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clickhea:
yeah thats what i was thinking, that it would sink into the hole
MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: Zobeid on February 23, 2008, 11:17:58 pm ---Complications?  Not sure what complications you are thinking of. . .

The only problem would be if you are putting on a sheet of flexible vinyl and calling it a CPO.  Then you'd have problems with the vinyl sagging into the empty space, or the adhesive causing problems.  A proper CPO is something like acrylic plastic.


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How did thick, rigid plexiglas become a "proper" CPO when probably 99% of original dedicated machines used thin, flexible Lexan as a CPO?

Aside from certain Nintendo machines, pretty much all rigid plexiglas on arcade machine CP's was operator-applied, usually during a conversion so they didn't have to fix the Swiss-cheesed control panel properly.
Zobeid:

--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on February 24, 2008, 05:34:21 am ---How did thick, rigid plexiglas become a "proper" CPO when probably 99% of original dedicated machines used thin, flexible Lexan as a CPO?
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I said a proper CPO is something like acrylic plastic.  Lexan is something like acrylic plastic.   :P  You may call it thin and flexible, but it's nothing like a vinyl sticker.  Lexan shouldn't sag into any recesses in the top of your panel.

As far as I can remember, most original dedicated machines had metal control panels (in some cases with wood underneath, so that the metal effectively served as a CPO) or they used something like melamine or formica without any CPO at all (and had exposed carriage bolts and dust washers, much like a HotRod controller).
clickhea:
iam gonna try to coutnersink the u360 plates i really hope this works out :[
MaximRecoil:

--- Quote from: Zobeid on February 24, 2008, 08:15:42 am ---
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on February 24, 2008, 05:34:21 am ---How did thick, rigid plexiglas become a "proper" CPO when probably 99% of original dedicated machines used thin, flexible Lexan as a CPO?
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I said a proper CPO is something like acrylic plastic.  Lexan is something like acrylic plastic.   :P 
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So is vinyl by that line of reasoning. The difference here is that plexiglas is thick and rigid (usually at least 1/16" thick) while the Lexan used for original CPO's is not.


--- Quote ---You may call it thin and flexible, but it's nothing like a vinyl sticker. 
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I call it thin and flexible because the Lexan they use for CPO's is generally .015" to .020" (15 to 20 thousandths of an inch) thick. That's about the thickness of cloth or heavy paper, and it is indeed, "thin and flexible".


--- Quote ---Lexan shouldn't sag into any recesses in the top of your panel.
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And why not?


--- Quote ---As far as I can remember, most original dedicated machines had metal control panels (in some cases with wood underneath, so that the metal effectively served as a CPO)
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What do you think is on top of those metal control panels? Or on top of the wood control panels for that matter? Typically; thin and flexible clear Lexan that has been reverse screen printed with the artwork on the underside of it and adhesive-backed. This is the industry standard for "control panel overlays", and not just for arcade machines, but for all manner of commercial/industrial machinery.


--- Quote ---or they used something like melamine or formica without any CPO at all (and had exposed carriage bolts and dust washers, much like a HotRod controller).
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Care to name one?
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