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ninjawhiteboy12:
--- Quote from: Trip on September 08, 2012, 11:54:55 pm ---Mines a utrak and I am very happy I went that route, very very easy.
My sticks are bottom mounted, that made things easy too.
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Do you have any pictures of your build? I thought about bottom mounting my sticks, but doesn't it recess your sticks by the depth of the plywood? I also thought about just using the Golden Tee Trackball mounting plate since the artwork would cover the plate.
Trip:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,121897.0.html
This has a lot of pics of the underside of my panel.
You do have to go the distance through the wood either routing it out so it's smaller or getting longer shafts.
I got long hollow shafts from paradise for my JLFs. He also sells stiffer springs to give better feel to the longer throw for the long shafts.
ninjawhiteboy12:
Thanks Trip, that cleared things up a lot.
I'm undecided whether to go with a wooden panel or if a metal panel would be a better option.
Has anyone had experience with metal panels? I have access to a cnc milling machine and am thinking about drawing it out in solidworks and having both the metal and acrylic cut. I have seen a few builds using the Nanacade invisible joystick mounts, but they seem to have gone out of business. Is there anything like this still available and if not what is the best way to mount trackballs and joysticks to a metal panel?
Le Chuck:
use flush mount machine screws and bondo over the screw heads for a smooth finish or use carriage bolts for a rounded over but removable mount
ninjawhiteboy12:
Is there a regulation distance between buttons and joystick or between players? Even a ballpark would be helpful. I tried to draw up a CP plan today and coming up with numbers was very difficult. I searched around for a while and couldn't find very many detailed CP layouts.
If I can get the details of the build nailed down, I can begin ordering parts and start the build.
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