vigothecarpathian on his Instructables page shows us how to make an arcade cab with just 1 sheet of plywood – nicknamed the Vigolix, this is one sexy machine, and we could all easily build one – one of the regulars (JASON) on The Arcade Collective has already made a start.
Vigo has designed an extremely easy to build, affordable and stylish cabinet. Now you can build one too. With this home arcade machine, you can play arcade and home console games with a true arcade feel.
Easy Woodworking:There are no curves or special cuts to make, every cut is a straight cut and little measuring is needed. The only power tools needed is a saw, a drill and a sander.
Extremely Affordable: The entire cabinet cost less than $100 to build! He put in an old laptop thats not counting in cost, but this is cheaper than a small bartop cabinet!
Easy to do: Built this in two weekends, and was going slow!
Stylish: Most Viewlix style cabinets are extremely complicated and very expensive to build. Usually between $1000-$1500 This cabinet has everything that is great about a viewlix. Striking angles, design for seated play, slim profile. It is an affordable eye grabber.
The cabinet I will be showing you here is a mini cabinet, perfect for kids or as a sit down cabinet for adults. Most of the cabinet is build from one sheet of 2′ by 4′ by 1/2″ sheet of plywood. You can follow these instructions and build a full size cabinet instead by doubling all the dimensions. You would use a single 4′ by 8′ by 3/4″ sheet of plywood instead.
HEAD OVER TO THE INSTRUCTABLES PAGE FOR THE FULL GUIDE
