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ErikRuud:

Some of the buttons are lighted.

DreamWeb:

Ok.. How did you manage to mount that without a plate on a wooden CP?

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cholin:

You remove the top half of the trackball casing and just mount it direct, I assume.

http://www.willcoxonline.com/mame/controlpanel/controlpanel.htm

ErikRuud:

No, No, NO!!!!!

I have mentioned it before, but My CP's are made from two layers of plywood.   The top layer is high quality 1/4" plywood while the bottom layer is 3/4" plywood.

For the joysticks and trackball, the lower layer has cutous that fit arond the controls.  The top layer only has the holes for the sticks and trackball.  This providdes a stronger mounting surface than routing out MDF would.



Stingray:

Or if you have the tools to work with metal, you could always build a metal control panel and eliminate all this fussing about with mounting plates and routing out wood.

-S

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