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Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: Czapala on June 29, 2006, 01:49:11 pm
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Greetings,
First time poster and first time MAME cab builder. I have been lurking here for the past few months. Enough Intro ... down to business :P
Has anyone had any experience doing a flush install of the OMNI-Stik PRODIGY type joysticks with an overlay? Reason I ask is the 4-way/8-way switch.
I am worried about the switch maybe causing the Overlay to peel up.
(of course I could just mount is over, but I thought I would ask)
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Just to check exactly what you're after....
were you planning to make the mounting plate flush with the CP itself (routing out a shallow square) and having only the switch show through the overlay
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placing the mounting plate on top of the CP, so it's flush with the overlay around the mounting plate.
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i made my mounting plate for my happs trackball flush with the cp and laid my cp overlay(mamemarquees) and have no problems with peeling.
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vorghagen:
Flush to the CP. Overlay over top with a slot(?) for the switch action?
kiddk1:
Yeah I will be getting my overlay from Mamemarquees. I wanted to use that polycarbonate(?) stuff so I could skip the plexi/lexan. But with the switch being ... well "switched" back and forth was just wondeing.
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Excellent, pretty much exactly what I'm planning on doing with my CP. I've had a good look around and it seems there shouldn't be any problem with peeling as long as you make the slot for the switch 2-3mm wider than needed, so the metal leverdoesn't actually rub against the overlay. It will make the slot a little more obvious but that's far better than having the overlay peel.
Let us know how it all turns out.
Cheers.