Your video was the push that took me from "I'd like to do this" to "I'm buying wood, filling in gaps in my tool set and going full speed ahead"! Thank you for documenting this process and even more for making the plans available. This will be my most ambitious project yet but being able to watch you do it provided that last bit of confidence needed. Please enjoy the lunch!

You're a perfect example of why they should teach shop in high school! These are the skills that people need. Great job!! Love it!

I'd say the clearest explanation of an Arcade Cabinet Build on KZfaq - well deserved praise. I've just ordered a flat-pack bartop from an Australian Company here because I simply don't have all the tools. I have all the electrical components, Raspberry Pi though. Thank-you Mike - a really great video mate!

Stumbled onto this randomly, may make a cabinet for our work one of these days for the lounge area. Thanks for the inspiration!

Plenty of room to keep the wireless keyboard in the back too (with the locked back of course) for updating and whatnot Very very cool build! I soooooo want to do this!

love those colors on the Player-input boards

N64 Controller = 15 buttons. 4 for the DPad directions. 1 for the start button. 1 for A. 1 for B. 4 for c buttons. 1 for Left Bumper. 1 for Right Bumper. 1 for Z button. & 1 analog stick. Your arcade setup... an analog stick, which is more like a dpad if we are being honest, and 6-8 buttons. Why are you trying to play N64 games with it? Hahahaha. Also, for air flow, you should use 3 fans minimum. 2 intake. 1 out. Or perhaps just using a big intake fan and a smaller out fan, this will have a similar effect. Doing this will create positive air pressure inside the cabinet and will ensure air gets to all the components. Great video though. Thanks. Always fun to watch you build and talk us through it.

No doubt, THE best video on KZfaq on how to do this. Masterfully done Sur!

Im french .. i like your work... it's absolute THE BEST AND THE BEST, i send my big respect ant tomorow i buy all parts 😂😂😂😂

Awesome Video. The only thing I want to add is a ball track for Golden tee golf. Cheers for the vlod. This was a great video and cheers on the success.

Thank you so much for this insightful build. I just finished making my cabinet yesterday. It is a bartop with a full base on the bottom, so I can convert from bartop to full sized machine. Couldn't have done it without people like you, making these great DIY videos!

Really enjoyed this build. And your attention to your wood cuts really shows. Hoping to make my own soon and will be watching and rewatching this video a lot. Thanks.

Awesome build. Thank you very much for showing us all the details to follow and make our own. This is just kickass.👍🤙🕹🎮

I'm making a guitar hero type game in java and turning it into a stand. I'm even having a rockband straticaster and an xbox360 X-plorer painted for it (dark oak neck, white buttons including the fret buttons, Wilson talent center blue and green for the base, its gonna be so cool)

I built one that looks EXACTLY like that with a pre cut Ebay flatpack. Using a pandoras box dx! Mine is identical except for t moulding but used a computer monitor. Love it.

Thanks for the walkthrough and the plans, just started yesterday mine and is getting great

So you teach high-school, God bless you for putting up with that.

big thanks to we build stuff I finally own an arcade at home

A suggestion: - put the fans on the top of the cabinet to expel the hot air. - add one or two at the bottom to force cool air inside the cabinet.

CTE teachers are the best no cap

This is a fantastic guide. I'm already well on the way to building my first ever cabinet with help from your tutorials. Being a novice, I admit I have run into problems on the way though. I also didn't expect to have to buy so many spray cans. But it's all worth it in the end. Thanks!

Superb "How to" video, Easy to follow and well explained, two huge thumbs up

...this video is why I'm back in the shop to finish this project. Thanks! :D

good amount of detail, very clear and well paced explanation - thanks for this one!

46:13 There's a flathead screw in the bottom of the stick's shaft to turn against the ball top and get it on real tight. No need to risk damaging the visible part of the stick with vise pliers!

Great tutorial. One little nitpick is the action buttons clusters should be crammed much closer together, so your fingers don't have to unnaturally spread so much. Thanks for sharing.

Never trust someone that says "You will never see them" means you will cut corners wherever you can, laziness is not what you want to teach people. Go the extra mile, and yes, it must be perfect. Other than that rant....not a bad weekend project, I would choose the vinyl though...👍

Just wanted to say thanks. You video was the inspiration I used on my build. I expanded you bigger bartop and made it an even bigger bartop, using a 32" TV as the monitor. I just scaled your plans slightly to accommodate and I think it looks and more importantly ... works great. So great work!

