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jcroach:

--- Quote from: Buddabing on March 01, 2005, 04:13:19 pm ---The HotRodSE has pinball buttons more towards the top. It might be better for ease of wiring for you to do so too.

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The pinball flipper buttons are 3 1/2 inches from the front of the panel.

FractalWalk:

--- Quote from: jcroach on March 01, 2005, 04:29:29 pm ---I'm not sure what you mean by "lean against the corners"
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NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: jcroach on March 01, 2005, 04:29:29 pm ---I'm not sure what you mean by "lean against the corners"  Can you elaborate?

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Putting the palm of your hand right on the corner of the cabinet, and supporting some of your upper body weight with it.
They put the metal corners on real pins to keep them from wearing out at that spot.

The location may be fine on yours, it just looks too far back in the drawing.
This is probably due to the CP not being as deep as the commercial stand-alones.
(Slik-Stik, Hot Rod, etc...)
Just double-check it for comfort BEFORE you drill the holes.
Plugging and redrilling is a pain you don't want to experience.

jcroach:
Thanks FractalWalk and NoOne=NBA=.

I understand now.  I actually thought about this when I laid it out.  I even set up a template on the side of my filing cabinet to test where my fingers hit.  Then there was the housr of "research" at the arcade at the IU student union.  My type of research!   3 1/2 inches back from the front and 2 1/4 inches down from top. I think the perspective might be off since this is a small panel. 

I will definately give it a dry run before drilling. 

Thanks again for the feedback.

NoOne=NBA=:
The NUMBERS sound about right for where I set mine.
(I'm not a home right now to measure).

They just look farther back in the drawing because I'm used to seeing the deeper CP on the commercial units, with the buttons proportionally farther forward.
The buttons on your CP are almost halfway back, vs. the 1/4-ish of the way back on a deeper CP.
As long as they are comfortable to YOU, that's all that really matters.

I've seen alot of people go out of their way to match the EXACT distance of a Defender reverse button to their stick.
I always thought it was a little too far away, so I put mine where it was comfortable for ME.

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