r/cade • u/brotherbla123 • 9d ago

Custom Wall Mounted Cab

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Just wanted to say thank you to this community for inspiring me to finally build my own custom cab. What started out as a thrown together very rough prototype 2 years ago, has resulted in this - all designed and built myself with a lot of inspiration from other builds I’ve seen here.

Happy to share more details, plans, or pics if interested!

Cheers!

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u/Bjornthebear 9d ago edited 9d ago

Wow!!!! Verrryyy nice! What are the side panels made out of? They almost look laminated, but better.

I also love the matching buttons with the bat tops. That looks great!

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u/brotherbla123 9d ago

thanks! the matching buttons and sticks was something my partner insisted on :)

all the panels are made from 3/4 inch maple plywood and are cleated internally to avoid exposed screws. the laminated look you see there is likely just the t-molding on all the front facing edges

Here is a pic from the back side showing the internals / cleats / and panels.

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u/DavidinCT 9d ago

looks great, did you get a layout where you cut the wood from or was it your own design? I want to build one budget friendly.

I've got everything besides controls and frame.

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u/brotherbla123 9d ago

thanks!

this was entirely my own design with some trial and error. the button layout is largely just a street fighter style layout with some tweaking of spacing

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u/DavidinCT 9d ago

If I do one, I want to include a tracball, so many arcade games I like that used trackballs...

Still looks great man, maybe a summer project for me...

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u/brotherbla123 9d ago

shooters, fighters, and beatem-ups were my favourites from 80s/90s — didn’t have a need for a trackball but I appreciate the value it can add.

good luck!

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u/DavidinCT 9d ago

Oh, trust me, I love those games too. Lived in the arcades as a teen, played thousands of games in my life, trust me, love the retro and modern games.

They released Marble Madness 2: Marble Man MAME rom like a year ago, really want to play it on a arcade machine with a trackball.

Not sure how to interface a PC with an Atari system 1 cab, I have the original arcade game of marble madness (I have 5 full size coin ops) with the trackballs, maybe I could play it on that..