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/diy/ - Do It Yourself

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hey /diy/ its been ages.

im the dude making a arcade cab for his daughters.

make some progress and some compromises and figured id share.

maybe answer some questions for people considering a similar project

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641139

another angle

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>> No.641141

>>641138

That should read made.

Anyway as far as compromises go, now there is a CRT as the screen and I had to replan the control deck.

The shelf inside had to be modified to fit the TV, but now its snug as.

>> No.641144

>>641141

Gonna wire the IR reciever of the TV to the gpio of the raspi and use a startup shell script to navigate to the right channel.

>> No.641146

I hope that CRT has some ventilation.

>> No.641148

>>641140

nice

>> No.641149

>forced to sell an arcade cabinet of Die Hard Arcade I had when I moved a year ago
>The mancave I established at my new house has felt subpar ever since

I am monitoring this thread.

>> No.641152

>>641146

Soon it will~

>>641149

You should totally build one! It's a lot easier than I thought, though there are things I'd do differently if I hadn't already got this far.

>> No.641155

>>641138
No questions, thats just fucking awesome.

Nice.

>> No.641191

>>641138
Did you use an existing template or make it up yourself?

I'm looking into making one myself with an old beat up pc, rewired xbox controller and reclaimed laptop screen.

Anything I should know before starting out?

>> No.641195

>>641138

Wow that's some nice tube you've got here!

>> No.641627

>>641191

Use plywood and plan THOROUGHLY.

That said, I've just been winging it and its going ok.

Having a bit of troubles configuring the controls just right but I think all I need to do is reimage the SD.

>> No.641628

>>641627

And also, it's going to cost more than you think but I'd say thats standard for diy stuff.

>> No.641634

>>641628

Another mistake I made that took me a while to figure out was the stick triggers the opposite switch. The bottom switch is up and the top is down.

>> No.641657

>>641138
This is actually a pretty great project.

It needs more love to make it not look ... hideous, but I imagine that's an eventual intention for you.

This might even be something I'll try at some point. It certainly aligns with my interests.