Beautiful DIY Custom Arcade Cabinet Version 2 (4 Player, Pedestal Style) [Weekend Social Builds] 

You know what would be even cooler, the double screen 6 player version.

Better than a lot of 1up Arcade cabinets. Those things fall apart and have low quality written all over them. They're more decorative talking pieces than anything else, like playing on them.

Very cool watching you making the brace for the pedestal. I used to build my own arcade sticks way back and restored and converted a few arcades and tried all kinds of paints for projects like this. If you're willing to experiment for the next one, try flat paint, when doing basic painting like you did, it comes out way better, looks cleaner, paints easier, also use a foam roller as opposed to the fabric rollers. Foam rollers spread out super fine on all wood. Wood filler also works well and you don't have to chase it as fast like with bondo. Just an idea, not sure if viable, look into dox matrix signs, I think there are some nice ones that go well with the arcade and can mount to the top of the screen, or in marquee, there are ways to make them show the title of the game or custom graphics. I like the main design you follow, you keep it classic and straight. What I like the most is that the games get played, preserve the love for the games. If you have a router, look into doing some T-molding, it's easier than you think and it really dresses up the arcades, T-molding is fairly inexpensive and well varied. Also, smoked plexiglass is not much more expensive than regular plexi and makes the games look good, just up the contrast a tad if you have to, gives you a cleaner look. You could also spray paint the plexiglass for if you wanna make a bezel or have a second one and sandwich artwork to give it that arcade feel. Great video, thanks for sharing!

Niiice. Ppl seem to forget that actual cabinets were dying in the late 90s. We started seeing more and more pedestal type arcade machines like those toward the end of the era. Ticket style ones even exist in Dave and Busters. Great video

Thanks for putting this together dude. You absolutely killed it!!!

Absolutely amazing build. Couple tips tho: a piece of cheap acrylic over the control panels makes everything pop. Also if you overlap the control panel on the back, then you can use a piano hinge on the back and it makes everything nice and hidden.

Wow. I just found your video, love your work mate. Also love the fact your whole family are Arcadians. Keep up this beautiful work! 👌😍🌟💪

Well done, my man. Thank you for sharing this build and your practical tips. Truly inspiring.

Well done! This is more modern arcade look

When I was younger I used to like black oil base paint. Now that I’m older I can’t stand it! It shows every little flaw. Great build man! 💪🏽

I loved going down to the skate rink and playing the four player X-Men game. Oh yeah I can't forget about TMNT turtles in time

the pedestal build would have been fantastic, if you had made like a cabinet for the monitor with speaker grills on the sides... it would also have added asthetics to the whole machine. :) other then that, very nice man :)

Thanks a lot - your video is a Great start to soft soft. I'm onto it !

U had me at cupholder that did it for me to want to subscribe right away lol love the futuristic nostalgia ❤

Wow, so impressive, and you are quite skilled in your wood-craft. Great job!

This is the exact design I want to make! I also found the Imgur page a while back… it’s so awesome to see it come together for you.

Great build

THATS PRETTY FREAKIN COOL

Great work

Cool project! keep up the good work :)

I thought it was pretty cool when I went looking for pedestal arcade cabs and found a young Red Green hosting the video. Now to watch the vid.

that is a freakin' monstrosity, and i love it. great build 👍

Bro you sweet with cabinet skills

Fantastic builds. They will enjoy it for years to come. Next, side buttons and rotating monitor for Shoot'emups and Pinball games.

really nice home made build mate looks great

Bravo

Really don't like the big square base holding up pedistal ... Wonder about a lot nice way to do it also the tv not in a cabinet doesn't look professional like the 2 player one U made. I want to make or get a 4 player one also wondering how to make it. Good video, good man making cabinets for ya family 👍

Its cool, man - good job. I am on the begining of that road. My buttons, drivers, wires and some other stuff is ordered and comming to me. So far I Have only working emulator with games. That was the easy part :)

You can use cabinet vinyl to cover surfaces. You can even use a laser printer to print images on the vinyl (size limited). Or go to a vinyl shop to print larger. Then cut plexiglass to place over controller surface and sand edges.

Amazing build. Do you have plans? I would love to attempt to build for my kids

Holy shit, you look like Hugh Jackman lol. Awesome build, wish I had the room to fit arcade cabinets in my house XD

did you think about using a aluminum tv stand instead of the 2x6?

Could you build me the four player pedestal how much and great fin job

nice build, why dont you use a vinyl wrap? and how did you design the 2player cabinet? did you use a pattern? thnx

This is amazing. Have a material list? Where did you get the joysticks/buttons?

Hey, I'm interested in installing LED buttons. Just wondering how you power them? Do you need a separate power supply? I'm not using a PC and not using arcade1up. I do have a USB on my TV. Thanks for any info. Like your setup!👍

one day you should build a virtual pinball machine it another level of building but it not cheap to do .

You got any openings for an extra sibling? On a serious note I really want to get into woodwork but I have no tools and no experience. Any tips on a good starting point?

Any tips on installing the raspberry and downloading games?

Do happen to have any build plan drawings. Would like to make one.

Where did you get those drink carriers from?

😃 what state u live in u people have big homes u dont find that nowadays cant find homes and stuff like this is NYC or hawaii two places i have lived for a total of 6 years 😮 i see snow i love snow what state is that ??

Just FYI, the screws for the joysticks should not be protruding through the top of the board. You should have only screwed the joysticks from the bottom of the board. The screws can get in the way of your hand and become uncomfortable. Otherwise great built.

I would have just used plexi instead of all that work in curing those curves

l've been asked to do a quad cabinet build for the local game store, (The pad, Bodmin). So l will use 4 old cabinets linked together in a square with an xbox 360 thats been soft modded. lt should turn out quite nice. Great vid by the way.

only thing i don't like about it is gloss black paint . it should be flat black or satin black paint i think it to glossy . other then that it a great build good job

You can build that but not finish a wall? Drywall is so cheap an self explanatory

Why not forget the paint and just use the custom wraps (prints/skins)?

I love it! But I've gotta ask: what are you going to do when that table saw kicks back on you? My personal opinion is that it's almost impossible to be careful enough with that tool. As your workshop grows, please prioritize table saw safety features, because losing fingers makes it really hard to play bar chords!

Am looking for one for a #2player

What did you use to play the game roms is it raspberries pue or something else

what retropie image did you use?

19:57 whats the name of the base he use for the tv?

I've always liked showcase cabinets, but they don't have many out there that are official units for stuff like modern fighting games. This looks a lot closer to what I had in mind.

Do you sell these??

Only thing I would change on that 4 player build is, make the TV mount an adjustable one so you can rotate it for TATE mode.

2:53 ayo?

Where are the cabbinet?

Not a hater or anything, but the paint job looks a little suspect. Just out of curiosity did you prime and sand the plywood afterwards? Other than that, love the build.

Sorry buy a arcade monitor needs to bee 4 by 3

That's not an arcade cabinet.

Why is he yelling?

Not sure the point of having your kid in a mask and let alone putting him on camera..

Those zero delay encoders and buttons are crap, I'm not a fan of the build either.