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joystick dust washers - adding felt on the bottom? (or something similar)

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coasternuts:
I didn't think those dust washers would scratch the plexi.

SirPeale:
He never said plexi, he said artwork.  With the way you guys usually make your artwork, after a while the action of the dustwasher on top of it would wear it away.

Stingray:
It constantly amazes me at how many cabs have the dust washers on top of the CP instead of under where they belong. Of course CPs are supposed to be made of sheet metal and not a 3/4 inch thick hunk of wood too. ;) **puts on flame resistant suit and jumps for cover**

-S

ErikRuud:
My dust washers are underneath where they belong, although I have seen a few real arcade machines where they wer mounted on top.  There was a four player game in the trainstation that had one with the washer on top, two with it underneath and the fourth had no washer at all.

Joystick are primarily designed for metal panels.  My panel is sort of a compromise.  I use two layers to construct my panels.  The upper layer is a high grade (5 laminations or more) 1/4" plywood.  The lower layer is 1/2" or 3/4" plywood.  The joystichs are mounted to the 1/4" layer and fit into cutouts in the lower layer.  This gives a stronger mount than routing out the backside of an MDF panel as most people do.

SirPeale:
There are games with both metal and wood control panels.  I've got an original Mortal Kombat CP that is wood.

If you saw the washers on top then likely the game was a conversion.

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