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Nannuu:
Aha!  Excellent excellent!  It's nice to see an idea used, and work!  That looks great so far.

mahuti:
Updated pics





you can see the redone contacts. I'm up to 11 contacts & growing. Probably have all 25 done by this weekend.

GGKoul:
WOW, GREAT IDEA!

I wonder if I could use this idea to on my removable 4 player panel?  Does anyone see a downside to using this method over using a Printer cable?

patrickl:
I guess the biggest problem would be that the leafs start bending and lose connection.

mahuti:
I think eventually that will be an issue.

I started experimenting with small springs to provide some reverse tension.

I think that the printer cable is a much more solid solution for the long term, and one that would be fitting for a cabinet that is used where it can never become inoperable.

In my case, I don't like plugging & unplugging cables. I just want to drop & swap. When the leafs bend, I can always replace or repair them. I dont' really care if the cabinet goes down, I can always fix it up again. For now it's a fun experiment. I think as time wears on, and a couple of other people try this out, we might find some improvements to this method. I keep thinking there must be some kind of connector that operates in this way without costing a fortune (i.e. actual leaf switches @ $4.50 ea.) I haven't actually done any research, though, so it wouldn't suprise me to find something like this.

As far as a 4 player is concerned, the only issue I have is space & tension. I only have room for 25 contacts (but that's all I need) You need decent sized screws & contacts. IF there was some industrialized version of this, I'm sure they'd work out the spacing issue, but since I"m building this with screws & steel plates, I have to keep the sizing very macro. A 4 player panel is much larger anyway, so space shouldn't be an issue for you.

I think overall, it has taken me less time to wire this method than when I was soldering connectors together, but this would take more time than simply using  a printer cable.

For a 4 player panel, why would you swap it? Don't you have tons of controls on that thing already? :)

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