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Anyone have any ideas on how to make easily Interchangable metal CP's?
Stingray:
My cab has interchangable metal CPs. Mine also have three bends so they aren't flat either. I just use the same kind of panel clamps that folks who have flat wood CPs use. These are what the cab used to hold on it's original metal CP by the way.
Here's a picture of the inside of my CP before I assembled it so you can see how it clamps:
Here's another angle on the clamp tabs and the clamps themselves:
-S
Hoagie_one:
how do you gain access to the clamps?
Stingray:
Through the coin door.
-S
Minwah:
I use similar clamps to Stingray, but I have a large front door which is easier for me to use for access than the coin door.
To explain a little better my 2nd idea ealier: if my cab were a real System 1 it would have a metal control panel with a curved bend in the front...I basically made the curved part out of wood and permanently fixed it in place so I can just make flat removable control panels (wood or metal).
telengard:
I had swappable metal control panels at one point. what I did was made a big hole in the center and trhen bought sheet metal blank panels to screw down. Here's a pic of what I did:
http://users.adelphia.net/~bsturk/mame/pics/bare_panel_w_rivets.jpg
I have since switched to a modular setup which is much better IMO.
~telengard