Diy Tabletop Arcade Cabinet Plans

Draw in the curves.

Diy tabletop arcade cabinet plans. Retropie diy arcade cabinet the geek pub provides free plans for creating a retro arcade cabinet detailing both electronic and woodworking requirements. Tools required 1 router you will also need a top following and bottom following bits if you use the principle of template making and following that i have used. Route the t mold slot. If you d like to build a bartop arcade you should check out our bartop arcade build video and get the bartop arcade cabinet plans here.

The galactic starcade is a diy retro bartop arcade cabinet for two players. The pacade bartop arcade the pacade bartop arcade was created to resemble a very iconic bartop arcade found in many bars and casinos in the late 1970 s. Install the front and back panels. Transform a standard desk into an arcade cabinet facsimile.

Cut out the side panels. It is powered by the raspberry pi micro computer and plays multiple types of retro games primarily nes snes megadrive and arcade mame games. You will also need a slot cutter if you want to finish off the project with t moulding. The first video shows the construction of the arcade cabinet which is made of plywood and mdf.

Finally here is the video for the bigger bartop arcade. 2 drill you will need a 35mm. He uses a table saw circular saw drill press drill nailer orbital sander and router to. Layout the side panels.

This involves drilling holes in the desktop for installing the buttons and joysticks or cutting a larger opening for dropping in a 2 person gaming. Constructing the retropie bartop arcade cabinet step 1. Using a pi keeps the cost weight and complexity to a minimum but the cabinet could also house a more powerful pc based system to play more modern games. This build was a request and required some creative designing to fit the specs we were going for.

It can sit on top of a desk table or bar.