sebastian_bailey Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 So I designed and built an arcade cabinet, the case construction is mainly ultralight m.d.f. with plywood, in a dado construction with support cleats, No exposed fasteners, and No sharp corners. It houses a 32" sony flatscreen tube television off craigslist, and 4 players functionality. The treatment for the paintjob on the wood was first a penetrating wood epoxy, (mdf is like a sponge, this makes it tough and not soft), then assembly, then bondo for the curved back and front, high build primer, sealer, silver base, colored base, pearlcoat, clearcoat. After it was all cleared the first time I was not happy so I added some graphics to it. Tried to go a little retro, but still somewhat presentable today, as to not make it a horrid 80's paintjob. Overall I think it turned out pretty good. I will try to update when more finished....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastian_bailey Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 Thought I would also add a picture of the sample of the material that will make up the top, its a 2" thick clear resin..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daautiger10 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 That's good stuff!! I wish I would have built my own cabinet, but I actually got an old Tekken 3 showcase cabinet for a great price so all i had to do was add the computer. You have a nice garage there! I think that's the key to a lot of this stuff....having the proper tools and workspace so you can focus one getting your work done. Great job...be sure to post some more picks once it's finished!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tricky Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 The paint and MAME cutout sells it for me. Awesome work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadBoyBill Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Man you got some great skills, I love it, and it looks very polished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimoda Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Damn! I mean Damn! That is smooth! Nice work and I'd love to know more about the resin, are you pouring? buying? where is it cut? Just plain nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shimoda Posted October 17, 2009 Share Posted October 17, 2009 Also, what method did you use for the rounded back? I've thought about this for my cabinet and am interested in how you worked that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastian_bailey Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 The resin top is a product called 3form, I work in a cabinet/store fixture shop as a cad drafter, we had this scrap laying around for about 2 years, me and my co-worker always wanted to do something with it and finally I had an idea. Anyhow that scrap prolly cost around 700$ It was free to me, I then sent it down to the cnc shop and had him bore out the back to a respectable thickness, You wouldn't want to cut this stuff with a handheld router, Then I backpainted the material, (it already was backpainted white), then used a roundover around the controls and backpainted those areas to match the controller color. His cnc does not do any roundovers, just square cuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastian_bailey Posted October 18, 2009 Author Share Posted October 18, 2009 As far as the curved back that was done with 1/8" masonite.... it was hard and I only got about 2-3 layers on, the radius was to short, about 6", then I cut the masonite into 3/4" strips and filled in the low spots I had, then used fibertech, then bodyfiller to block out the surface. The really simple way however is to buy from the lumberyard Italian bending poplar (wuapop)sp? that stuff is super bendable, to about 6" diameter and comes in 1/8" thickness, it was just too much money for me, I tried to stay on a budget, but either method will standup to time and look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rawd Posted October 18, 2009 Share Posted October 18, 2009 I have never seen a control panel like it, it's excellent! It looks like ice. Great work man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mungeste Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 vvn love the curved top and that CP really looks awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishKrush Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 It looks great! Any plans to illuminate the cutouts on the side of the cab? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatNasty Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 One of the best control panel I have ever seen. Few will be be able to top this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codemonkey76 Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 WOW, just WOW, I came on here to ask how you secured the acryllic on top, only to find out it is solid F$#%King RESIN!!!!, Genius!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sudopinion Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 so damn sexy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
relic Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 what a geniously made arcade looking foward to future updates on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polemicist Posted December 11, 2013 Share Posted December 11, 2013 That resin is awesome to work with but costs a bunch. Nice work bro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codemonkey76 Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 what size monitor do you have in that thing, also can you show us a close up of the completed control panel, is it painted from underneath or has a vinyl on it or what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastian_bailey Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 the control panel is painted from the underside, those close up shots show the detail pretty good, this machine is actually undergoing a complete overhaul at the moment, i'll probably make a new thread in a few weeks or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastian_bailey Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 that's a sneak peak showing the difference between the new ggg helio9 and there rgb drive II lighting units. the helio9 is far superior in my opinion. Its hard to see the difference though in these pictures, but the helio's will end up lighting up the entire control panel, similar to whats happening with that big button in the center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 Awesome "ice" control panel! That's the first time I've seen that! Looks badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nitussi Posted January 6, 2014 Share Posted January 6, 2014 That's nice! Sent from HTC One MAX via Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majorspawn Posted January 7, 2014 Share Posted January 7, 2014 i would have submerged some stuff in the clear resit, like quarters or something to make it interesting? dunno.. food for thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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