Upright Arcade Cabinet
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Published on February 26, 2011
This thing was Featured on February 27, 2011
Description
Being a child of the 70's, arcade games hold more for me than these xbox things... I've often thought about buying one - a real one - for home. I've looked at MAME cabinets and all sorts of options, but at the moment I've only got a little place with little space, so what I needed was a little arcade machine. I drew this up over the last couple of evenings in CorelDRAW. It stands about 130cm / 5" tall.
Instructions
Two files are included with this thing - one with the Space Invader artwork like in the photos, the other is completely blank - add your own!!
Use 3mm Acrylic.
Black lines - cut through (outside of box, coin slot etc.)
Yellow lines - cut lightly (shadow effect on side of cabinet)
Red lines - engrave (monsters on side of cabinet & playfield)
It's a bit of a puzzle to put together - there's 12 pieces. My only suggestion is check twice before glueing! (Yes, my first go at assembly ended up with a piece around the wrong way and a gap lol)
The artwork is designed to be on the inside of the cabinet - if you're going to make one of these out of MDF or similar, flip the artwork at least on the screen, otherwise it will be mirrored.
Oh!! And don't glue the top on - then you won't get your coins out again!
Edit I've uploaded a larger file to suit 1/4" by request. This will give you a cabinet that's 11" tall however I don't have any 1/4" so haven't yet tested it. Comments/Feedback on the upscale would be appreciated!
Use 3mm Acrylic.
Black lines - cut through (outside of box, coin slot etc.)
Yellow lines - cut lightly (shadow effect on side of cabinet)
Red lines - engrave (monsters on side of cabinet & playfield)
It's a bit of a puzzle to put together - there's 12 pieces. My only suggestion is check twice before glueing! (Yes, my first go at assembly ended up with a piece around the wrong way and a gap lol)
The artwork is designed to be on the inside of the cabinet - if you're going to make one of these out of MDF or similar, flip the artwork at least on the screen, otherwise it will be mirrored.
Oh!! And don't glue the top on - then you won't get your coins out again!
Edit I've uploaded a larger file to suit 1/4" by request. This will give you a cabinet that's 11" tall however I don't have any 1/4" so haven't yet tested it. Comments/Feedback on the upscale would be appreciated!
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OperaMan
on
December 29, 2011
said:
Would someone be able to convert the files to a DXF format please?
laseriffic
on
September 8, 2011
said:
I have cut the 1/4" file and it fits great with acrylic. I also cut a 1/4" walnut and that took a little time( rubber mallet )
Schorhr
on
February 27, 2011
said:
Awesome. Too bad I have no laser cutter... but printing an arcade machine model would be nice :)
License
Upright Arcade Cabinet by krusty is licensed under the Attribution - Share Alike - Creative Commons license.
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I built the larger one out of wood. It works great. I'm going to add little blocks of wood to the bottom corners and have screws hold the bottom on. Top is glued on. Thanks Krusty, my 11 yr old son really likes this. Building 2 more for gifts.