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Mike is the founder of The Geek Pub. A jack of all trades who simply enjoys the challenge creating things, whether from wood, metal, or from lines of code in a computer. Mike has created all kinds of projects that you can follow and build yourself, from many different styles of retro arcade cabinets to Arduino and Raspberry Pi projects.
This build is not about building the biggest, baddest, and most redundant server we can build, rather this one is about building the biggest and baddest server that we cram in to a 1U case that is only 19” wide by 12” deep. Building a 1U Server didn’t come without challenges, but in the end it was […]
Surveillance systems are something that used to be considered a nice-to-have. With today’s crime rates, and lawsuit happy customers it just makes sense to have something like the Synology NVR216 in your personal or small business arsenal. There are many surveillance systems on the market, and let me tell you, there are some real turds […]
All of The Geek Pub plans coming with drilling templates. These templates make it super easy to drill out the holes for many of the components. In this case, the speaker holes. However, there are some tips and tricks that will make you drilling job go from average to looking like it came off of […]
When using smaller 24mm arcade buttons, it can be an exercise in frustration when using 3/4″ material. The material of choice for most arcade cabinets. The problem is that the 24mm buttons are just not quite long enough to allow the bottom nut to screw on in some of these cases. There’s good news though. […]
pfSense has to be the greatest thing to ever happen to the open source firewall movement. It’s a one of those open source products that’s truly a game changer. It runs on just about any hardware, whether it be a PC or an old XBOX. Companies have even built custom designed hardware around pfSense with […]
While I’ve been pretty clear that I don’t really see the need for a fan in a Raspberry Pi Arcade cabinet, so many of you believe its better to be safe than sorry! The good news, adding a fan is incredibly easy and all of my arcade plans now include a drilling template for adding […]
USB ports to your arcade cabinet can all kinds of advantages! It allows you to add an assortment of USB controllers (NES, Atari, XBOX, etc.), plug in a mouse and a keyboard for maintenance purposes, or a USB stick for transferring games. I’ve added the templates for the USB ports to all of my plans. […]
About a year ago, I introduced my Bartop Arcade Cabinet Build. It was a big hit and I got so much great feedback from you guys! You guys really are the best audience ever. Well, today I’ve taken almost a years worth of feedback and used that to design and release an all new version […]
T-Molding is fantastic for that awesome retro look! Especially when it comes to building arcades! If you want your arcade or other project to scream 1980’s, just wrap it with a little T-Molding. That being said, T-Molding is not as easy it might sound, unless you know the tips and tricks of installing it! T-Molding […]
My arcade projects are some of the funnest projects I have done, and my fans have told me the same! Many of my loyal fans have built their own versions of my full-size arcade cabinet and my bartop arcade cabinet. Some of my fans though have been clear that one of these cabinets is just […]