Free Bartop Arcade Cabinet Plans Pdf

These documents can be taken to your local print shop and printed on 48 wide media.

Free bartop arcade cabinet plans pdf.

Print those at 100 on 8 5x11 letter paper and use them to trace onto your control panel as shown in the video. It can sit on top of a desk table or bar. Cabinet plans v1 0 new. I have only included the side panels and any other panels that may be more difficult to cut.

After a search on google i have stumbled upon an open. The geek pub provides free plans for creating a retro arcade cabinet detailing both electronic and woodworking requirements. Having trouble reading the numbers. The free pdf has an ocean of details regarding completing this diy arcade cabinet plan.

So i decided to make my own design from a combination of different designs i found. The last two pages include a template for arcade buttons and joystick. Diy trashcade arcade cabinet. One side panel swings open revealing six drawers 24 deep.

This document was created to provide individuals with an easy to print paper copy to work from. The pdf version of the plans are in metric centimetres. This is a low weight arcade cabinet that gives out the much needed retro feel and looks while also using a tft monitor for a compact design. I have chosen for the latter as i though that it would give me more freedom in design and in the end more satisfaction.

Weecade skin for maximus arcade front end. It is powered by the raspberry pi micro computer and plays multiple types of retro games primarily nes snes megadrive and arcade mame games. I hope this helps you with your goal of building your own mame cabinet. The galactic starcade is a diy retro bartop arcade cabinet for two players.

One problem that i discovered is that all of the bartop arcade machines that were built for two players were actually very crowded and having two grown adults playing at the same time would. 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. There are dozens and dozens of plans for bartop arcade cabinets online but none of them were exactly what i wanted. These drawings are totally free make a donation if you like my work as i m trying to raise enough money to make a new up right cabinet that s hard to do as a student.

Arcade cabinet digital plans i like to make stuff this arcade cabinet can be powered by a raspberry pi leaving the majority of it open for storage. The below files are pdf documents of the plans that are printed to scale. The prints can then be applied to the wood and used as a template to cut the side panels of the cabinet. After deciding to build a bartop arcade cabinet i had the option to buy a prebuilt kit or create everything from scratch.

I started to draw the design on paper but quickly found out that it was not the best way to do it. The main cabinet framework will be constructed using mdf hdf board and plexiglass.