To be honest I havent really put a price tag to it as this particular one was a labour of love. I would say if I was to start building bespoke arcade cabinets for people I would want at least 3k (without lcd tv or console). The cabinet could be absolutely any shape/design/colour you like (within reason of course). It would work alot like my custom stick orders where the customer sets me a brief and I turn that into a finished product, with the customers approval along the way of course.
I just had a thought…I could build 20 of these and open a custom stick shop and arcade at the same time, lol.
With regards to price of cabinet I guess if you bought a Vewlix etc you would only really be able to play the one game. With a custom cabinet you could put anything inside and any game for that matter.
lol, I know where your coming from. I had a gsxr 750 k5 (black/blue) but it got pinched from outside my office. I guess I was asking for it as I never used to chain it up. On the bright side I got paid out from the insurance and bought a new gsxr 1000 k6 (blue/white) to replace that hole in my heart (at the time was brand new).
You cab is sick man! The only little things that kind of bug me is the Logitech logo on the speakers, and KIND OF the word Bewlix. I don’t know why but the Vewlix name always bugged me! You should black out the proprietary logos if you get a chance. It would be cool if you put up a YouTube vid of you and a friend playing some matches on it too!
still cant belive how amazing this is…masterpiece…sud have got it on xbox though…but its all gud…still SF…amazing…i wud murder some 1 for a custom stick by u lol…U NO WOT I MEAN
Hi man
I have to say thats a very nice custom vewlix cab.
I was wondering if you can offer any advise for spray painting a cab that well to the point, the white actually looks plastic. I’ve always been pretty hopeless with paint up till recently when I started helping a friend produce piano finish on some custom speaker boxes mostly gloss black.
Im guessing your using wood filler for the ends of your cuts and filler primer then acrylic paint and clear. Alot of sanding I can imagine. Just trying to learn as much as possible about spraying paint.
Thanks man, I just read through all of that and it all makes sense.
Can you clarify if your using gloss black and gloss white acrylic paint and clear coat from spray cans along with the teal colour? or are you using a spray gun and air compressor?
Learnt a lot from just reading but definitely practice is key
Ive got a can of zinseer primer sealer with a roller but also have filler primer from a can and primer surfacer in a can. Not sure which way to go for my prep? the spray can forum filler primer and surfacer are car products. So im a bit confused on which way to go since these cans are made to go on steel/metal not mdf? do you think this will be a problem or should I just ignore and go ahead using this as my primer?
The general process is primer, basecoat (colour) and then clear coat. Some solid colours such a black and white (non metalic) can be used as the final coat and dont require clear coating. All metalics, pearls require clear coating.
It doesnt matter if you use paint from a can or a paint gun / compressor. It just requires different time between coats and full cure times.
If you are going to paint your cabinet I would suggest sealing the MDF first using a roll on MDF sealer. This will save you a fuck ton of paint in the long run as MDF soaks up spray can paint like a sponge. The idea is to seal the wood completely and you will end up saying 50% of paint.
Once the MDF is sealed I would use the primer filler to cover any possible blemishes or pits in the sealed MDF. I would wait for primer to fully cure before sanding this down to a smooth finish.
After this spray the primer surfacer and wait to fully cure. Sand down again until it is completely smooth like a mirror. You may need to repeat this process a few times depending on how well the wood is sealed.
Dont buy the colour coats or clear coat until you are 100% convinced the sanded primer surface is as smooth as glass with no pits or grooves or sanding scratches (which can be caused by using too coarse sand paper).
If want to paint the cabinet pure white (non metalic or pearl) you can spray that directly to the primer and theres no need for clear coating. Again, all metalics pearls etc will require clear coating.
Car products work well on any surface as long as you have used the correct primer.
Hope this helps…
Lol, its just an incomplete out building. It was the only place big enough to build the cabinet.
The only thing I contributed to that out building was all the gym equipment for the basement. The ground floor is basically used for storing and making mess. Thats where I come in…
You should black out the proprietary logos if you get a chance. It would be cool if you put up a YouTube vid of you and a friend playing some matches on it too!