Bar Top Arcade Cabinet with a Raspberry Pi (from a single sheet of plywood)// How-To
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- Want a small arcade cabinet that's easy to make? Here you go!
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Setup 2nd player for iPac:
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TOOLS LIST:
(some are better than the versions I own)
In case you're wondering, I used a Dell 17" LCD monitor Model# E176FPf but just about any 17" 4:3 monitor should work here.
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The digital plans are now available so that you make your own bar top arcade!!
www.iliketomakestuff.com/product/bar-top-arcade/
*for those asking, the printable temples are at the bottom of the .pdf. Print those and UNcheck "scale to fit" to get them to print at full size.
Thank you for the plans bob, best I could find at a really reasonable price, I look forward to trying this for myself!!
I Like To Make Stuff Hey bob, I bought your plans for the Bartop arcade and when I prong out the 2 templates it only prints on one piece of paper. Any way to fix it. Thanks
Since the ipac is $40, if people are only going to do a 2 person build I think the control block from petrock block is better for this build at roughly the same cost ($40 plus shipping to the USA). Gives connections for a switch for the pie and an led indicator for boot up and boot down times.
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Just one question, how much does the whole project cost, including RetroPi, iPac, cabinett, LEDs etc.?
I've also bought the plans but can't print the side plan to scale it only prints out on one piece of paper how can i print out to scale plz
Just google! Everyone knows what that means ;) yet another awesome project though, thumbs up!
Natural Nerd ill make sure he gets to pay for his games.
I believe it means "I have no issue monetizing a video exploiting the rom files, but I'm going to take the high road on the legality of using them". So I'll tell you: Google 'pleasuredome'
or it means: "look, I am building a cool arcade machine"!
I am not sure why this is controversial archive.org are achieving and making available tons of old software and emulation tools including many of these games. There is a specific DMCA exemption to preserve vintage software they are operating under.
Thanks guy its worth a look just for the three stooges episodes
I was going to make a little single play arcade, but burnt out the 10" monitor...so I decided to upscale, but need to get some player 2 controls, then I will start the bartop arcade...all that waffle aside, this design slightly modified for my donor monitor will be perfect!
Bob, this is great! I hope you make the plans/templates available to purchase. While I love your full-size arcade cabinet, this one is more practical for me to build. Thanks for the great content and Happy Thanksgiving!
We ran out of time to get the plans put together but I may end up releasing the templates for the side panel and control panel. Thanks and happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
hi bob ,always inspiring people with wnderful ideas ,thnkks
You're a very talented person!👍👍 Good luck with your channel.. Wishes from Sri Lanka.. ☺
Hello, I have a question, and if anyone could help that would be awesome. So I want to make this cabinet and want to play a game that is on a cd rom drive intended for a windows machine. Is there any way I could make it work with this and have the buttons work for it too. Thanks
can you give us a rough cost of how much this all cost, tools excluded, but pi etc stuff included! It would be a great project to make, but it needs to be viable too, thanks for the info, cheers
hmmm $200 seems fairly reasonable especially if one can make as professional a job as you did, thank you. keep up the good work
Does the Arduino needs any programming, firmware or what to control the circuit?
i love bartops
I love bars.
I love tops
Yeah, granite or good hardwood ones are pretty nice.
Hey there. I purchased your plans for this bar top arcade. My question is on your full cabinet you sent the side vinyl graphics to a company. Did they use you pdf format to get the measurements for it? Did you have to send something special? So question is. the pdf that i purchased., can a company print out the vinyl side using the pdf i purchased from you? Or do i just have to cut them out and take it to them?
You’ll need to lay out your artwork using that file as a template in something like Photoshop. That will give them a full size file that they can print out.
Instead of using a raspberry, can you use the the new nes classic? How would you wire up the controller to the console?
you could, but why ? when the Pi is a much more versatile system capable of running more than just 30 odd nes games? :S
+I Like To Make Stuff the 2nd player link is no longer available how do u map the buttons
can you make a launchpad like Shawn wasabi's??? thanks!
