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hulkster:
okay, i have the top and bottom of my cp cut and drilled and all that.  im getting ready to measure and cut for the sides of my control panel.  what im wondering is, how deep do i need to make the box?  like, the biggest thing i have is a happs 3" trackball, but that will mount flush to the top of the cp, so that will take away some of the depth.  but right now im thinking 5" deep, but if i can make it smaller, i would like to.  so what do most people have as their depth?

oh and by the way, i will be putting a optipac and ipac in there as well.  

NoOne=NBA=:
I would check out the installation diagrams on anything you are thinking of putting in there, and go a little deeper the highest measurement.

You don't want to have to rebuild EVERYTHING if you decide to put a different control in down the road.

hulkster:
well i wont be putting in any new controls.  no tron sticks or anything like that.  just joysticks and a trackball.  

NoOne=NBA=:
Then find out which one's the deepest, and plan accordingly.

GroovyTuesdaY:

--- Quote from: hulkster081 on February 17, 2004, 07:47:54 pm ---well i wont be putting in any new controls.  no tron sticks or anything like that.  just joysticks and a trackball.  

--- End quote ---
I hate to sound like a jackass, but how in the heck do you have ovef 600 posts and haven't even tried building your own panel yet??? WOW, thats just wrong lol.

I would say 3- 3 1/2" depth should be more then enough.   If you look at some of the commercial builds out there like SLIKSTIK, you will see that theirs at the lowest part is 3 & 3/4" deep.    Mine is cut at 3 &1/2"  and is more then enough room. Honestly, if you wanted to cut some off, you could probably go 2&3/4" and be ok, but you would definatly want to check the specs on any peripherals and make sure you have enough room for mounting them.

Good luck,
groovy~ 8)

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