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PsychoAU:
I have what used to be a Centipede cabinet that has long since been converted.  I built mine with 2 players with 7 buttons each and a 2.25" Trackball.  The CP on those is 23.75" wide.  But, there are two supports under the CP that are 3/4" on each side, so really I have 22.25" to work with.  I built it about 10" deep, but the front piece of MDF takes 3/4" off the depth, so I really have 9.25".  I am using two U360s so I don't have to worry about joystick microswitch clearance.

I have attached the Visio template of my CP so you can play around with the layout.

Instead of a Tornado Spinner like in the template, I am going to use a TurboTwist 2, but you can see how a Tornado would fit there (it takes a 2" x 2" footprint).

I even had room to have a row of buttons at the top.  I am only putting the Player 1/2 start buttons and two in the middle which are mouse buttons.  I have the shift button under the bottom of my CP box and some pinball buttons on the sides.

It was a really tight fit, but it can be done.  Hope this helps you a little.

Here is a video I put together real quick stepping you through my finished CP.  Gives you a better idea of how everything looks using my template on the final product.

Visitor Q:
I put a TB on my CP and I enjoy it. I was playing Marble Madness last night infact.

I went with 7 buttons for player 1 and 2, you could get away with 6 but I went with 7.

sWampy:
I've put the 2 1/4" ultimarc trackballs in several 2 player 24" wide cabinets, it's a nice compromise.

csa3d:
Not sure what a Lil' Hustler cab looks like, but in my Galaxian cab, I had a small control panel and originally wanted a two player, six button layout with trackball and spinner.   No matter how I spun it, even if I managed to squeeze all those controls in there, two adults would have to bump into one another to play collaboratively.  Also to note, the high sides of my cab meant that I had to leave room on the outer edges for my hands to not knock the sides of the cab when mounted.  Speaking of mounting, take into account how the control panel box fits onto machine itself.  That hardware takes up precious realestate as well.  I ultimately settled on a one player layout as follows:



See thread here:
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=59170.msg748082#msg748082

-csa

mr_doles:

--- Quote from: PsychoAU on January 12, 2009, 07:28:44 pm ---I built mine with 2 players with 7 buttons each and a 2.25" Trackball.  I am using two U360s so I don't have to worry about joystick microswitch clearance.

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PsychoAU, that is the exact layout I was looking to go with.  I wanted to get the U-Trak 3" trackball, which has a footprint of 176 mm wide.  I could not find the footprint of the 2.25" trackball.  Is there a big difference between the two?  IE how much wider would I need to make my CP to accommodate the 3".  I tried to view the vsd file but don't have Viso and could not get it to open with Viso Viewer.

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