Having spent a months enjoy the cabinet, it is time to finish it off. I commissioned an online shop to print a vinyl logo sticker to put onto the top acrylic panel, in metallic silver. And this is how it came. Applying it is just a case of peeling back to the paper, put it […]

Next up is the speakers. Originally I wanted to use car speakers, and in fact I bought some already. But after experimenting with them, I found that they sound absolutely horrible with an open back. After all they are designed for an enclosed space like inside of a car cabin. So I either have to […]

Time to do the top marquee part. First up the panels were cut and screwed together… which wasn’t as easy as it sounds due to the curves but it was eventually done with a lot of sanding. And then the edges were routed with the two chamfer bits I have like all the other parts. […]

The work on the top part is rather similar to the bottom. So these are some of the parts painted ready to be assembled. Using a number of corner braces (Screwfix is the cheapest for these by the way), they are screwed together to form the top part. The following picture is the assembled part […]

The top part is still being worked on, but won’t be long now! So in the mean time I worked on the base cabinet. Firstly I added a shelf in the middle to hold the consoles and other bits and bobs, and it also has an added benefit of making the cabinet a little bit […]

First of all, before painting I found that my air compressor has died having not been used for a few years 🙁 So all painting was done using Halfords spray cans. There shouldn’t be a difference in quality, but the cost will go up quite a bit… There are really only two colours used here […]

Time to finish off the base cabinet! Firstly I sanded all cut edges, which was pretty quick with a electric palm sander. The next step is to seal it to make the porous MDF surface non-porous. This is in my opinion a very important step that a lot of people have missed out. By sealing […]

Routed the edges of the side trims today, with a 1/2″ chamfer bit. This was my first time routing, but it’s much quicker and easier than I had imagined, even though I only have a cheap budget router & table! However I am not sure 1/2″ is going to look right… I am thinking maybe […]

So, first day of construction. Got the panels on the bottom cabinet cut, then also spent some time cutting the side trims for the bottom cabinet. It only took a small amount of time to assemble the bottom cabinet. The panels are fixed together with normal wood screws. This is how the bottom cabinet is […]

Right, seeing as nothing much is happening with the car, I’ve decided to build an arcade cabinet! Well I say a cabinet, but it is actually more like a gaming station. Anyway, here are the design goals. – Single player slim cabinet – Make use of the Hori Real Arcade Pro Premium VLX joystick as […]