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telengard:

--- Quote from: pcolson on July 26, 2007, 08:24:13 pm ---telengard:
Trample away! :D My panel is pretty much my interpretation of a cross between your panel and Doc's. I wanted the solid mounting of yours without the cost of the rack panels. Any discussion of the quarter turn fasteners can only be a good thing. Like you said, it is not too bad using screws, but an improvement would certainly be welcome.

My panel is coming along pretty well. I will try to get another coat of paint on the box tonight. I am using the Hammered texture spray paint and it does not want to stick to the primer very well. I had the same problem on my old panel, but I forgot about it. ::)

I have about 20 of the panels drilled and routed, so I hope to be able to finish these up this weekend.

I have a couple of original donkey kong joysticks. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to mount these on 3/4 MDF?

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Hehe, yeah the stability is pretty important to me too. I'm too rough/physical on arcade games. Not in a destructive way, but in a jerk the joystick so hard I could unintentionally rip it off kinda way. ;)

And yeah, the blank rack panels can get expensive. Even though I get 2 panels out of each one I have to have them cut and stuff at a machine shop since I don't have the skill to do it. This is also the reason I didn't use wood etc. I just don't have the tools/skills.

Your panels are lookin good! Smart move doing the RJ45s too :applaud:
Molex are quite a pain w/ a modular setup IMO. Also one thing I've learned lately is that using crimps that attach to the leaf switch ends aren't good for storing, they are loose and don't have good strain relief. I went back and soldered everything and used tie wraps and tie loops on the undersides and it's much better (man I've come full circle, started w/ solder, back to crimp terminals, and back again).

Maybe the modular thing will catch on. I do hope someone with 1/4 turn screwn experience can jump in here.

EDIT: I'll also be eyeballing how you mount your wheel, handlebars etc. I have a bunch of stuff like that too and haven't worked on it because I have no idea how to make the angled mounting block for them. :(

~telengard

Paul Olson:
No wiring yet, and I still have a lot of panels to finish. Here is what it is going to look like.

The color of the frame is not an exact match to the panels, but it is not very noticeable in person. The picture makes it look kinda brown.

Paul

Paul Olson:
I finished some more panels.

If DDR becomes playable, I am ready. :)

I still need to wire the panels, but it won't happen today. I still have a paper to write for school and it is due tomorrow, so no more procrastinating.

telengard:

--- Quote from: pcolson on July 29, 2007, 08:55:18 pm ---I finished some more panels.

If DDR becomes playable, I am ready. :)

I still need to wire the panels, but it won't happen today. I still have a paper to write for school and it is due tomorrow, so no more procrastinating.

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Man you are fast. Lot of nice joysticks too. I've given up on the 1/4 turn stuff for now. Did a LOT of looking and couldn't find anything that would work w/ an existing #10-32 setup. However, I did find shorter rack screws. That should cut down a little bit more on time (1/2" to 3/8").

~telengard

Paul Olson:
I just got done looking at your site (again). I am glad to see I am not the only fan of Karate Champ! Four of the joysticks are Supers set to 4-way just for that game.

I should have a new controller sometime this week, so keep checking back. I'm pretty excited about this one.

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