Awesome projects. Subbed and will watch more when i get time. The level of detail in this video is perfect

I'm about to embark on this as a summer project, and this is the best instructional video that I've seen. I am thinking of doing a modular version, i.e. having the bartop version sitting on a separate base unit, so that I could switch from full size to bartop arcade so I can make easily move it around if needed between different locations. In order to do this right, would you suggest... To follow the full size plans but cut just below the floor of the bartop, or to make the bartop and then create a separate box base? To add some more stability to the bottom base cabinet to keep it more rigid - does it need it? Raise the bottom floor of the bartop, so there was some space below (out of sight) to hook it over some guides protruding up from the bottom cabinet to keep it in place or how would you best suggest connecting the top and bottom? Hope that makes sense! Would love to know what you think.

Thank You for this long video with all the steps we need to build it. I'm going to build mine and use your video as a guide. ^_^

Great video after watching this with my oldest son who’s 10 we are going to try and build it together again thank you for the video and also being a teacher you guys don’t get enough credit for what you do

I am so glad you used nut inserts, I have seen people build cabs and drill through the side panels to insert bolts, this really annoys me as it is just laziness. I have built a couple of bartops very similar to yours but I prefer a 1.75" bezel and a 25" 4:3 monitor, I have been thinking about designing a bartop candy cab but can't make my mind up whether to 3d print or do some difficult routing for the front fascia panels, actualy thinking about it this could be the perfect excuse to buy a CNC router

planing to build my own arcade cabinet and your video is such a great tutorial. really love this. thank you so much.

Great job dude.... Gave me appreciation for custom built cabinet sellers....

Most excellent video from start to finish. Really appreciate the warp speed to demonstrate the steps you took along with the excellent narration. I definitely want to take on this project and only things I may change is making my version a full console versus tabletop version and using a monitor vs TV set though I have not seen any 4K monitors. Anyway, again an excellent tutorial and am going to look through your previous projects and await new ones.

Brilliant, Just Brilliant, well done

very nice cab bro

one word, awesome !

Great video, looked at several videos to build my arcade and this one by far had the best information.

Wow its like watching a movie. Enjoyed watching it

Yellow Mustard for glue!! I would have never thought to use that!! Lol Great Job!!! Black and Green looks great!!

You had way less screws left over than when I take a car apart to fix things... :P

Tout simplement merci pour cette vidéo. En ce moment de confinement rien de mieux que de ce trouver des projets ☺. Je vous souhaite que le meilleur et merci pour ce beau partage de vos connaissances ☺

Why are people so clever and talented? I would be there for a millennium,

Really enjoyed watching this. Time built one myself

Thanks. I needed this. Am going to make one and almost all the processess I was aware of, but it's always good to check them out from start to finish.

Thankyou so much for this amazing video i've been wanting to build my own machine but not everyone gave the whole setup. this is very informative and helpful so that I could set up my own and modify it.

This is awesome dude 😎🤙🏾

Nice video really professional

great video! God bless you and yours!

One of the best videos iv seen on youtube regarding Building an arcade cabinet( and iv seen alot of them) thanks

Perfect detailed wood work 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

i just bought the plans for the smaller one recently but will still save these, much thanks

The arcade club....at lunch time....why did school suck so much when I was growing up?! I would have killed for arcade club at lunch time!!!

Great video man! Congrats!!!

Very nice build, love the colors, they match my buddy's Formula Mazda race car! One thing to consider is a way to hit a button to shut down the PI before turning off power. The SD doesn't like the power being just shut off. :) Mixing games, fun and teaching. Perfect!

Those are nice fans. I was going to use them to act as a solder smoke wick, but it's now cooling my cable modem. I live in MS, so it gets super hot and disgusting in the summer and noticed my internet was dipping as a result. SO, I have that janky setup. Which I might switch out for cheap laptop cooling mats and sandwich the router in between them. Since right now nothing is keeping them stacked.

Ho provveduto alla donazione. Cordialmente saluti! Ottimo lavoro!

Very cool, thanks for showing

Hey bro, it's me again. Just wanted to share that I have built a second cabinet and am now working on my third! You inspired me!!!

The ruler bending tip.. 😮

At 55:00 you could use some heat shrink tubing.

