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what is the type of lock you use to keep your cp closed?
SpatzST:
i tried finding one at home depot but they all didnt look correct.
thanks
Xiaou2:
Arcade 'Panel Clamps'
They are spring loaded, and hold like vise grips, when installed properly.
You will only need two. One for each side of the control panel.
EMDB:
--- Quote from: Xiaou2 on March 03, 2014, 11:07:32 pm ---Arcade 'Panel Clamps'
They are spring loaded, and hold like vise grips, when installed properly.
You will only need two. One for each side of the control panel.
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mgb:
You probably won't find them at Home Depot.
Try an online vendor like Twisted Quarter
jdbailey1206:
Nintendos can be found here and here. Here are some at Twisted Quarter. Also Spatz if you don't have a lot of room to work with (ie a bartop) try using one of these.
Also below is an excerpt for what floriske.nl did on his xrcade build.
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15-01-2013
It's been a while since I posted an update, mainly due to the holidays and being busy with all kind of other stuff. Amongst which "Selling my motion sim".
But picked this up again today and started with making my cp hinge points.
At first I wanted to use standard hinges for this, but thought of a method of creating something my self (which is more fun of course ;)).
Instead of the panel that was cut for this purpose I took a leftover piece with the same length as the original one. It's still a bit too wide but I will cut this to the right size later.
First of all I drilled a hole with my dowel drill on each side of the panel at the point I want the panel to turn:
Next I routed little slots with my bench top drill which has a cross table for simple routing work.
Took a couple of dowels, drilled a 2,5mm hole in them and fitted an m3 hex bolt:
Putting the parts together results in my own "sliding" hinges which makes the cp easily removable when needed.
To drill the holes inside the side panels of the cabinet I used a few simple dowel center points.
All 2012 updates have been move to the 3d post of this topic to be able to keep all updates on the first page of the topic
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