"Really old monitor"
So that's why my school has like 300 of them.
tatoPOTATO my school had them aroung 2 years ago but we got some now samsung ones, still the same pc tho
tatoPOTATO my school has those monitors as well!
Yeah, it's called 'Old School' :D
at least you got those...
we still have cathode tube monitors over here
They are great as a very inexpensive 2nd monitor.
I'm early as fuck let me get a joke
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AlmostElite got me
Oh man, I've been dreaming about building a full-size cabinet for YEARS. But this little thing is so much more reasonable. Have you seen the crazy pinball machines people are building with big HDTVs as the play surface? Really neat.
BKXC Just checked out the virtual pinball builds, didn't know it was a thing, they are amazing! Thanks for the heads up.
Haha, yep, get ready to go down the rabbit hole!
BKXC what are you doing here???!!!!
BKXC try to make a bottom stand to make it a full sized one.
BKXC ¥
The only one who will dislike it is bowser...
Oh, HE's the one who always dislikes my videos!!! ;)
hole - 1st drill press channel lol
hole - 1st drill press channel Lol
"Just Google..." lol
Now if that doesn't sound suspicious.. lol
I saw this comment right when he said it lol
Love the smaller version
Thanks!
would be cool if you could make a pinball machine, full size or mini! i like to think it would require a lot of different materials and techniques
Bob, thank you for this video! I just finished mine with your plans and it's a big hit with the fam.
My mods:
I used an old Dell monitor soundbar mounted on top of the marquee for sound. Volume knob and headphone jack are built-in and readily accessible.
Salvaged a 4:3 19" monitor so had to widen cabinet a few inches, but bigger screen. And it was free!
Salvaged a removable fan vent for the bottom to access controls wiring.
Added a switched power plug to rear door and integrated with salvaged power strip inside.
Total project cost was under $200.
2 minutes in and it's already too much work...
Turned out great! if you wanted a different want to diffuse the light on the lexan, you could sand another piece and sandwich your logo between them. Might give a nice frosted look.
your channel should be renamed to: "I Like To Make Awesome Stuff"
:) Thanks!
the wood work was great the electronics part not so much.... why didnt you take out the speaker coil out of the black plastic cover and mount each sides of the top of the cabinet , and make a back cover to hide the guts if youre using in your living room
Something I have always as a child made of cardboard. It has never funkitoniert: D great video! Greetings MrHandwerk
MrHandwerk It never worked u ment right? btw im German
No, unfortunately not. I was 10 years old. : D
:D
@Joe Blow Yeah that's not really that hard. Nintendo Labo + Switch = Arcade. This is good
I nicked the very tip of my left middle finger with the table saw :(
do you think could do this with just regular tools and a circular saw
Definitely
You do need a wide drill for the button holes
@@hiddel3358 You would want to generally use a Forstner bit to do them so they stay straight and clean but I've done it with a spade bit, a bit of patience and another piece of wood behind to help minimize blowthrough. They are 1 1/8 but should also fit through a 1" to 1 1/4" hole.
Nice video. I think this will need to be a build with my son.
BronkBuilt of course yes
And to think I was just getting ready to recycle the same monitor i have in my garage. I dig all your stuff Bob thanks for being a consistent source of inspiration. Happy thanks giving to you and yours.
Thanks so much! Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!!
Perfect timing Bob!! Was going to follow your other build and try scale it down for a Christmas present for my nephew!
Well played sir! Thanks & Keep it up!
I always feel obligated to make a joke when I'm early but then I remember I'm really not funny
can you make the nintendo switch with an raspberry pi 0, baterry and wood?
Vinícius13 _HD nope
Does anyone know why this didn't show up in my sub box?
LM10HD idk sometimes that happens to me too
Theres a Glitch in youtube that alot of videos arnt showing up in Suboxes and sidebars or recommended for some reason.
I actually found this in my recommended videos and I had to do a double take because I thought it was the old (bigger) version of it. Then I saw the upload time and instaclicked.
Unfortunately that's been happening to lots of people with lots of channels. Hopefully TH-cam will correct it soon :/
Im making a sun dial for my state exam in woodwork next year, can you make one of them to show me what to do? Thanks so much I love your videos! Keep up the good work!
