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My first control panel
« on: August 17, 2004, 07:37:23 pm »
Well......here is my first attemp at a control panel.........ordered arbor and tmolding...should be in this week....

5/8" Particle board
1/8" Lucite
Contact paper
happs competition buttons
happs supers
happs 3 inch USB spinner....need to build light
Ultimarc 4 way
IPAC-4
Oscar spinner on the way........

this is too much fun.....I'm no carpenter, but this turned out better than I imagined.....things for all the help guys...
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Re:My first control panel
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2004, 07:46:45 pm »
Are the purple buttons P1 B1, B2 & B3?

I'm always curious when I see a placement like this.  It seems very unergonomic to me.  Unless you have one arm that comes out of the middle of your torso and the other comes from directly above it in your head, I don't see how this can be comfortable.   Seems that just using the P1 buttons that are already there would have been simpler and more user freindly.

If the purple buttons are Admin buttons, ignore this commentary.

Barring that, it looks nice.  I've always sorta liked this marbled contact paper overlay.



 
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Re:My first control panel
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2004, 07:54:37 pm »
He he marble contact paper.
I would think they are mouse buttons for use just with the trackball. Still the placement is a bit of a worry.
Good effort though. Well done.
What was the reason for using the Ipac-4?
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Re:My first control panel
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2004, 08:02:41 pm »
Yes....those are mouse buttons and I'm not overly concerned with their placement......don't use them very often, just for the occasional windows browsing.  As far as the IPAC4, I could have gotten by with the IPAC2, but didn't realize that till after I ordered it, chalk one up to newbieism.  I am considering a 4 player panel, so I'll get a IPAC 2 next time and swap the IPAC 4.  Thank for the comments....if you guys have any comments, please let me know so I can put them into the next panel.

FYI, admin buttons are the ones on the top corners and A couple more on the side

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