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How do you attach your control panel to your cab?
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fredster:
Old games like Qbert and Birdie King have carriage bolts that go through a bracket, on the back of them are wing nuts.  You have to reach up inside the coin door to take them off.

It's a cheap way of doing the same thing.
ras2a:

--- Quote from: fredster on November 15, 2004, 05:27:46 pm ---Old games like Qbert and Birdie King have carriage bolts that go through a bracket, on the back of them are wing nuts.  You have to reach up inside the coin door to take them off.

It's a cheap way of doing the same thing.

--- End quote ---

Yeah that's pretty much the same thing as I was thinking, although now you mention it, wing-nuts would prolly be better than conventional nuts for quicker release.  Good idea, thanks for that.
subzero23:
I'm just planning on locking mine down with like 4 or so screws (with wingnuts now that I read that, duh lol)

how do those latches work? anyone have pics?
captainpotato:
I'm using dowels. They are more than secure enough - indeed, it can be tough to remove the CP at times...
SteveJ34:
I ran (2) 2x2 stringers horizontally across the area where the control panel sits. I then drilled 4 holes throught he bottom of the CP box and through these 2x2 stringers.

Insert 4 carriage bolts with lock washer and wingnuts from underneath.

The result was a very solid and secure attachment that can be easily removed (and is necessary for fitting my modified Lusid design through the doorway).
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