Projects

Acrylic bartop arcade

  • Build
  • Onshape
  • 3D printing
  • Retro gaming
A small clear plastic arcade cabinet with a screen, a red joystick, six red buttons and two white buttons on the side
The finished cabinet.
Year
2025
Designed in
Onshape
Case
Acrylic sides, polystyrene panels, epoxy
Screen mount
3D printed

A one-player bartop arcade with a clear case. The control panel has a joystick and six buttons, with two more buttons on the side, below a small screen. I built it as a Christmas present for my dad in 2025.

I designed the case in Onshape. The side panels are laser-cut acrylic. I cut the other panels by hand from clear plastic sheet, either scoring it with a craft knife and snapping it along the line or cutting it with a soldering iron, and glued the panels together with epoxy. I also designed the screen mount in Onshape and 3D printed it.