Vertical Mini-Cabaret

[backflipper]

Wow, you should have worked at Atari back in the 70's!

Very very nice work.

 

[minwah]

As the others have said nice job - looks spot on!

I've been thinking of building a cabaret replica but couldn't find any dimensions online. Is yours based on a Donkey Kong cabaret design? Looks like it might be.

Not really, although it does look similar. I just made up the side profile based on what I liked the look of, I had Atari's cabarets in mind at the time. However I did copy the idea for the marquee and the base from Nintendo's cabaret designs. I like the way Nintendo mounted the marquee behind the front panel, so the fixings aren't visible.

Unfortunately the PC motherboard I was using died so I had to replace the motherboard and graphics card. While at it I also replaced the hard drive with an old laptop drive which is much quieter. Up and running well again

Thanks for the compliments by the way!

 

[Jase]

Jeez man that is one really cool build, I'm jealous!

 

[minwah]

Jeez man that is one really cool build, I'm jealous!

Thanks! I'm really pleased with it too

 

[playoldgames]

Really sweet cab, that - very house / other half friendly too. Great job!

 

[chefsolid]

Only just seen this (I know what the hell!) and had to comment just to say hell of a job, I love that cabinet style and this is excellent work.

chefsolid2014-03-04 20:49:19

 

[minwah]

Only just seen this (I know what the hell!) and had to comment just to say hell of a job, I love that cabinet style and this is excellent work.

Many thanks!

Thinking of doing a similar size horizontal screen one this year...

 

[chubsta]

Is there any chance at all you could do a couple of extra sets of the woodwork if you do a horizontal cab? I would die for the chance to make a couple of console based cabs, although I am sure thy wouldn't tun out as beautiful as your one, it really does look fantastic!

 

[Rich]

This is great!, in fact it has just inspired to design my own

Cheers, Rich

 

[Argonaut]

Sweet! Very impressive.

 

[minwah]

Thanks chaps! I've just about finished another similar one with a horizontal screen in it - I will make a thread for it once I can take some pics...

 

[big10p]

Cute! ...and very impressive!

 

[Rich1221]

Lovely stuff!

 

[virtvic]

Is there a thread for the horizontal one?

 

[strykr]

I want one!

 

[Bensonrad]

Looks ace, is there a "making of" thread?

 

[minwah]

Is there a thread for the horizontal one?

Not yet, but I'll make one when I can take some pics...

 

[minwah]

Looks ace, is there a "making of" thread?

No, but I'll add some pics/details to this one!...
minwah2014-12-16 10:34:56

 

[minwah]

Here's the sketchup drawing I made prior to the build:

 

[guddler]

I'm seriously considering getting someone to CNC me the wooden panels to scratch build a cabaret jamma cab since I can't find what I want to buy (a very tidy 14" monitor example). This is stunning, but for me I would want it a bit wider so that the monitor mount could be square and could therefore slide out, rotate 90 degrees and then slide back in again. Screen rotate is not something that I would do very often but I would want to be able to do it.