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control panel design review
Dcpmark:
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--- Quote from: rhys on October 17, 2013, 04:21:39 pm ---I have no interest nor intention of putting a trackball or spinners in this unit (nor the funding, damn things are expensive). The enclosure will follow the top panel contour with a .25" or .5" overhang, maybe a little more at the bottom.
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Significant amounts of control panel overhang past the box wall is totally a BYOAC thing and not a real game thing. You will find most factory built cabinets keep the panel around 1/4" larger than the box. The panel is more durable without the overhang and the space it gives you isn't really usable anyway.
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The only thing overhang in the front is good for is clamping on a PC racing wheel, IMHO. I'm actually going to try and notch an area in the box of the CP I'm designing just for that purpose, but I'm not sure if that will work. My PC wheel clamps nicely to my current HotRod SE panel. Controls are going in first, then I'll see it I can add the area for the wheel.