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jkonami:
Well, I've been thinking of building a few control panels until I have room for some full blown cabinets. :)

My deal is, I don't usually like joysticks that are seperate because I don't want the base to move around while I play... so any good ideas out there to keep them still?  So far I have thought:

1.) Make it heavy so weight holds it in place
2.) A clamp for the edge of the desk, so far I prefer this idea

Anyone else?
Hoagie_one:
when i was a kid and had like 5 systems hooked up in tandem, i used to have the snes jjoystick and the genesis joystick.  i had velcro on the desk so i could change sticks and they'd be generally still.

however, this leaves large strips of velcro on your desk, which as a kid was no big deal, but i wouldnt do it now.

If its gonna be a semi permanant thing, maybe embed two tnuts in the desk that you can actually screw the CP down to the desk via a turn key\screw.
SteveJ34:
Some mouse pads have a "sticky rubber" bottom in order to keep them more stationary.

These in combination with the weight of the CP might do the trick.

I've not used this idea in a CP project but for a similar circumstance where I wanted to:

1. not mar the finish of a desk
2. have a piece of equipment kept stationary
RayB:
I have two ideas for you:

1. Find a soft rubbery mouse pad you don't need, and cut two inch circle out of it. Use those as "feet" on the bottom of your controller.

2. Build a wooden box about 3 feet and attache the control panel to the top edge of that. Now add another wooden box on top of that, sort of like an enclosed shelf and you can put your TV in there. Hold on, I just described a BYOA cabinet...
johnnysmitch:

--- Quote from: SteveJ34 on October 15, 2004, 09:21:18 am ---Some mouse pads have a "sticky rubber" bottom in order to keep them more stationary.

These in combination with the weight of the CP might do the trick.

I've not used this idea in a CP project but for a similar circumstance where I wanted to:

1. not mar the finish of a desk
2. have a piece of equipment kept stationary


--- End quote ---

^ yeah, that sticky rubber matting works great for keeping stuff in place - they sell it at places like walmart in rolls; people often use it to keep rugs and placemats and such in place.  I remember seeing it at a tradeshow before it first came out - they had a full placesetting on a table, and they had the table hooked up to a motor that would tilt the table back and forth like 30 degrees, and nothing slid off
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