First bartop arcade project - finished

Meneer Jansen

@SteffenMB said in First bartop arcade project - finished:

Hi Maneer

About the power, I have a power strip inside with 5 things plugged into it:

Raspberry Pi 3

the amplifier (whichs runs 2x15W speakers and a 30W subwoofer)

the LED-buttons

the marquee light (a LED-strip)

and, as you guessed, an old 19" monitor.

He, he, thanks for wanting to buy a kit :-) I'm afraid I haven't got plans on doing that, because I think the thing would become too expensive to make a profit (also just the time to make instructions etc.) - and I have bought pieces and bits from a lot of places like Denmark, England, France, Germany, China and Bulgaria.

But there are places, whichs sell kits like that - or almost. I've come across places like https://gameroomsolutions.com/ in the US and https://arcade4you.de/ in Germany. But there is also great pleasure in putting it together yourself the way you want it - searching Ebay or finding cheap, second hand stuff (I found and bought the 19" monitor for only £5).

Hello Steffen,

I see now where one can order the kit that you built. It looks great. But wasn't it difficult to get the 19" monitor in?

SteffenMB

@Meneer-Jansen Well, pretty much everything in this one was a tight fit, but the monitor wasn't a big problem. It could have been if it was bigger, though. 19" is maximum in this cabinet kit.

PingSpike

Props for the beer fridge mate :)

rbaker

@SteffenMB Did you paint the case? It looks amazing!

SteffenMB

@rbaker Thanks! Yes, I gave it some layers of black spray paint (satin finish). It was originally white, which could have looked cool (and modern) too, but I wanted it to be a bit more 'retro black' :-)

HOW

@SteffenMB Really like the Bartop on top of Beer Fridge solution.....Excellent idea!

sc0tt88

That is class!! I really want one of these now, would never be able to build it myself though

jimd0586

@SteffenMB

Nice work! I just finished mine. I think I have the same cabinet kit. What did you use for the trim/molding? Did you have to route grooves for it? My cabinet has no grooves and I haven't yet installed t-molding. I am stuck on what to do. It would nice to know what you did.

SteffenMB

@jimd0586 said in First bartop arcade project - finished:

@SteffenMB

Nice work! I just finished mine. I think I have the same cabinet kit. What did you use for the trim/molding? Did you have to route grooves for it? My cabinet has no grooves and I haven't yet installed t-molding. I am stuck on what to do. It would nice to know what you did.

There wasn't slots for T-molding, but instead I bought som chrome strips used for car styling :-) You just have to measure the width of your cabinet edges and find af chrome styling strip that fits. Easy!

I used som extra glue to make it stick,however, since the tape wasn't strong enough everywhere. But it actually works and looks nice, I think :-)

RocknR00ster

Nicely done, I'm looking to do this same project once I finish my other one!

SteffenMB

Thanks, everybody :-)