Wood City build

[Bigblue709]

Inspired by this thread, I set out to build a wooden Astro City inspired cabinet over the winter with the assistance of my father and his woodworking shop.

Arcade monitors are impossible to find here, so this is built to house a consumer TV in tate mode without having to take it out of its case, for maximum ease of swapping displays should the need ever arise.

Wired for JAMMA, with a TimeHarvest RGBS to S-video converter board handling the video signal.

 

[9999 Damage]

Beautiful! I've fantasized about making a PCB rack like that, only 1) it would store like 20 PCBs and 2) I'm not a woodworker, so this fantasy happens right before I defeat the aliens and Nazis.

So the monitor sits on a board that rests on the outer posts, and the inner structure is just for PCBs? Then the top shroud is just a hutch you can take off without screws etc.? Is there a wedge under the TV to angle it, or does it naturally rest at a useful angle?

 

[Mageta the Lion]

so this fantasy happens right before I defeat the aliens and Nazis

You realize that you now have to build a huge pcb rack before you can play Metal slug again?

 

[Mrhide]

love the fancy sides and of course, LOOK AT THAT RACK!

 

[Bigblue709]

Beautiful! I've fantasized about making a PCB rack like that, only 1) it would store like 20 PCBs and 2) I'm not a woodworker, so this fantasy happens right before I defeat the aliens and Nazis.

So the monitor sits on a board that rests on the outer posts, and the inner structure is just for PCBs? Then the top shroud is just a hutch you can take off without screws etc.? Is there a wedge under the TV to angle it, or does it naturally rest at a useful angle?

Yup, you got it, the top shroud fits between the trim and the guide blocks on the tv platform. The TV rests naturally at a good angle, my other TVs would need to be propped up a bit in the back.

 

[levelupgainz]

This is awesome, I like the PCB holder. What size crt did you go with?

 

[sLpFhaWK]

this is what i'd like to do if i had the shop w/ the tools.. i got the knowledge just not e verything else lol

just noticed you have a blgblue i want one of those so bad.

 

[9999 Damage]

You realize that you now have to build a huge pcb rack before you can play Metal slug again?

It’ll have to get in line after all the recaps and mods. Schedule says I can play some SF2T sometime in 2032.

 

[Bigblue709]

This is awesome, I like the PCB holder. What size crt did you go with?

It’s a 27”. I don’t think I’d feel comfortable tipping anything bigger on its side

 

[XtraSmiley]

Not my cup of tea, but amazing work regardless. Have you considered a component TV so you can get close to RGB video levels? I've done with the Retrotink RGB2Comp device.

If you are ever in the area for some reason, I'll give you a free 27" component TV as well, not sure where in CA you are!

 

[kuze]

Really nicely done, great design and cool that you set it up to house multiple boards for easy swapping.