A far better design here, needs extending out to the other design uses.
Very cool Bob. I would probably never make the full sized version... but I have an old monitor and HDMI adapter, so this version is a possibility. Thanks again for the great content.
Great to hear Ryan!!
Beautiful work brother
Your video inspired me not to make an arcade machine (this I intend to do the big version of the previous videos) but to make a jukebox / karaoke machine
Congratulations on the work and continue posting expensive quality videos, you go far
Ps: sorry for English, I'm Brazilian and I'm using google translator, I understand English well, but I'm not good at writing in this language
Thanks so much!
This dude makes it seem like everyone and their mother has all these machines and tools just sitting around in their garage
You could do this entire project with just hand tools if you wanted to. He’s just showing you how he decided to do it with the tools he happens to have.
If you are in the USA, harbor freight is your friend. In Canada, princess auto. You could have nearly all the tools he uses here, minus the table and band saw, for about $200. They will be fine for building this little arcade machine, or even a few of them. Professional level, no. but workable. (air compressor, brad nailer, jig saw, circle saw, drill, router, hand tools, bits, bobs, and blades...)
That's a good size, Bob! Turned out great.
Wordsnwood (Art Mulder) Yes magazine
This is great, i have been debating between the full size and the bar top. Now i have both options from you!
I loved the popsicle trick :)
I’m coming back to this video 5 years after I made my first table top arcade now and I’m now working on a full arcade. I forgot how great this video was at explaining things
I'm gonna make my own. These things cost a fortune to buy from a company. £1300 🤣🤣🤣 no thanks I'll get a £10 monitor, £20 mdf, some t molding and make it myself. Even buying the games board assembled it'll only be £150. That's with 2200 games. 🤣🤣🤣
I’m doing the same thing but a lot machine running off my old gaming pc, button are arcade buttons in which I just tapped into a keyboard to simulate a key switch. Used launch box to run on phantom and vms slots. Now I just need the enclosure
134 unlike? Rly? Hungry zombi must kill u all... I dream full arcade machine in my room :( great video Mr.good luck u are my god moving sensor is great idea... This small beauty too. Cheers from Poland. Sub +
How do you do the buttons and stuff? Can someone give me the link to a video explaining it? (If it's in the video I'm too busy to watch it, I just want to know)
dude I love your videos, keep up the good work...
Thank you!!
I Like To Make Stuff, would you recommend an impact driver if I already have a cordless drill. and can I buy the template/plans for this one on your website?
Amir Karimabad The impact driver isn't necessary but it is pretty handy if you can get one. I don't have plans for this smaller machine, but I may release the template for the side panel and control panel soon (when I get some time to prep the files)
I Like To Make Stuff cool thank you very much :)
I Like To Make Stuff i want to try to make one :) but my english is not the best cuz im dutch
I just thought about that with a walnut finished body and rounded edges, and it made me scream
Lexan...... Thank you.. I have been preaching this stuff for about 6 months.. even made a video and had Giaco whatever look into it... By the way... he used it with a laser and... well it didnt work out... But it's amazing stuff.. I have a video on my channel showing Lexan Vs Acrylic if anyones not sure of the difference.( Huge difference) Great video Bob. - Brian
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and have limited knowledge in areas pertaining to copyright, emulation, and related objects. Should you take my advice, I am not liable for any legal fees, lawsuits, or other legal issues that you may have in the future related to this topic.
Obtaining games for an emulation device can be difficult. If you are worried about the legality of things, you could cheat and make this emulation device using a SNES, NES, or combo system and use physical carts (to avoid emulation entirely). If you wish to use emulation, you can make copies of your own video games (which manufacturers do not recommend for several reasons) using proper software and hardware. If you are worried about damages to your games, the legal gray area I'm familiar with is downloading games that you own physical copies of. This implies that you already have the physical copy and given the means, you would have made a copy but you didn't so you obtained your copy from the Internet. Again, gray area, but that's the "most legal" way I'm familiar with again.
Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer and have limited knowledge in areas pertaining to copyright, emulation, and related objects. Should you take my advice, I am not liable for any legal fees, lawsuits, or other legal issues that you may have in the future related to this topic.
