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nipsmg:

My UAII cabinet has/had a detachable control panel (the cabinet is in pieces right now after a moving mishap).

The control panel was one separate unit.  The base is a wooden open top box, the controls are in a board that goes on top and is connected to the box by a hinge.

It connects as follows:



There are 4 l brackets (red on the diagram) on the inside of the cabinet.  2 on each side, spaced equally front and back.  Where are corresponding holes drilled in the bottom of the control panel box.  I put the CP  "box" onto the cabinet, Open the hinged top, and put 4 bolts through the holes in the bottom of the box, which in turn go through the holes in the l brackets.  I then secure it with wingnuts from underneath, then put in the keyboard drawer.  It holds TIGHT, and removes as quickly as you can remove 4 wingnuts.  (Read: 30 seconds, maybe.)

The pictures below show the hinged control panel, and the bottom picture shows the wingnuts on the bottom of the panel.





In the bottom picture you can see 3 wires, a Grey wire, and 2 white wires coming down from the control panel.  These are 2 DB25s and one DB15 (2 parallel, one monitor cable) that I used for all of the controls.





thndrckn:


--- Quote from: Doc- on November 29, 2005, 09:20:41 pm ---A friend of mine modularized a cabinet that was in this "style".
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Doc-:

Take a look here:

   http://www.beersmith.com/mame/panel_mounting.htm

 The panels actually lock in place naturally under the bezel and over the dowels, but in addition I have cabinet clasps on the joystick panels that help to add a little more friction against lifting during heavy play.

  It works quite well - people who have played it are amazed how well it locks in place.

Doc-

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