Multimedia Shelf for 2600 Games

[yanbu]

I came across this multimedia shelf on Amazon a few months back and took a chance on it, so far it's working pretty good for 2600 stuff. Just thought I'd share. Boxed games fit about perfectly height wise, and also 12 games wide per section - which equals 288 boxed games that potentially could fit in this. It has a shorter section in the middle that fit carts or manuals or something else well, but not full boxes. I'm primarily interested in loose cart collecting, the only bummer is it doesn't fit 4 carts wide per section (just shy on the dimensions). But it does leave a bit of room to grab stuff easily with the extra space and still doesn't look too bad. The M-Network games don't stack all that nicely when loose, so I might make a cheap DIY slot thing out of paperboard for those. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0058O8ES8/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

Edited May 23, 2018 by yanbu

[bellview17]

Sweet setup.

[yanbu]

@bellview17 thanks! I added a side view picture, I guess the one thing I liked about it is that it doesn't protrude all that far from the wall. The carts actually extend out from the edges on their own since the edge walls only come out 3". Most shelves are much deeper. I'd like to build my own cart case eventually to spec, but not quite there yet with my collection anyways. Someday..

Edited May 24, 2018 by yanbu

[+sramirez2008]

I like it! Since its nearly six feet tall, did it require the wall anchor, or does the extended base keep it upright on its own?

[bigfriendly]

Very Nice:) Thanks for sharing.

[yanbu]

I like it! Since its nearly six feet tall, did it require the wall anchor, or does the extended base keep it upright on its own?

 

I didn't have to use the wall anchor on this one, the design naturally allows it to lean backwards to the wall. But it does include the hardware to mount it to the wall if you need to.

[Opry99er]

I need something like that, but in a horizontal orientation I can mount on the wall.

[Keatah]

Perhaps some sort of shim or spacer could be used to even out the M-Network carts? I used a piece of cardboard wrapped in electrical tape back in the day. Put one between each two carts to level them.

Edited May 24, 2018 by Keatah

[yanbu]

Perhaps some sort of shim or spacer could be used to even out the M-Network carts? I used a piece of cardboard wrapped in electrical tape back in the day. Put one between each two carts to level them.

 

Yeah I might just build another internal frame out of some utility board. Here's a pic of one I built back in the late 90's. The internal part was just some cheap pressboard or something from the hardware store, I cut slots at specific lenghts at the same width of the boards, and then pressed them together to make the frame. This one held 150 carts, but I outgrew it and didn't feel like going through making one again I had much more time and energy in my mid to late 20's.

[up2knowgood]

 

Yeah I might just build another internal frame out of some utility board. Here's a pic of one I built back in the late 90's. The internal part was just some cheap pressboard or something from the hardware store, I cut slots at specific lenghts at the same width of the boards, and then pressed them together to make the frame. This one held 150 carts, but I outgrew it and didn't feel like going through making one again I had much more time and energy in my mid to late 20's.

That's a pretty cool shelf too. Good work on it.

[rasch_C]

 

Yeah I might just build another internal frame out of some utility board. Here's a pic of one I built back in the late 90's. The internal part was just some cheap pressboard or something from the hardware store, I cut slots at specific lenghts at the same width of the boards, and then pressed them together to make the frame. This one held 150 carts, but I outgrew it and didn't feel like going through making one again I had much more time and energy in my mid to late 20's.

 

Yep, nice looking shelf there. I've been thinking about doing something similar, but dread the time something like this would take to make. Do you recall about how much time/effort was spent on making this?

 

-Allen

[yanbu]

That's a pretty cool shelf too. Good work on it.

 

Thanks!

 

 

Yep, nice looking shelf there. I've been thinking about doing something similar, but dread the time something like this would take to make. Do you recall about how much time/effort was spent on making this?

 

-Allen

 

I think this took a weekend to do, the first part was measuring out the width of the carts to determine the slot width with a little wiggle room so it wasn't too tight, then the height of the cart slot, and how much depth I wanted from the front to the closed back. I left some room so it would be easy to grab the cart. From there I just worked out the math on how wide to make the shelves, and how tall, and then used a ruler to measure out where I would make my cuts in the board. I believe I used a hand held radial saw where the blade was the same thickness as the board, and made cuts halfway into the board where I made the marks. I'm pretty sure I used a few pieces to test it all out first for how well they fit together, and that the depth of the cuts were correct and so on. Then it was just a matter of cutting the vertical pieces, horizontal pieces, and making the marks, then cutting at each mark on the horizontal /vertical pieces and pressing them together piece by piece. Afterwards I made a frame out of some cheap wood and nailed in a thin closed back board, then pressed the whole frame inside. I think I put some wood glue or something similar on the frame parts before pressing it in.