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sealslayer:
I started to lay out the basics of my CP today to figure out how wide it needs to be and im shocked at the size of the damn thing.
My cab is 25.5" wide and I thought I would be able to squeeze 2 joysticks a 3" trackball and 6 buttons for each stick into that gap without any problems, how wrong was I  :angry:


I've now measured it all out and it has to be a minimum of 30'5" to have a 1" overlap all the way round the top of the CP, this leaves me no room to trim or shape the top of the CP to give it nice curves or it will show the box section CP edges underneath.

With this layout my cab now looks totaly out of proportion, the CP just sticks out way to far, if I didn't have the trackball it would be fine.
Anyone got some tips on how I can save some space, the trackballs mounting plate at 6.5" inches is killing me  :hissy:

FrizzleFried:
Your box is 25.5" and the CP is 30" ...how is sticking out 2.25" on each side of your cabinet too much?   The only option I could recommend if you HAVE to fit it in that 25.5" is to get a smaller trackball.  They have 2.25" trackballs and even 1.5" (i think thats the size)...

tyroneshu:
My control panel is 24 inches long and I have a 3 inch trackball, 2 joysticks and 6 buttons for each joystick, along with 2 buttons for the trackball, 1 player and 2 player buttons, enter, and exit buttons.

sealslayer:

--- Quote from: tyroneshu on October 24, 2006, 11:31:04 pm ---My control panel is 24 inches long and I have a 3 inch trackball, 2 joysticks and 6 buttons for each joystick, along with 2 buttons for the trackball, 1 player and 2 player buttons, enter, and exit buttons.

--- End quote ---

Ahh that looks perfect,  have you got a picture of underneath of the CP so I can see how close your joysticks are to the buttons?

Bill Mote:
I posted a picture here: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=59359.0.  I think it's ~40" wide.  My cab is 30" wide for sure.

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