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| evilfuzzle:
hi all, i am in the process of building the control panel for my cabinet and i have hit a snag. i plan to only have two joysticks, six buttons each and some admin buttons on the cp, will this look weird if i have a 30" wide cp? will it look bare and empty without a trackball thrown in? i was thinking about making it smaller so that it wouldn't have any overhang to counter the problem which isn't really possible now that i have already cut the cabinet sides to accommodate an overhanging cp, is this necessary? another quick question... i plan to do the | | shape for the front of my cp, do people recommend that i have to box thingy underneath the cp top follow the same \_______/ shape for the front as the top of the cp or just have as straight front thanks |
| G1zm0:
if its a 3" trackball you are installing, the mountain plate is about 9" so straight away it takes up about 10" so that leaces 10" for your set up. ive did a golden tee cp, the trackball plate in that is about 14" so i didnt have much space for the rest of set up, so i cut into the mountain plate to install button holes. so meausure the plate and that will let u know what space you have to play with. my cp hangs over the side a tab (about 1" each side) do what ever sets the look of the cab off, if its 4 player set up, as i was going to do then i asked how many times will i use this set up, 2 player maby better as there is only few 4 player games, the second graph you made \____/ looks good |
| DaOld Man:
My first CP was right at 30" wide (27" I think). I had 2 joysticks, 6 buttons each, and the admin buttons at the top, no trackball (yet), much like you are planning to do. I dont think it looks bad at all. But a word of advice: Leave enough room for a trackball if possible. Later on you will most likely want to add one. |
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--- Quote from: G1zm0 on September 27, 2008, 05:57:11 am ---if its a 3" trackball you are installing, the mountain plate is about 9" so straight away it takes up about 10" so that leaces 10" for your set up. ive did a golden tee cp, the trackball plate in that is about 14" so i didnt have much space for the rest of set up, so i cut into the mountain plate to install button holes. so meausure the plate and that will let u know what space you have to play with. my cp hangs over the side a tab (about 1" each side) do what ever sets the look of the cab off, if its 4 player set up, as i was going to do then i asked how many times will i use this set up, 2 player maby better as there is only few 4 player games, the second graph you made \____/ looks good --- End quote --- Yes the mounting plate is 9 inches if you look at the digit upside down. ;) It's actually 6.5" http://www.happcontrols.com/trackballs/55110100m.htm 30" inches sound ok. As long as you can play the games you like and it looks decent, that's all that matters. Unless your a sick twitch who strives for perfection, then nothing is ever good or right enough. |
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