Sithel Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 (edited) Hey everyone! This is my sit down arcade I got from http://www.recroommasters.com/ It's still a work in progress and I've actually had for almost 2 years. It pretty much sat in the basement in pieces until I finally started to put it all together late last year. Me finding LaunchBox got me motivated I like the quality of it but it is a bit overwhelming at first when trying to follow the directions and put it together, and all by myself. I opt'ed to do my own control panel, so all it came with was the top flat cover so I drilled the holes and routed the for joy sticks and trackball for the controls right into that. I'm using LED buttons but they are single colors only and not rgb. I do have LED Blinky running and plan to post a video of that here soon. I chose to not use the clear plexi glass that came with it for in front of the TV and rather ordered and had cut a tempered smoked glass. I also do not have the control panel bolted down how it came and used latches on the sides so that i can get under it if need be. I'm using a custom marquee up top and carbon fiber vinyl on the control panel. One thing to note is these seem to have been designed while LCD TV's where quite thick and the newer LED TV's are pretty thin, so keep that in mind. I didn't want my LED screen sitting deep in the cabinet so I built a platform about 2-3" thick to bring in out closer to the glass. I do have a 32" TV which they recommend but keep in mind you will have light coming in from the sides and or top and bottom because the back is completely open. To fix this I cut some 1/4" birch and painted it black to cover the back and it's on hinges so that I can still get back there if need be. Other then that all I added is 2 front USB ports and front speaker grilles. Future plans is I made a platform that can be bolted to the bottom to make this a stand up cabinet. Overall I'm very happy with the purchase and the overall outcome to make it my own. Now on with the pics! Small Demo of BigBox running. Edited April 7, 2017 by Sithel 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phox Posted April 4, 2017 Share Posted April 4, 2017 Beautiful, Rec Room Masters makes some fine arcade cabinets! Can't wait to buy one myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparks88 Posted April 5, 2017 Share Posted April 5, 2017 that is awesome. What size screen is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowdragon Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Very nice. Sounds like you made smart adjustments as they arose. I respect that. I agree to not bolt down the control panel right away to make it easy to further modify it if you want. Seeing your pics gives me an idea of what is in store when I get one. I'm still in the "window shopping stage" I have LaunchBox (big-box) on my PC and love it. My question to you is how often does it get used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adu Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Nice work. What theme do you use ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LogicalEgo Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Clean and simple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sithel Posted April 7, 2017 Author Share Posted April 7, 2017 Thanks everyone! Here is also a small demo of BigBox running. 8 hours ago, adu said: Nice work. What theme do you use ? Using a modified Minimal-AO theme atm. 12 hours ago, shadowdragon said: My question to you is how often does it get used? Seems like I'm on it everyday constantly making adjustments. But every time I have some friends over they ask to play it. On 4/5/2017 at 2:17 PM, sparks88 said: that is awesome. What size screen is that? 32" LED 720p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adu Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Can you please post your modified theme please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 @Sithel I googled "Rec Room Masters tempered glass" and ended up here lol. Your cabinet looks awesome. The only real problem I have with my cabinet from Rec Room Masters is the plexi-glass screen; it scratches so easily and even right out of the box it wasn't very clear. Where did you order your tempered glass from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmoney Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 @Jason Carr When I ordered my tempered glass for my arcade cabinet I ordered it from this place. The price was good and they do all sorts of customs sizes. https://www.onedayglass.com/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Carr Posted April 20, 2018 Share Posted April 20, 2018 Just now, kmoney said: @Jason Carr When I ordered my tempered glass for my arcade cabinet I ordered it from this place. The price was good and they do all sorts of customs sizes. https://www.onedayglass.com/ Sweet. Thanks kmoney. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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