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YllabianSpaceGuppy:

Paul:

Thanks for the tips on MDF. I was thinking of some solutions involving rabbits but I wasn't taking the weakness of the material into consideration. Your unistrut solution is looking better all the time. I think I've grasped how the whole thing works. I stopped in to Lowes today and they gave me a blank stare when I asked about unistrut. I didn't see anything resembling it there. Where did you find yours?

I've decided to try and get original Ikari and Defender sticks. Even if the cost is high, it's still cheaper than getting two full original cabinets (and my wife would kill me if I tried that!).

Paul & scofthe7seas:

Yes, I've seen telengard's setup. It's the shiznit. I just don't want to go to the trouble and expense of metal though. I've got pretty basic woodworking skills as it is and I'm not ready to jump into metal working.

nick3092:

If it's no trouble, I wouldn't mind seeing some pics. My assumed problems with Velcro are the stability over a long period of time, the solid-ness of the contact, ease of release, and worries about the fit of the panel (seems like two perfectly flat pieces of wood would butt up against each other better than with Velcro in-between).

scofthe7seas:

You might want to consider some kind of lockdown bar. Something that clamps down and clicks into place. As long as the pieces fit snug horizontally, the bar will keep them from coming up.

mgb:


--- Quote from: YllabianSpaceGuppy on June 18, 2011, 10:57:05 pm ---I think I am going to go with the TurboTwist 2 from GGG. Any idea what topper would be a close match to Tempest?

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None of them look just like the tempest knob except for maybe the skirted aluminum ones.
I like the designer and token top ones because they have some weight.
You may also want to get the energy storage cylinder.


--- Quote from: scofthe7seas on June 19, 2011, 04:40:21 am ---Telengard has a pretty sweet modular control panel. I think his panels are made of aluminum. It looks like madness to me, but a nice sort of madness.

http://home.comcast.net/~bsturk/mame/controls.html

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That is one of the nices modular CPs I've seen

Here is another awesome modular project to check out for ideas
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=111163.0

SammyWI:


--- Quote from: YllabianSpaceGuppy on June 15, 2011, 09:50:37 pm ---...
2. Defender / Moon Patrol - Is there a 2 way physically restricted joystick option available that would be good for vertical (Defender) or horizontal (Moon Patrol) type games? Again... ball top.
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I've been considering trying to fab up a 2 way restrictor for my Sanwa JLW-TM-8.  I'm thinking I could come up with a part that will fit in from the bottom, filling two sides of the 8 way restrictor.  Since it won't be visible, it could be made from wood for easy fab / modifications.   Then pair that with countersunk ball top.

mgb:

I'm not really sure where it makes that big of a difference if you have a physically restricted 2-way or not.
I know playing a 4-way game definately sucks when using an 8-way stick but I've never had a hard time using a 4 or 8-way to play a 2-way game.
but if you really want 2-way restriction, I thought you can do that with a seimitsu LS32.

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