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Will this cp layout double as a "finger-meat" grinder?!

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BGoulette:

Hi all,

New to this whole diy-arcade thing, but I've been lurking the boards for a little while now, and before I continue down a certain road, I'd be interested to hear from those who've been there before if the following layout is a recipe for smashed fingers when playing trackball games:


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The light gray areas represent 3/4" panels; the darker gray is void.

I printed out the relevant section (unscaled), and it seems like it would actually be all right, but I've never done this before. There's actually 4 5/16" distance (center to center) between the spinner and trackball, about 1.82" physical distance (edge to edge). That's with a 44mm spinner knob; it's be a whopping 5mm greater if I went with a 34mm knob.

I'm pretty sure no one will die if there's no spinner on the final cp (though who can really say?!), but I thought it made sense to get an educated idea. Thanks for looking!

Also, here's the current state of what I'm going for. Nothing ground-breaking or earth-shattering, to be sure, but so far, I like it!


yotsuya:

You're going to hit that spinner repeatedly where it's at.

BGoulette:

Well crap. That's pretty much what I was afraid of. Any thoughts on salvaging it, or just shelve the idea for now?

HanoiBoi:

Don't shelve it....delete it.

Not sure of your motive here - you knew the answer when you posted.

Why is it so cramped?  Are you limited in space on your CP?

If you really don't have decent room for both, ask yourself why do you want a trackball and why do you want a spinner?  I passed on the trackball and have no regrets.

Slippyblade:

Can't recall the other project at the moment, but he is routing a recess and mounting the spinner slightly lower than normal.  Then his knob has a small extension/collet so that it just slips on.  Basically the spinner knob will live on a shelf or something and just friction fits onto the spindle when playing a spinner game. 

Something similar would make your panel totally workable.

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