Love your video. I can't wait to see the full size cabinet. I am thinking of making one and would like to see your

Great build, i really like it. Shame, but i dont have space for an arcade cabinet. I would make some modification to the LED strip mounting: alu LED rails for the mounting, opal diffusor to "hide" the invidual LED modul pieces and for better light spreading. The other thing is that the passive heatsinks are not enough for the Pi. Up to N64 is enough, but if u want to play PS1 or GameCube games, then you need more cooling. The 52Pi cooler is Rpi3b+ and 4/4b compatible.

Amazing. I want to build one now!

BAD ASS! I watched the whole thing! I'm going to be assembling a MicroCenter 3/4 size cabinet possibly tomorrow (4/9/2021) to house a PC-based arcade game I like playing and this video compilation of you building this cab from scratch was very satisfying to watch! I don't have nor have access to the tools you use for these projects, but I'm sure the kit I got from MicroCenter is well made (as I've seen many others build it). I'll have to either deal with some overhang from my game's controller, or mod the button panel piece of the cab, but I'll make it work for my needs. Thanks for posting this!

Fantastic 👍 Thank you and Congratulations

Dammit, now I have to build this.

Nice work You dont need to drill a hole for the remote infrared. You can engrave the wood to a very thin layer from inside and it will work. It won't be seen outside. Also. Use full metal case for the raspberry and you won't need fans. It will even be significantly cooler than using heatsinks

Thank You !!!!!

Good tutorial thank you i will build it soon with hyperspin

Very nice work 👍🏻 maybe ad aqryl on the control panel

excellent appriciated

Pro tip! If you wanna make sure both your side panels are exactly the same, use a tracing or template bit for your router, cut out one side then stack it on top of the other piece and use the router to follow the template piece. I do this to make multiple machines without having to constantly use a bandsaw or jig saw for every side.

Thank you so much for documenting everything and sharing it all with us!!🙏🏼👌🏽🎮❤️

I'm so motivated to do this!!!! Thank you!!!

Nice voice to listen to.

nice to have shop to build this.

The wood clue in a mustard container got me.

Your work is very very neat and clean.the work you done looks very beautiful it's a god gift to you the way you make and explain knowbody do this in my country India I am really your freind and want to become your students

Thank you for this! This inspired me to start my own and am gonna follow this design. Looks amazing! 🎮🕹

great job Sir.

Thank you SO MUCH!!!❤

I just feel like the opportunity for "Retro Barcade" was missed. Lol

Thank you for sharing ( from France 🇫🇷)

Very cool! Enjoyed the build process. Thanks for sharing. I've been working on a mame cab for about 10 years. Built the frame out of 2x4s, have front kickplate, CP, and marquee in place, but still need to do the side panels, and back door for it. It's bloody heavy. LOL.

Great works!!!👍

haha omg, this was hella funny. Great work and informative

id prefer using osb or plywood over mdf as mdf is prone to moisture absorption in high humidity condition and as for painting the cabinet i recommend using latex primer coat outside and inside to seal the wood from moisture absorbing then color paint of choice

It's nice that you've got all the tools you need to build an arcade cabinet, but most people don't have what you have.

Great job!

Hey. The build is awesome and the woodwork is beyond my capabilities. One thing to keep in mind though. Raspberry PIs tend to have a bit of an issue with stability when it comes to power usage off of the USB ports and that can lead to SD cards prematurely dying. For other projects I'd suggest having fans that are powerful through a different power source.

Awesome video dude. Loving the Lebowski 'Abide' tee shirt you used as a rag too haha! Thanks from the UK bro.

This was great, can you or are you going to make a tall version to make tv vertical to play Galaxian?

Great rapport! Mustard? LOL

Your video made me build my first cabinet. Any recommendations for 28" display from current tech? What aspect ratio is best for raspberry pi arcade games.

Just a pro tip of my own .... If you take a straight edge and clamp it to your work piece you can use it As a guide to get a straight cut Quick And Clean. (with a jigsaw or skilsaw)

I'm on the verge of building a cabinet myself. Thank you for this video. i still have to decide if I'm gonna make a bartop or a full size. At the end of the video you mentioned that you already build a full size, Is that video available? Maybe I didn't search well enough, but I couldn't find it.

excellent, i was very impressed. look forward to the full arcade build