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Title: filling unused button holes
Post by: wongojack on January 29, 2011, 04:25:23 pm

I inherited a control panel and cab that has unwired buttons that frankly, I just don't need.

Ideas change and designs are not what you expected.  I assume someone else has had this problem.  What do you do to fill the uneeded holes?  Does someone know of a place to buy plastic caps that will fill the holes?

Title: Re: filling unused button holes
Post by: Hoopz on January 29, 2011, 04:56:05 pm

Something like this:

http://happcontrols.com/pushbuttons/52621200.htm (http://happcontrols.com/pushbuttons/52621200.htm)

You do NOT want to buy directly from Happ though.  You'll get a much better price through Divemaster127 who is a member here.  His thread is in B/S/T or you can go to his website:  http://arcadeemulator.net/ (http://arcadeemulator.net/)

He is a distributor for Happ Controls so he can get you their entire product line with better shipping prices.

Title: Re: filling unused button holes
Post by: Vulgar Soul on January 29, 2011, 05:25:24 pm

Quote from: Hoopz on January 29, 2011, 04:56:05 pm

Something like this:

http://happcontrols.com/pushbuttons/52621200.htm (http://happcontrols.com/pushbuttons/52621200.htm)

You do NOT want to buy directly from Happ though.  You'll get a much better price through Divemaster127 who is a member here.  His thread is in B/S/T or you can go to his website:  http://arcadeemulator.net/ (http://arcadeemulator.net/)

He is a distributor for Happ Controls so he can get you their entire product line with better shipping prices.

Damn! Just as soon as I thought I knew every site that sells Happ parts at lower prices I run into this. Their prices on the coin doors are a steal. Damn good. Bookmarked!

Title: Re: filling unused button holes
Post by: Bender on January 29, 2011, 05:32:11 pm

do you want to recover the CP?
If so bondo works like a charm
If not cap em'

Title: Re: filling unused button holes
Post by: wongojack on January 29, 2011, 06:05:43 pm

Recover Hmm. . .

I hadn't thought about that.  Its not covered now, just painted black.  Kind of a cheap rig that I got from someone else.

Title: Re: filling unused button holes
Post by: severdhed on January 29, 2011, 06:07:01 pm

Quote from: Bender on January 29, 2011, 05:32:11 pm

do you want to recover the CP?
If so bondo works like a charm
If not cap em'

+1

Title: Re: filling unused button holes
Post by: mgb on January 29, 2011, 10:41:28 pm

Here are the plugs at Lizardlick
... assuming the buttons are happ size
http://www.lizardlick.com/Happ-Hole-Plug_p_84.html (http://www.lizardlick.com/Happ-Hole-Plug_p_84.html)

or Sanwa
http://www.lizardlick.com/Sanwa-Hole-Plugs_c_237.html (http://www.lizardlick.com/Sanwa-Hole-Plugs_c_237.html)