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Dust washers, on top or underneath the control panel?

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boardjunkie:
Well....yer half right. The WMS panels after Defender were metal *and* wood. The sticks mounted to the metal, so the plastic washers could go under the panel.

CheffoJeffo:
Not sure I agree with boardjunkie about the wood panels ... Robo *is* a wood panel and the washers were under the CP ... and they were a debris collector.

boardjunkie:
I'm going on 20+ yr old fuzzy memory, but I swear they had metal over top of the wood with spot welded studs for the sticks to mount to. The buttons were the long type that went thru the wood and had the customary screwed to the wood leaf switches. I remember them be'n a ---smurfette--- to convert due to that.

Ok....I hadda look it up. I was wrong about the metal going al the way across the panel, but there were metal plates for the sticks so the washers could be under the panel/overlay.

See this page:
http://www.biltronix.com/robotron_03.html


SavannahLion:
Most of the cabs I played up until I was about 8 or so sported unique controllers anyways, eg Tempest, Star Wars, that bastard Tail Gunner etc. Then I bought my Atari and didn't rejoin the arcade scene until just before the whole side by side fighting craze took hold, which would be about... the early 90's? late 80's? I think by then most OPs were putting the washer on top so I guess that's what I got used to.

Putting the washer under a metal CP makes sense though. The metal is thin enough that it would work out alright.



I thought Robotron were metal from reading http://www.robotron-2084.co.uk because he rolls his own metal CP. But images from ebay and others clearly show a wood CP. Then I found http://www.arcaderestoration.com/index.asp?OPT=3&CBT=66 which clearly shows how it was done. You would have to route or chisel out a recess for the joystick mounts, then, I assume, you apply the artwork after installing the joystick and washer.


--- Quote from: boardjunkie on February 22, 2011, 05:13:24 pm ---Ok....I hadda look it up. I was wrong about the metal going al the way across the panel, but there were metal plates for the sticks so the washers could be under the panel/overlay.

See this page:
http://www.biltronix.com/robotron_03.html

--- End quote ---

I was puzzling over how one would remove the joystick for repair/replacement without damaging the artwork. I guess you don't.

@ OP

So now knowing how Robotron is constructed, it probably isn't a good comparison to make to a solid wood panel. They did, after all, "fake" a metal CP by popping in a metal plate for the washer to go under.

emphatic:
I can't remember seeing under, but I remember hurting my fingers on holes not covered by dust covers though.  :angry: I say, why can't we have both, like this pimping fella from Germany did?



I have transparent ones myself, as I really like my CPO to show as much as possible. I get the whole "dusters under won't scratch" your panel thing though.

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