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4 button CP - diamond or square config???
Hoagie_one:
Chris, you have any pics of that round bottomed control panel. It looks slick
Chris:
--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 29, 2004, 04:12:03 pm ---Chris, you have any pics of that round bottomed control panel. It looks slick
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Just that one, for now, but I could take more. It's not as slick as it looks; I never finished the bottom, so the trackball and trackball buttons are hanging exposed from the bottom. I had wanted to build a modular panel and just built this one as a temporary panel. My panel is a pale imitation of dhansen's rounded panels, which are truly slick.
See the thread at http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=17350;start=msg138550#msg138550 for pics of his cabinet and some panel construction pics. He has more pics at http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=7906;start=msg57358#msg57358. He is truly the master of the rounded panel.
--Chris
Hoagie_one:
I dont think im a good enough craftsman to do that rounded edge
Chris:
--- Quote from: Hoagie_one on October 29, 2004, 04:46:14 pm ---I dont think im a good enough craftsman to do that rounded edge
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Well, if you look at mine, there's a chunk along the side that didn't come out right. But if I had started correctly, it really isn't that hard.
The trick is to clamp the lexan down to the board tight and cut them both at once. Use a fine-toothed blade on a jigsaw, go slow, and don't stop; try to make the entire cut in one pass. If you make a small mistake, do NOT try to fix it with the saw by re-cutting or altering the path of the cut; whatever you try to do to fix it will only make the problem worse. Sand afterward if necessary to fix small issues. T-molding will cover up smaller imperfections.
My big mistake was cutting the board first, which went well, then trying to cut the lexan to match, which went horribly.
--Chris
NoOne=NBA=:
I would lay your hands on a sheet of paper, in playing position, and mark your index, middle, and ring fingers, in addition to your thumb.
THAT is where your buttons should be for maximum comfort/playability.
What you will probably end up with is a Neo-Geo layout.
The Neo-Geo layout will let you play all 1, 2, 3 and 4 button games comfortably, except for Vanguard--which is the only game that requires the diamond pattern.
Neither of the two layouts you proposed will let you play 3-button games comfortably.