Building an arcade cabinet

DEL 707 · 26 Mar 2012 at 17:06

Wasn't sure which part of the forum to post this on, since I need a bit of help with woodwork.

I'm putting together an arcade cabinet (flat pack), it's mostly assembled, despite the instructions being worthless and my next challange is putting a monitor in.
I've got 19" LCD monitor on order, but I don't really have a clue how to mount the monitor inside the cabinet.

Anyone built their own cabinet and able to offer advice, pictures appreciated

DEL 707 · 26 Mar 2012 at 19:15

I have an old CRT from an arcade machine in my garage, but it's only about 15", LCD was easier, cheaper and lighter, plus it's an old 4:3 ratio, so that works for me.

DEL 707 · 28 Mar 2012 at 15:53

Well the monitor arrived today, still in need of advice

Cabinet

Monitor

Bezel

My only real plan is to bolt the monitor onto a bit of wood, then fix it into the cabinet, like this

Suggestions are appreciated, also, what's the best way to cut the bezel? It's too big for the cabinet at the moment.

DEL 707 · 28 Mar 2012 at 23:09

Any other suggestions?
I am not buying another monitor

DEL 707 · 31 Mar 2012 at 23:52

Well I got it in, used a monitor/tv mointing bracket in the end and just screwed it into a bit of wood

Any ideas on the best way to cut this bezel to size?

DEL 707 · 1 Apr 2012 at 00:56

Yep it's from Gremlin

DEL 707 · 6 May 2012 at 20:13

Hi, sorry for the late reply, last few days have been hell.

Sorry, don't have much in the way of pictures, she's still not finished looks wise, still need to sort out a marque etc, but she is working, which is all I care about to be honest

Running hyperspin which I love, still having trouble with the Nes and Master system setup, but I did get Visual pinball up and running last week which is great.

Cabinet was pretty easy to put together, most of it is with pegs and a few screws to tighten things up. The assembly guide that came with it is garbage though :rolleyes:

, but a bit of trial and error got it together.
When you order the cabinet, you get the option of having the bezel and the front and marque plexiglass. The plexiglass is the right size, but I had to cut the monitor bezel to size.

As for the monitor, I used a Dell P190S and a normal tv mounting bracket.

Not the most professional looking job in the world, but it does the job.

Order time was 1-2 weeks, can't remember, but it was made to order.

I do recommend Gremlin myself, we use the company at work as well. He actually sells some of the products we make.

I did original have some Happ competition joysticks installed, but I changed over to Sanwa JLW's, much better 8-way control for fighting games.