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severdhed:

yeah..definitely make a cardboard mockup, you might be suprised how much it can help.

as for the front end..Mala is awesome, and there are alot of layouts that you t.can download and use...then when you are ready, you can create your own to customize it for your cabinet

Wolfwood:

I was going to make some cardboard cutouts, but so far I really don't know the dimensions of the buttons or the joysticks.

I know I can just look at the homepage, but the pictures really don't do it for me, as far as I know, the Happs Competition buttons are 1 inch each, others say they are half an inch, since I want half inch spacing between all the buttons, its kind of nerve racking to find some decent information.

anyone have any clues on where to find drilling dimensions?

severdhed:

oh...when i did cardboard mockups, i mounted real controls in a piece of cardboard...not printed pics.

i have found that 1.5" between the centers of the button holes is excellent spacing.

this site here has alot of button layout templates..

http://slagcoin.com/joystick/layout.html

i decided to just make my own, which i think i need to tweak a little...but those will get you a good start.  (although they are all in metric, so you will need to do some conversion if you are in the US)



Wolfwood:

If only I know the Metric division of inches, that would be awesome, I guess I could Order all the buttons and such and arrange them on some cardboard, get a good feel for where things need to go, then get the joysticks.

Still wish I could find the Ultrasticks for less then 60 bucks each...

severdhed:

it took me a long time before i could finally convince myself to spend the money on the u360s....but let me tell you, they are well worth the money.  (make sure you get the heavier springs)

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