I've been toying around the idea to buy arcade machine electronics kit for my son for xmas. And then we could spend weekend or two making it to actual machine.
On podcast Jimmy made suggestion that you should spray paint picture on side. Find here on youtube "simply sara art". She makes really cool 4 tone spray paint art, you could paint sides with that technique since you are missing project for next weel ;)
Can I ask how you power the LED lights in the controls? The ones I have found need to have a 12 volt molex. Obviously with a RPI you don't have that.
Alright so look. I’m a 15 year old freshman in hs and I’m trying to build something like this for my dad. I expreoenced with computers but I’m talking about softwares a programs not really hardware. So I have a question. Is it possible for me to just order a cabinet off Craig’s list and use my old monitor and hook up my old laptop to it, put it inside the cabinet, and use my emulators I have on in for this? I know I have to find a way to make the buttons on the cabinet work but would my ideas be like a basic project?
How to do you play Capcom best games with only 4 buttons? And no scanlines? Great job at cutting wood; but for the technical part... Too many rookie mistakes.
Regarding connection to the GPIO on the raspberry, for a 2 player setup do you also need the IPAC? I thought the GPIO on the Rp would be enough... can anyone help me please?
is the marquee only cosmetic? I'm just thinking it adds quite a bit of complexity. if I make one if probably want to add it for the look anyway, but curious.
Cool, I'm building my bar top cabinet too, I'm making the control panel larger though. It feels too cramped with 2 people playing.
I bought the plans a while back. But my PC crashed is there a way to get a partial replacement set?. The file got corrupted and i only recovered up to the button layout..page 20 I think the top of the bartop. Thanks
So how do you know how many buttons? I notice 6 plus a joystick? I think from my childhood that most of these games back then didn't have 6 buttons usually just a couple.
I have problems with the buttons. Which buttons are start, select? The two buttons in the middle? But then have only player start and select or linked you start and select with player one and two? I am confused ^^'
Hi,do you think on the cabinet will fit a pc I mean mother board,power supply,ETC....
Very nice but you have a lot of tools. It's look like very much difficult for me :(
(sorry if my engklish is so bad i'm not english...)
My OCD doesnt like that access panel
For my control panel I simply used some cabinet hardware to do it. The first one had the magnet mount like in his larger cabinet except it's the kind that you 'pop' to open so holds it really well and makes it removable. My second one I just used the cabinet hardware that has the pins that pop between the two rollers. One on each side holds the panel firmly in place and easy to pop out. My third I elected to use a machine bolt and T-Nut for the sake of space (it's super small 5" build). I simply have the bolt go through the control panel to a T-Nut affixed to the bottom of the cabinet, a simple piece of wood on the leading edge provides some additional help from it shifting.
Nice! When I made my sides, I used a 6mm mdf panel glued to a 9mm mdf panel. I routed out 3mm border from the 9mm panel first. This gave me a great 15mm panel with perfect 3mm grove for the T rubber moulding. The advantages of this method is common router bits can be used instead of a 3mm slit cutter, simple and it is accurate AF!.
Don't use plywood lol it's a horrible wood for something like this. Chips, and has a horrid service. Just get smooth wood.
I have one I use my Xbox one and I play tekken tag 2 street fighter 4 and injustice 2 mortal Kombat X and also play shooting games also I didn't made it too high so I can site and play my games I didn't use lighting bcz it's a waste of time and didn't paint it just use good ply wood
how does everyone get 1,000+ games on the retro pi in such a short amount of time because I don't wont to download 1,000 roms manually can anyone help plz
How is it holding up. I always stay clear of plywood because it's tends to warp over time. Particle board or Mdf is what I like to use but always wanted to use plywood but not sure if it will warp over the years.
I'm gonna be honest, whenever I search for roms all I find is a bunch of viruses hahs. Also bob, instead of cutting that access hole in the bottom, what about using some magnets to hold the top panel in place. That way it's secure but you can still get to it?
Could have just used white vinyl to cover the whole back side of the marquee after you applied the letters and logo.
