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--- Quote from: TelcoLou on April 08, 2008, 09:12:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: skippy0420 on April 08, 2008, 08:51:45 pm ---Any more thoughts on the mounting of the CP?  :cheers:

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....errrr, a few. And they all involve either a sawzall or a handsaw  >:D

I made a quick sketch using my super-duper paint skills to illustrate my devious plans:



The red area shows where I'd cut away to provide support for the CP box. To cover the resulting gap between the back of the CP and the monitor bezel/glass I will use some thick foam board, cut at an angle and painted black to match the rest of the cab, as shown by the thick light grey line.

... and I fully expect a flood of pitchfork-wielding villagers to come after me for posting this, but I'll take my chances  :D

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When you cut your wings on your cabinet and mount your cabinet, how are you going to support/stabilize it? I will be cutting the wings off my cabinet as well to fit my control panel but I was worried about stability/support to hold the control panel up.

TelcoLou:
I've been thinking of this (excuse the primitive rendering, I'm at work):



I'd cut some spare wood to support it, as poorly represented i the mock-up (NOT to scale, of course)

Here's my latest idea for the layout:

skippy0420:
I like the layout, What are the dimensions of this last layout? I am really looking into mocking my full layout up soon and like what you have so far.

TelcoLou:
Thanks  ;D  The dimensions will be 35" x 18" (the box is 34" x 14.5")

TelcoLou:
Well, after some discussions with Jack from arcadesrfun, I've decided on a smaller version of their CP:



There's been some negative feedback regarding the magsticks (changeable 4/8-way), so I opted for the dedicated 4-way along with the 2 8-ways. This smaller panel will be MUCH easier to attach to my cab, and still have all the controls I need :)

Stay tuned ....

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