building a pinball machine with 2 monitors, running vpx with puppacks?

I've seen some people who made cabinets did not bother to make a bezel..they just took a monitor and stuck it in. So when you look closely inside you'd see the brand of the monitor..so funny

Can you tell me more about the monitor you used for the top, like the model number, and how the speaker setup is?

What's the total depth of this cabinet with control panel installed? By my measurements off your plans it looks like 40". Love the design but it looks really massive. Wondering whether control panel can be made shorter

Great video

Love the content! You do great work so I wanted to grab those plans to dig into this more but I can't seem to access the plans. I go to the link and can even search and find mention of it but there are no files or links to files. Have the plans been removed?

TVs/monitor sizes are measured diagonally I believe.

That's great. I love your second display!

Great video. It's basically what I want to make except have a track ball and light guns. What raspberry pi did you use for this? I ask bc I've seen performance concerns with having 2 monitors hooked up for the marquee.

Do you notice any performance issues displaying a picture on the marquee monitor while running a game?

Thanks and great video

Great DIY video on a retro cab making. Thumbs UP! Where was this shot? Look like it might be at a college somewhere. I saw classroom desks in the background of one of the edits.

The marquee monitor looks to be upside down at the end of the video. Either by design or corrected at some point. :)

nice coin ops music lol and nice cab aswell my friend

Has anyone heard of a link to someone that will build these for money?
A custom build.
I dont have the time or space to build a cab.

looks so beautiful, nice work

Is that top monitor upside down? oops!

How is your joystick/button reaction? I used the same HW in a mini NES case some years ago. It has very noticeable input lag. Did you run into this and if so what is the solution? Thanks.

Amazing. I want to do this too but I'm scared to tackle it!

Ive done something very similar. My advice to anyone that isn't as handy with building a cabinet would be to buy a old worn out arcade cabinet and refurb it.

So one thing I'm noticing is there's plenty of room for a kegerator and mount the tap on the side. I'll add that to my notes.

Amazing job! It certainly shows (me) how much detail and woodworking still is needed to make it look really great. So, um, 2 questions:

1) How much does it weigh fully assembled? This guy will clearly be study as heck... but that means that it's probably several hundred pounds fully built?

2) ... Is this at school? Do your kids get to to play with the end result?

Is there a reason that I haven't thought of as to why you hinged your control panel from the front not the back?

May I ask why you mounted the power input so high on the cabinet? It seems like it would make more sense to have it lower to the floor. Less weight hanging on the C13-C14 connection, etc. I assume I am missing something in regards to your setup?

Great looking series. I downloaded the plans over Christmas. I wanted to try my hand at designing side artwork, and I was wondering if you had a one page PDF (or other file image) of the entire side of your cabinet that I can use as a template for the artwork?

Awesome job👍🏾

Went to download plans but there was nothing an took me to some automotive school lol

Great work! Why is the marque displaying upside down?

Didn't you record the stage where the lcd marquee was placed and fixed into the marquee space. And how the mount bracket was attached to the screen. I miss that part really . tnx.

What diameter flush trim bit did you use for the monitor cut out?

Perfect placement on the speakers. You nailed it.

You did an awesome job on this cabinet. Well done man👏👍🤙🎮🕹

How tô make an gabinet xevious please . From Brazil

Just realized that this was 4 years ago. Caught me off guard with the "CoVID-19edition". Another banger. Keep up the great work!