-downloads emulators on laptop
-downloads roms
-grabs cheap arcade keyboard template
-makes frame from cardboard
*done*
At least it's cheaper than an Arcade 1-Up machine. Those run up to $300-$400.
I love your videos, but would it be possible to do a video tutorial showing how to trace it in illustrator and create the template at scale? I made this after I bought your plans but I want to make my own but I can't find a video showing how to make the template.
I did one a school project for almost two years ago. Here is a link to the project page www.sweclockers.com/galleri/12990-project-arcade . Its in Swedish but i think you can translate it ;)
I know it's a 5 year old video but I need help or a guide in doing this for a 13" CRT Monitor as it is different than the lcd panal cut out and mounting.
Great tutorial, thanks! I am currently collecting the stuff I need for a cabinet build. I bought a Viewsonic monitor recently that was originally 16.00 bucks but I got it for 1/2 off! I guess once the motherboards no longer had the old VGA connectors and the manufacturers went to HDMI, people got rid of their old monitors which still work great. I fired up the Viewsonic and it works perfectly. Thanks again.
For those confused on where to get the games check out Urcasualgamer his videos will show you safe places for ROMs
Could you do video on how to design and create the pdf plans for a bartop arcade please? Also how to create the button holes? I would like to create my own design but don't know how to create the pdf at full scale?
So this is off topic but I want to make something out of plywood but I want to be able to leave it outside without it degrading as well as making it not look like wood. I am going for like a plastic or just a smooth look. Is there a coating that would help where maybe I apply it and then sand it smooth?
Could you do video on how to design and create the side and control panel pdf plans for a bartop arcade please? Also how to create the button holes? I would like to create my own design but don't know how to create the pdf at full scale?
At 6:17 what would be the right t molding for MDF wood 3/4th thick i couldn't find that at my neighborhood home depot
The problem with those monitors is they are 5:4 aspect but most games are designed for 4:3 or 3:4 aspect ration
Ever think of making those and selling em? Just the wood shell with the cutouts, the rest I can do... Let me know please
Hey Bob,
When you made your full-size arcade cabinet, you made custom vinyl graphics that you sent over to Mastro Graphics, the New York company. Since my friends and I are wanting to get vinyl graphics for our own project, what software would you recommend using to made the designs as a high-quality pdf? Also, how much did your vinyls cost, so I can get an idea of cost.
Keep up the amazing work! Can't wait to see you at 1 Million!
Thanks so much! Well, my artist drew the artwork digitally (I assume using photoshop but I don't know). We compiled the images to their final shape in Photoshop. Unfortunately I don't know the costs as they were gracious enough to give me the prints for free in return for shouting them out in my video.
I also understand everyone don't have all these tools you was using...
maybe you should have use less tools to make it more relatable to other's whom can't afford to buy these tools or don't have excess to them...I was once one of those guys but slowly but surely I was able to purchase the tools I needed to get the job done...
I figured you weren't using copies of games that weren't strictly "legal" lol
if you had to guess, how much do you estimate this project would cost. even if we skipped out on the led buttons and such and just used regular unlit buttons.
I'm not very handy when it comes to doing stuff like this. Is there someway you could build one for me with all the games
you should make an 80s style tv that has an hdmi monitor in it so you can watch tv and play games on it maybe even Atari? That would be so cool!
I would love for you to make a custom one for me. I have a pandora box 30s. Maybe you can attach that to the arcade?
He's saying google the games because *technically* they're illegal but no one cares and you won't get in trouble (probably)
Nice! Best technics which can solve most problems 1. The Brain 2. Google :)
Awesome I had to subscribe. You are killing everyone more people need to look at your stuff
you should make a oud school home entertanmint center with a turn table radio am- fm or satellite with cd player as vinyl albums aer making a come back
where do you get the games for these? people keep telling me to steal them so I've robbed 12 game stops but haven't found a single rom yet
Do you have any plans that can fit a Pandora Box 6 family setup? Its the control deck case setup
I tried looking through the comments but I didn't see anyone ask. What size is the Monitor that you used?
I'm thankful for Bob who inspired me to build my arcade this thanksgiving