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Metal CP question
traknfieldSUPAstar:
I'm currently looking for a metal cp with a street fighter-type joystick/button layout for a data east cabinet (the cab looks like a robocop/bad dudes style cabinet but the marquee isn't curved). It currently houses a dedicated karate champ and already has 6 holes (4 for joysticks and 2 for the start buttons). I'd prefer not to add anymore holes to it (plus I don't know how to cut into the metal) and as a bonus, I could always convert it back to a karate champ.
My other option would be to just build a wooden cp box to house the controls I need, but I really like how the rounded cp looks in it's current state. Anybody have any suggestions?
AlanS17:
How about buying a second control panel and punching holes in that one? The CP locks at the back and has a hinge at the front so it's not as easy as bending your own.
You can build one from wood, but it'll require putting holes in your cabinet, and it sounds like you don't want to do that.
I say just buy a second CP.
AlanS17:
If I'd known it would come in handy for someone else one day, I never would have ditched mine (Bad Dudes) when I moved.
traknfieldSUPAstar:
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on July 12, 2005, 06:25:25 pm ---How about buying a second control panel and punching holes in that one? The CP locks at the back and has a hinge at the front so it's not as easy as bending your own.
You can build one from wood, but it'll require putting holes in your cabinet, and it sounds like you don't want to do that.
I say just buy a second CP.
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actually, I'm all for buying a second cp, but I still need to find the seller... I think i've read somwhere on these forums that some guys brought their old metal cp's to a local metal shop and had them make a blank copy. My only issue with trying this route out is I'd be stuck trying to find a way to drill 16 holes for the joysticks and buttions...
mmmPeanutButter:
--- Quote from: traknfieldSUPAstar on July 12, 2005, 06:54:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: AlanS17 on July 12, 2005, 06:25:25 pm ---How about buying a second control panel and punching holes in that one? The CP locks at the back and has a hinge at the front so it's not as easy as bending your own.
You can build one from wood, but it'll require putting holes in your cabinet, and it sounds like you don't want to do that.
I say just buy a second CP.
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actually, I'm all for buying a second cp, but I still need to find the seller... I think i've read somwhere on these forums that some guys brought their old metal cp's to a local metal shop and had them make a blank copy. My only issue with trying this route out is I'd be stuck trying to find a way to drill 16 holes for the joysticks and buttions...
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I brought mine in to get a price on rebuilding it (centipede) and it was going to be *expensive*, so I ended up covering it with a pice of metal and welding it on.
If you do get a new one, get a Greenlee punch to make the holes. Really easy.