anyone in the MA area selling a mame control panel

[myntik1]

i'm nearing the end of my mame build and I broke my thumb. hoping one of you guys has an old control panel they would sell me. as i discovered this morning cutting and soldering are now a 9.9 on the difficulty scale.

[SirPeale]

For what kind of cabinet? 

[myntik1]

it's an centipede cab.  i have some elaborate plans to make a control panel that I won't have to alter the cab (it's in great shape). but with my busted paw I don't think I'll have it up and running by the super bowl.

[ChadTower]

Sounds like a good side job for Peale, if the price is right.   His CP-fu is strong.

[SirPeale]

If I had an old Centipede CP I'd do it, but...

[ChadTower]

He sounds like he already has one.

[myntik1]

i do have one that I'll add a joystick and some buttons to, but with the bad wing I'm not going to have a chance to do any woodwork soon and I would have liked to have it completed by next weekend.

[SirPeale]

Post what your ideas are.  You're mentioning woodwork, but Centipede uses a metal CP.

[myntik1]

i wanted to make 2 wooden control panels. one with a trackball and a spinner and one with 2 joysticks. I wanted to build the panels to fit onto the cab without altering the cab. i can't bring myself to destroy a classic cab for a mame machine. i've seen a lot of people build these gigantic control panels and then have to play their games off to the side, I would use two interchangeable panels so you can look at the monitor straight on.

[ChadTower]

The complexity of the task just went from a square to a dodecahedron...

Peale, when you want to figure out the CP dimensions, use these formulae: 

[myntik1]

you can put away the abacus there's no need for it.  that's what I wanted to do. I was looking for a simple cp that I could just throw on for next week.

[ChadTower]

Then Peale is your man.  Quick and he knows his stuff.

[Havok]

And simple.





 

j/k !!!