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DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: WaRpEd on May 08, 2008, 09:26:09 pm ---How about a bracket to strenghten the CP by attaching 1 or 2 on the front under the CP?

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Again, that will only guarantee the CP won't come detached when the cabinet is toppling on top of you*.  Plus it'll make it look uglier.  If you really want to go that big, maybe you should look into making it a showcase cab.

*P.S. I am aware that it's a pretty slim chance of that happening and you'd have to put full weight for an on it for an extended time to accomplish such a feat (the size/weight of the monitor factors in here too - I wouldn't use an LCD, put it that way), but why interrupt game play to worry about stability. 

P.S.S. (or is it P.P.S?): Do you have pictures of your cabinet?  That may help.
Timstuff:
Here's the actual cab.



Anyway Dave, I decided to take you advice and try to scale down my CP even further. The total surface area I'll be able to mount the CP to is about 7x21", so really I guess it makes sense to play it safe and try to keep things fairly compact. Surprisingly, 25" x 10" seems to be just enough to fit in all the essentials, minus some of the extra buttons (like the 8th action button for player one and player 2, dedicated 4-way buttons, etc.) I'm hoping I can still fit in the coin-up buttons and mouse buttons in, but if I can't, it's not the end of the world. The hardest part of scaling back is always admitting what things you don't need, I suppose.
Timstuff:
Well, here's my latest revision. I am feeling a lot more confident about this one not snapping off or resulting in injury to the user.



Less is more! I didn't actually have to decrease the button count, but I ended up "reassigning" the dedicated 4-way buttons to be administrative buttons, and I placed them next to the mouse buttons. I did have to loose the 8th action button, and it's less it's slightly less "Golden Tee friendly," but hey, at least it should work now.
WaRpEd:
I like the second (new) layout better it's slimmed down and looks more appealing IMHO.
Keep drawing it til YOUR satisfied with it.
Cheers
DaveMMR:
Yeah much better.  The cab you pictured was definitely not designed for an extra large CP. 

Although not as critical, you can still shave off a couple of more inches by moving the buttons right against where the mounting plate of the joystick ends.  It's more of aesthetic fix than a safety one and only needs to be addressed if you draw it out and you find yourself wanting to cut down on overhang.   Same goes with pushing the back row down.  Again, only if you want.   

If you want more Golden Tee space (vertical motion) you can move the trackball plate down a bit if you'd like.   It might help a little.   

Two more things:  Don't forget to take the mounting plate of the 4-way you have into account (I didn't see it there).   Also, definitely make a mock-up of your panel and test it out to make sure you are comfortable with the placement of the specialty controls (spinner and 4-way).
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