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What were some things you wish you had done after you build your first CP?
shponglefan:
Things I wish I'd done differently:
1) Used a router instead of a jigsaw to cut/trim plexiglass
2) Ditto for rounded corners
3) Used laminate instead of paint (although TBH, paint isn't *that* bad when done right)
4) Taken time to do neater wiring
5) Top mounted joysticks (and made/used a template for cutting out the joystick mount)
6) Finished the controller BEFORE doing the wiring... it's true that once you wire it up, it will stay that way. ;D
clok:
I made a frankenpanel and unlike most, enjoy it. But I never finished it. its 4 player (based on wanting to play 4 player Gauntlet) that i got lucky and didn't angle my 1st and 4th players. I wanted robotron (or at that time SMASH TV 2 player!). I also have a Trackball in the center, down low, which also was a lucky choice, i was thinking of a 4way there and the trackball above it. In the end I didn't install my 4way (yet) and I planned on a Tron Stick ( i have one of the Blue arcade ones alot of people modded with EL wire YEARS ago for this new in box) and my DOT push pull spinner made by Oscar? Again new in box... Even my trackball is sorta unfinished (it rolls left to right correct, but the Up down is mixed up, simple wire swaps, but never done. Once it was together and most of it worked.. it was moved into my living room and never finished 100%.. I did make the whole control box removeable.. so i can take it apart and finish it, but as most things. you get going on life and things get put on back burner.. heck its almost 15 years since I built it and its took that long for it to be joined by more (original) cabs.. Nowdays im looking at a video Pinball setup.. but I should finish the old original cab.
hypernova:
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1) I would not have angled my 3 and 4 player joysticks on my quad panel.
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I thought I was the only moron who did that! What a bad idea, though.
Generic Eric:
I'm thinking about a f12 button. Has anyone done this?
DarakuTenshi:
Like some had already said... use the right tools.
There are two things that I don't like about my CP. One that will eventually be fixed by adding a metal brace to hide the ... not so straight cut next to the monitor. I had used a jigsaw to cut most of my stuff on my cab. the only apparent place is on the CP.
The other thing is I would have made the CP 1" deeper. It works the way it is, but I'd like to have it just a bit deeper for aesthetics.