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RetroBlast review: Ultimarc T-Stik and T-Stik Plus!
mr.Curmudgeon:
--- Quote from: GadgetGeek on June 10, 2004, 03:23:04 pm ---Dremel off the edges until they are .187?
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I would pay a great deal of money to NOT to have to do this! ;)
Do the switches Bob Roberts sells work for these joysticks?
These ones:
microwrx:
--- Quote from: mr.Curmudgeon on June 12, 2004, 07:49:11 pm ---No. They are suppose to be on top. They wouldn't work that well as dust covers if they were below the CP.
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Well, that's what I originally thought but I have read several cabinet builders on this board being accused of being 'lazy' for not mounting them under the CP, although it was some time ago...maybe my mind is going. I have seen a couple with the dust covers mounted under the CP so I don't know. Anyway, that's how I've done them without a care as to how they SHOULD go but solely because they covered up crappily cut holes, or the vinly at least, the holes are perfectly round!
AndyWarne:
On the subject of mounting the dust washers, I think on most classic cabinets they were mounted under the control panel overlay, and the faceplate of the stick was recessed into the top of the wood, allowing extra depth for the overlay to clear the washer.
On all contemporary cabs I have seen including my own Sega Naomi cabinet, the dust washers rest on the top of the overlay. I have researched this in a few arcades!
So I don't think there really is a "correct" way, it's a matter of choice.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: AndyWarne on June 14, 2004, 08:24:43 am ---On the subject of mounting the dust washers, I think on most classic cabinets they were mounted under the control panel overlay, and the faceplate of the stick was recessed into the top of the wood, allowing extra depth for the overlay to clear the washer.
On all contemporary cabs I have seen including my own Sega Naomi cabinet, the dust washers rest on the top of the overlay. I have researched this in a few arcades!
So I don't think there really is a "correct" way, it's a matter of choice.
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Agreed - And you can make a similar argument for whether you "need" carriage bolts showing or not.
See http://www.oscarcontrols.com/sinistar/index.shtml for an example of how not to have the dust washers show. This is very nice, the overlay and plexi extend to the limit of the shaft travel, no visible mounting bolts, etc.
OTOH, I have seen many, if not most, modern arcade cabs with a big black washer sitting on top of the overlay and 4 carriage bolts to hold the joystick on.
Basically, it's whatever you think looks best, but I'm grateful to OSCAR for documenting the way it "used to be" done, as I had not seen this previously.
patrickl:
I think the dust washers look hideous on 80's style CPO's (where they will often overlap some graphics) and I sure plan to get them out of sight. I can't help feeling that they won't work (well) anymore when recessed in the CP though. Wouldn't the dust just accumulate under the CP overlay? And eventually maybe even work its way into the stick anyway?
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