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Title: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: stace on October 12, 2007, 02:21:20 pm

Guys,

Apologies if this has been discussed before, I did a search but couldn't find a defintive answer.



In general terms, what's considered best spacing between ya buttons???   It'll be 6 button and I'm trying to work out whats favourite/standard.



Thanks in Advance
Stace

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: ahofle on October 12, 2007, 03:09:32 pm

What's a 'ya' button?

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: kelemvor on October 12, 2007, 03:37:26 pm

Quote from: ahofle on October 12, 2007, 03:09:32 pm

What's a 'ya' button?

I think the ya buttons go on the ya CP.

Anyway, I just space them so there about 1/4" or so between them but it depends on your fingers if that's comfortable for you or not.

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: stace on October 12, 2007, 03:41:56 pm

'ya' is me being lazy for 'your'  ;D sorry  !!

One thing I forgot to mention is, I was hoping for the spacing between the 1 1/8 holes, I am working out my cp, obviously ya button is going to be slightly bigger than ya hole drilled in ya cp  :laugh2:

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: javeryh on October 12, 2007, 03:43:07 pm

I leave 1/8" between mine which spaces the buttons 1-3/8" on center.

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: kelemvor on October 12, 2007, 04:01:18 pm

Actually what I did when I made my first CP was took a piece of scrap wood, laid out the holes where I thought I'd like them and made a mini CP with just a joystick and 6 buttons.  I tested it for a bit and then made them a little closer together.

I'd get a number to start with but then make a scarp layout so you can just get a feel for it and then go from there.

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: NoOne=NBA= on October 12, 2007, 04:18:22 pm

I space mine at 1-3/8", but that isn't even a full 1/16" between.
It's almost touching.
The bezels on the buttons are 1.32, which leaves .0575 between them on a perfect drill.

Leaf switches end up actually touching most of the time.
I think they have a slightly larger bezel on them.

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: XyloSesame on October 12, 2007, 04:25:39 pm

Quote from: stace on October 12, 2007, 02:21:20 pm

Guys,

Apologies if this has been discussed before, I did a search but couldn't find a defintive answer.



In general terms, what's considered best spacing between ya buttons???   It'll be 6 button and I'm trying to work out whats favourite/standard.



Thanks in Advance
Stace

I can't read a thing on this site, but it was a great resource for me...

http://www.kowal.itcom.pl/ArcadeParts_pliki/Projekt.htm (http://www.kowal.itcom.pl/ArcadeParts_pliki/Projekt.htm)

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: stace on October 12, 2007, 05:36:02 pm

Thanks.

The diagrams pretty much explain themselves.

XyloSesame, I'm guessing you've used these figures on a layout, was it comfortable??

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: XyloSesame on October 12, 2007, 05:39:55 pm

Quote from: stace on October 12, 2007, 05:36:02 pm

XyloSesame, I'm guessing you've used these figures on a layout, was it comfortable??

Hard to tell... all I have my buttons in are a cardboard mockup...

I used a slightly modified version of the arched layout, FWIW.

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: csa3d on October 12, 2007, 05:41:12 pm

I've used this same page recently to drill out my CP (which reminds me, time to update thread).. seems very natural to me.  I'm pretty sure you'll find it more then satisfactory using those guides.

-csa

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: Kajoq on October 13, 2007, 12:53:46 am

I too used the page Xylo posted,  The Virtua Stick layout with the claw bottom.

It feels great, couldn't be happier.  The template from that site printed out perfectly to scale and we basically just drilled through it

Title: Re: Buttons on ya CP
Post by: stace on October 13, 2007, 03:21:09 am

Thanks guys  :cheers: