I’ve wanted one of these raspberry pi/retro pi arcade systems for a while but wanted to make a special box to put it in that looked like an antique table top TV/radio. I feel the outcome of this project is exactly that. The case is built out of 1/2″ and 1/4″ plywood, and the veneer species is mahogany that I applied using heatlock veneer glue. For the tight corners, I sprayed some supersoft veneer softener to soften the veneer up.
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wow. well done. very cool .
Beautifull!! 😀
After making this, have you noticed its hard to get things done like eating?
i want ask..is possibile to use it with a laptop monitor.i mean.i have my old laptop that not work anymore..i could use it as a case ..raspberry would be able to use the laptop monitor for work and all other part like speaker?
Love the cabinet…..
If I were to replicate your idea, I'd probably replace the front fake knobs with retro style LED's for power indication, as well as a retro push button for power, and a retro volume knob for volume. That way the knobs are functional as well as decorative.
This was really cool! I've got an old Defender cabinet that I'm hoping to put a RetroPie setup inside, and this gave me some great ideas for how to solve some problems I had in conceptualizing
It looks great man
you just need to put fan on your pi and overclock it 😉 some usb ports would be nice too so you dont need to open back side to acces them
Awesome! I'm going to make a project based on your work, but I'm going to use an old PC that I have.
Awesome man. You did a far better job. I just 'went for it', because I hate working with wood. lol.
here is mine. : https://www.facebook.com/allthingsthatfly/posts/10155035588227417
Amazing work!!
Nice recovery on the veneer. As for improvements, think about making those knobs functional. Easy additions would be a power switch and volume knob. More advanced options might be rigging up something to control the screen brightness and maybe even somehow have a "channel" knob that's used to select the games.
show us more gameplay omg
Raspberry pi details!!!!?
Quick question: When you power this on, do you have to separately turn the screen and raspberry pi on, or do they both start up around the same time?
Hey,
Nice video! Definitely will be making this and will be similar to yours. As I was watching your video I saw that you added speakers. Where did you get them? I couldn't find it in your description.
Does anybody have any ideas what I can do for sound? I would actually like the knobs to control the volume.
:/ lucky i wanted to be like you 🙂
How do you plug in the controllers? Looks good man.
Looks great. Good video too!
Very slick and clean looking retro TV man! I would probably put a little audio amp that controls the volume for the knobs to be functional and maybe a power on/off switch there too.
Do you have plans for this, or any wiring diagrams or photos for the raspberry pi? @SimpleCove
Brilliant man. One of those knobs could adjust speaker.
Love the build. Back in the day, I did a cherry wood humidor PC that was on the NYT mag. But building wood from scratch… I cannot. lol.
Would love to have one of these for the kids!
Really cool looking man.
That looks very nice.
The build in whole is pretty awesome. The only thing that I would have liked to have seen done differently is the power cable exit. I know this (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00ME5YAPK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) would have defeated the retro look, but something like this (or at least a grommet for the pass through) would have been the finishing touch.
just beautiful