More Cabinet Assembly

By feldgendler. Friday, 18. January 2008, 21:00:00

This Friday we have added a few more strokes to the arcade cabinet.

Video games are not supposed to have keyboards, but occasionally we would need one for system administration. We've decided to have a keyboard on a shelf with a door opening in front. The door was ready some time ago, but it happened to be so wide that we had to sand it down a bit from the sides so that can open and close without too much effort. Now the door was ready for installation, so Adam and George attached the hinges to the chassis with screws.

We also needed something to hold the door in the closed position, so Adam and Espen installed pairs of spring latches on the left and right.

Another thing we did on Friday was installing a piece of plexiglas into the top part of the cabinet. It will be painted with some fancy artwork later, so as to be translucent but not transparent, and we'll have a light behind it.

I'll keep you informed on our further progress!

Note: All hyperlinks in this post take you to more pictures. You can also view all the pictures from this event.

Installing the SpeakersController Board Construction

Comments

Bruno writes:

You guys are great !!!
Thanks for giving Opera to the world !!

By anonymous user, # 18. January 2008, 18:10:36

All of you, are all Genius...

By JoRgE-1987, # 18. January 2008, 22:35:19

Really cool. What OS will it have?

By yeeliberto, # 19. January 2008, 15:25:24

The choice of OS is up to the software team (Karianne and Julien). I'll post about the software choices later.

By feldgendler, # 19. January 2008, 16:28:56

Because Opera is Scandinavian should this Archade machine just come 'flat pack'? LOL:D

By a_paddy, # 19. January 2008, 23:11:37

Anonymous writes:

As soon as I buy LCD, I'll make the same!

@a_paddy: You're right.

D IKEA should make these.

By anonymous user, # 21. January 2008, 08:48:03

how high were the costs for the materials? If i had time (ok and a bit more money

) i will also build such a arcade. maybe in 3 months

in my new flat it will be a great ehm a feature

By mabdul, # 27. January 2008, 13:13:48

Whoow!
Dette er noe av det feteste jeg har sett på lenge!! Litt av et sløyd-prosjekt dere har gående her, gutter! Det ser meeeeget bra ut!!! Skulle ønske noen av kameratene mine hadde orket å gjort noe slikt... Men, nei..!

Lykke til!!

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Whoow!
This has got to be the coolest thing I have seen in a long time!! Some wood-shop project you guys got going here! It's looking really good!!! I wish some of my friends would have the strength and duration to do something like this... But, no..!

Good luck!!

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By BLUE-BIRD, # 30. January 2008, 13:53:12