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goofy:
Nannu (or others),

what are you doing to stop your panel for each rotation and to lock it into place so that it feels solid while playing and has no wiggle?

goofy:
Anybody have a good solution to stopping the panel at each 3 positions? Ideally, can it be done with nothing sticking out on either side? If not, oh well, I'd love to see how everyone is doing this.

Thanks.

Xiaou2:

 maybe something like this:

 grap 2 thick steel pieces,  drill holes into them that will perfectly fit a steel rod.  Place the rod into a tube with a spring behind it.  The rod could have a hole drilled into the rear of it -  with a cable that runs thru it, and out the rear of the tube (right thru the center of the spring as well)
 
 Take both left and right side panels (that hold all the control panels), and clamp them together.  Cut notches into them with a router about 1/2" or so deep... in the places where the control panel should lock in.
 
 Fasten the metal plates over the slot holes... very carefull to make sure they are lined up perfectly the same on both left and right sides... and in all directions.

 youll need to mount the spring loaded device somehow... and then run the metal cable to a place on the cab.  The metal cable will act as the release.  You could make a foot pedal for it or something.

 They may already have something prefabricted simular to this at the hardware stores... take a look arround.

  I recomend the steel place instead of just holes in wood - because the wood holes may expand with use, and make slop.  Actually, you may want to use a thick tube insert rather than the steel plate now that I think about it.

 

shadowdrak:
Couldn't you use one of those small latches they use for chests?  I mean the kind that is kind of like the mechanism on a door knob, but has a flush mount handle instead. you could put the part with the socket on each edge of the rotating part, then countersink the handle into the front of the panel.  I know my description wasn't the best, I will try to find a link or something better to eplain it with.

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