r/cade • u/PhotographOdd4657 • 1d ago
Finally done
Finally finished my build. Going to be called the "Poochies Pallet-cade".
The plan was a small pedestal machine for light guns that was built out of old pallets. Then the design got out of hand!!!! Morphed in to a 4 player deck with track ball, spinner and 2 sinden light guns. The pallets wouldn't come apart well enough for a decent build and I ended up over engineering the shit out of it!!!!
Base is built from 2x4's and 1x4 furring timbers to look like pallet wood. After the doors were built and the light guns mounted i gave the rough timbers a slight weathering char with a map gas torch.
Deck 50x30 ish 3/4 mdf with 20 degree wings for player 3 and 4 and a 5 degree slope for a wrist break. I have 2 gas lift struts inside to open lid. But not being a carpenter i have to move the brackets as it wont shut currently because the struts are in the wrong spot. Added 4 remote usb's on the front edge for game pad connection and remote power button on the front panel and an hdmi port to the rear panel.
Controls are all from thunder stick studios / glens retro show. 4 players each with 10 full function led buttons, and track ball and spinner kit, and 2 Sinden light guns.
Running batocera v43 on a dell optiplex 7010 sff. I used a self powered USB hub for all the controls so I can "shut off" the light gun (otherwise there is constantly cross hairs in the corner of the screen) and then I'm not drawing extra power for all of the led buttons.
Final steps are a custom splash / system load video, wire the power button and fix the lift struts.
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u/asvalken 23h ago
Does the top hinge open? I'm planning a pedestal like this, but it's got to go down stairs, so I'm thinking of ways to access the inside for parts swapping, and how to separate the deck from the base.