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Making your own dust washer out of plexiglass?
ids:
--- Quote from: javeryh on September 19, 2007, 03:23:53 pm ---Doesn't the hole around the shaft look ugly if they are bottom mounted? OMG that was the dirtiest thing I've ever typed.
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tsk tsk... and i thought this was a family friendly forum
TOK:
--- Quote from: ahofle on September 19, 2007, 03:26:36 pm ---
I was referring to wood control panels which is what I would assume the majority of MAME cabinet builders around here use. That would leave a 3/4" hole for crap to collect if you put the washer underneath. I agree that metal CPs are not an issue.
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I have a wood panel with the top routed for the stick base. The washer sits on the stick base below the plexi overlay. There is a hole for the stick to move, but there isn't really a hole for crap to collect since it's only the thickness of the plexi.
If people are bottom mounting sticks in 5/8" wood with just half the stick poking out of the hole, I could see that being unsightly, but in that case the dust washer is just hiding an ugly install. Thats not meant as an insult to anyone, I did that in my first two panels before getting a router.
ahofle:
Ugly? Bottom mounting is cleaner IMO and you don't have to weaken the wood by routing almost half of it out. Also why do you suppose joysticks come adjustable for metal or wooden control panels if they are supposed to be top mounted?
patrickl:
I think he bottom mounted the sticks, but routed out a thin layer on top for the dustwasher
NoOne=NBA=:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on September 19, 2007, 10:18:25 am ---8 way classics, it was on top.
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Dustwashers, like plexi over the CP, didn't show up until the "lets slap this crappy game into a classic cab" era.
All the dedicated classics had the dustwashers below the panel.
Here's a quick list off the top of my head:
1942, 1943, Berzerk, Bosconian, Circus Charlie, Cloak & Dagger, Crazy Climber, Discs of Tron, Gauntlet, Gunsmoke, Gyruss, Jump Bug, Jungle Hunt, Kangaroo, Rampage, Robotron, Scramble, Smash TV, Street Fighter, Super Cobra, Super Zaxxon, Time Pilot, Time Pilot '84, Tron, Up 'n Down, Vanguard, Venture, Xenophobe, Xevious, Xybots and Zaxxon.
Even the Neo-Geo, PlayChoice, and .vs cabinets shipped with them underneath.
I'm sure I missed alot that also had them on the bottom, but I'd like to see a list of classic games that had them on the top.
Some of the ones that I included I don't really consider as classics (notably Street Fighter and the multigame systems I listed).
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