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Title: Top mounted & recessed joys....will my artwork dent inward?
Post by: pinballwizard79 on November 19, 2010, 04:57:12 pm

So I want a new control panel right?

Going to go all out, flush mount everything all nice & purdy.

I have a question for everyone out there with recessed & flush top mounted items (trackball, joys & etc).

If I set my joystick in the top of the control panel & its flush but since a huge part of the joystick isnt flat (meaning the edges of the joy are higher than the rest of the device) if I lay a CPO over the joys & then a plexi I know it would be smooth & flat on top but would the art dent in towards the lower part of the joys & leave an indentation?

WWBYOACD?

Title: Re: Top mounted & recessed joys....will my artwork dent inward?
Post by: Neverending Project on November 19, 2010, 07:09:50 pm

I believe he is talking about flush-mounting one of these from the top of the CP, and then putting plexi over it. Since there is a recess in the joystick housing, would that cause a visible issue with the CP art?
(http://www.happcontrols.com/images/50/5060841125R_color.jpg)

Title: Re: Top mounted & recessed joys....will my artwork dent inward?
Post by: pinballwizard79 on November 19, 2010, 07:51:15 pm

Yep, exactly what I am talking about

Title: Re: Top mounted & recessed joys....will my artwork dent inward?
Post by: Franco B on November 20, 2010, 06:01:57 am

The first thing that popped into my head would be to sandwich the art between two acrylic layers.

You could put a 2mm acrylic sheet on top of your control panel, put the artwork on top of that and then put another 2mm acrylic sheet on top as your top CP surface.

Title: Re: Top mounted & recessed joys....will my artwork dent inward?
Post by: LeedsFan on November 20, 2010, 06:09:00 am

^  You could do exactly what France says above. But I'm cheap :P so I'd probably fill the recess out with bits of cut-out card to make it flush.  I'm not sure the art would drop into that small a space anyway, but I would fill the gap with card just to be sure.

Title: Re: Top mounted & recessed joys....will my artwork dent inward?
Post by: Franco B on November 20, 2010, 06:17:06 am

Bah, two thin panels wouldn't cost much more than one thicker panel ;)

Title: Re: Top mounted & recessed joys....will my artwork dent inward?
Post by: EwJ on November 20, 2010, 06:36:38 am

Just get your artwork laminated.
Plenty of places do it cheap and quick.
It'll firm it up enough so it won't sag/wrinkle/dent.

Title: Re: Top mounted & recessed joys....will my artwork dent inward?
Post by: pinballwizard79 on November 20, 2010, 11:49:57 am

Yeah I will get the laminated stuff + cut out card I think = perfecto

Thanks for the info guys

Title: Re: Top mounted & recessed joys....will my artwork dent inward?
Post by: Nacimroc on November 20, 2010, 09:25:23 pm

I've made 2 CP's now and I flush mounted both joysticks both times! I used filler to fill in any indentations before putting my artwork over it! The problem I had was the filler dried out and shrunk over time and its clearly visible where the indentations are. Wish I went with laminated method now.