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OK all you engineers - let's figure something out!
Crowquill:
Most arcade manufacturers designed them with a piano hinge on one edge of the CP (many times it was underneath, but not always) and then used control panel latches.
The moving part of the latch mounts on the side of the cabinet just under the CP, the "catch" part of it mounts to the underside of the control panel. You reach up through the coin door and un-latch it to be able to lift open the CP.
Why is part of it clamped down? Is that just for support?
shardian:
You can get a piano hinge at your local hardware store for a few bucks. A piano hinge and two panel clamps are the bext method - that is why original manufacturers used them. ;)
javeryh:
I originally planned on the piano hinge but in practice there wasn't enough of the bottom piece hanging over the coin door panel to allow for it. Also, the coin door panel opens completely (like one of Kneivel's cabs) and believe it or not the 1/8" hangdown of the actual hinge would not allow the door to open.
The clamps are there because I have nothing securing the bottom of the control panel to the cabinet. I can't drill a hole through the interior support either because it's alreay installed and I wouldn't be able to get a proper angle with my drill. I'm thinking those control panel clips might be the way to go. Maybe I can figure out a way to install them on the bottom as well so I'm not undoing a clamp when I want to get in there...
shardian:
Maybe you could use some sort of hook system for the bottom.
There would be two hooks on the cp that would sit into two corresponding holes on the cabinet. If the holes on the cabinet were hinged in some sort, along with codder pins on the hook, then you could have the same effect as a piano hinge.
No time for a picture, but hopefully you get the idea.
ChadTower:
Velcro solves everything.
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