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ivwshane:

--- Quote from: Fordman on February 13, 2009, 09:42:11 am ---Thanks for the help.

I have looked at 5/8" ply or mdf, just didnt feel that strong to me with all the button mashing and people leaning on the CP ( I have 3 yr old son and a 4yr old grandson ).

I have read the whole 'Mountain' thread and is very informative. Althouh my skills arnt what his are, I will try his techniques.

Thanks, Again!
Fordman

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If you are concerned about strength then add another layer of ply to the underneath of the cp but only in the middle.

daok:

--- Quote from: brock.sampson on February 13, 2009, 09:07:54 am ---The two I have made the plexi is just held down by the buttons.  I have quite a few buttons on my cp so it may depend on your cp size and layout.  My t-molding is level with the top of the plexi, I used 5/8" particle board and and 1/8" plexi.  You can get away with using 3/4" and chamfer the bottom of the cp top like Mountain did http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=63629.0

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I am building an arcade machine and what Brock wrote is almost the samething as me. I used 5/8 MDF and 1/8 Plexi. The molding is 5/8 to fit all the rest of the machine... I simply glued the molding for the panel at the top (so I have a 1/8 of MDF at the button without Molding BUT since I plan to paint the MDF in black, it will be almost invisible).

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