Arcade Cabinet Audio
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@jollster101 Yes, no problem. I was shocked when I got them because I was inspired to select those by the instructable that I followed. It looked like they came apart easily when I looked at this from the comments sections of the instructable. After looking carefully at how to get inside, I managed to get it apart but not to the same degree as shown in that picture. I found that it came apart but the main speakers stayed in the pastic housing which is fine and actually looks quite good as they sit back slightly from the speaker grills. Take a look at mine here.
Now to get in them, you will need a junior hacksaw and some bulky side cutters. A thin sharp chisel is also useful.
Start off by sawing a groove carefully anywhere along where the black front is attached to the cream back. The idea is to make a groove so that you can get the side cutters in. You can then carefully chip away a hole so that you can see inside and avoid damage. You carefully cut around the profile as you go with a bit of sawing then a bit of cutting. Sometimes, the chisel can fit in and you push bits apart by waggling the chisel carefully and slowly to get the two sections apart. It's all about slow working and not forcing anything. If it's stuck, saw it a little. Eventually, it will come apart. Also, you can pull the volume dial clean off at the beginning and put it somewhere safe. The circuit board comes out easily and can be mounted anywhere. Good Luck!
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Thanks, appreciate the help. I will get onto it and see how I go.
Small world as I have just managed to look at the links you provided and my bartop is modelled on that exact same instructable (with a couple of minor mods here and there).
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Hi..
I am a noob at all this and am going to attempt to make an arcade cabinet for my 10 year old Grandson.
Hes mesmerized with all the old retro stuff...I have all my bits I need apart from the speakers..
I have just read this thread and saw that @RBAKER has used some Logitech Z120 speakers..
I do have a set spare which I will attempt to dismantle soon but was wondering about the 'pot'.
I am thinking of attempting to mount the pot in a hole inbetween the speakers pointing down from under the marquee.
The wood I am using is 18mm so can you tell me if the pot is long enought to fit thru that or did you mount is somewhere else that was more managable?? Or would I have to countersink a hole so it would sit lower.
Many thanks for any help...
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@Hustler66 I would say that the original pot is not big enough but you can easily swap it out for a longer one if you have a soldering iron. The other solution is to countersink the 18mm wood to make it fit. Get a larger drill and drill through 12mm. The pot can then poke through with enough to attach the dial.
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@rbaker Thanks for that...
I can also see that where you mounted your speakers behind your marquee you have attached a couple of pieces of small wood inbetween the marquee front and your speakers with a piece of perspex and led lighting.
I presume you did this so that the speakers are behind the led lights and you get no shadows from the speaker shapes on your marquee picture..
Is that correct??
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@Hustler66 They aren't related to the speaker position and are there so that the LED strips do not sit directly behind the marquee. If they did, you would see each individual LED glowing. The position was trial and error to get a well lit marquee without actually seeing dots.
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