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Planning out CP how do you do it?
severdhed:
one thing to consider too is make sure you joysticks arent too close to the sides. on one of my panels, my p1 joystick hole was 3" in from the left edge, which seemed fine, however i had a 1/2" overhang over the box below the control panel...to make a long story short, i had to notch out the inside wall of the box so i had room to connect the wires on my joystick switches.
mockups are always a good choice, get a cheap thin piece of wood, doesn't have to be pretty, even panneling or luan would be fine
ragnar:
--- Quote from: TheMonk on October 07, 2010, 12:36:52 pm ---Thanks guys!
I'd have to look for the thread but someone added some pinball buttons to the side of the CP only to discover they were hitting the player 1 buttons inside the CP. So they had to purchase shorter sanwa buttons to fit. That scenario got me wondering about planning out not only what goes on top of the PC but also the layout below.
Pierre
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Ahhh, now that makes sense. I sitll think pen and paper with a calculator is sufficient.
ragnar:
--- Quote from: severdhed on October 07, 2010, 01:40:51 pm ---one thing to consider too is make sure you joysticks arent too close to the sides. on one of my panels, my p1 joystick hole was 3" in from the left edge, which seemed fine, however i had a 1/2" overhang over the box below the control panel...to make a long story short, i had to notch out the inside wall of the box so i had room to connect the wires on my joystick switches.
mockups are always a good choice, get a cheap thin piece of wood, doesn't have to be pretty, even panneling or luan would be fine
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Was that the u360s you (or someone) warned me about? Have to plan in the USB cable on those!
severdhed:
I remember warning someone about the u 360...must have been you. i did that with an xarcade stick the first time though
oreo632:
Just a thought, I am green as grass when it comes to this. I don't know if your cab is used or your building it. If it is used, like my cab, it may have come with plexi covering the original cp. At least the cab that I bought did. Anywho, what I am doing is using a dry erase marker on that cab, while I am scheming my layout. Saves trees for the time being, wipes right off, but when I do get closer to buying the wood etc, I will prolly use card board that way I can still put the buttons in and get a real feel for how my hands like it. Best of luck. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Hope this helps.
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