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Bartop Arcade Carcass Part I Relative Sizing

Bartop Arcade Carcass Part I Relative Sizing

I spent much of Sunday beginning on the Bar Top Arcade Carcass project. Ill be building the wooden carcass and installing all of the electronic hardware, then sending it to a friend for wiring and setup.

Laying out the controls on the bench was the first step of determining how wide the carcass needs to be.

This first day was about sizing. Though I have a set of plans which Im using a rough guide, the carcass needs to be individually sized around the control layout and monitor. Since Jason is adding a roller wheel which wasnt in the plans, the carcass Im building is wider. I think it may be taller also, but the plans are in cm and I cant think that way. Rather than convert them to inches, I simply measured the monitor well be using and went from there.

Steeling relevant dimensions from the plans.

Making sure that the cable connections wont interfere with each other.

I marked out the monitor surround panel in full scale on a piece of hard board.

To my surprise, the hardest part was figuring out to to display graphics on the marquee area without distorting them to fit the long narrow shape.

I cut out the Marquee template. Its about 4-3/4" tall by 24-3/4" wide. The graphic will need to be long in order to display without looking stretched.

Next, Ill finish the full size drawings, calculate just how much lumber I need and begin to mill it up.






Bartop Arcade Carcass Part I Relative Sizing