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GaryMcT's 2-player generic control panel layout
Ginsu Victim:
I just took a small drill bit and made guide holes through the paper. Then I removed the paper and drilled. Also, I've taken a hammer before and tapped a nail or screw to make the guide mark.
bkenobi:
If I remember correctly, I used an automatic center punch in combination with a paper template. It can be difficult to locate the dimple, so I suggest marking it with a sharpie dot as you carefully take off the template. That way you have a visible mark to locate the hole, but a precise dimple to start your drill in.
There's lots of ways to skin a cat. The important thing is getting rid of the cat. >:D
massive88:
--- Quote from: GaryMcT on July 28, 2009, 01:37:13 pm ---I tried taping the paper on and drilling right through for my first prototype. The paper tears all over the place, at least with the full forstner bit. Maybe drilling tiny guide holes through the paper is the way to go? My results are so imprecise so far that it's blatantly obvious. :)
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If your layout is in cad, what I did was put some very small circles in the center of my button circles. Those I would then punch through the paper with a ball point pen, then line up the paper on the wood and mark on the wood with a felt tip through the hole once overlayed.
Then it was just a matter of lining up my drill on each marked center spot on the wood.
Maybe not exact, but pretty easy and effective.
GaryMcT:
--- Quote from: massive88 on July 28, 2009, 04:43:42 pm ---
--- Quote from: GaryMcT on July 28, 2009, 01:37:13 pm ---I tried taping the paper on and drilling right through for my first prototype. The paper tears all over the place, at least with the full forstner bit. Maybe drilling tiny guide holes through the paper is the way to go? My results are so imprecise so far that it's blatantly obvious. :)
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If your layout is in cad, what I did was put some very small circles in the center of my button circles. Those I would then punch through the paper with a ball point pen, then line up the paper on the wood and mark on the wood with a felt tip through the hole once overlayed.
Then it was just a matter of lining up my drill on each marked center spot on the wood.
Maybe not exact, but pretty easy and effective.
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They are in Sketchup. .close enough. :) I already have crosses at the center of the buttons, so I'll give that a try.
Ginsu Victim:
--- Quote from: massive88 on July 28, 2009, 04:43:42 pm ---Those I would then punch through the paper with a ball point pen, then line up the paper on the wood and mark on the wood with a felt tip through the hole once overlayed.
Then it was just a matter of lining up my drill on each marked center spot on the wood.
Maybe not exact, but pretty easy and effective.
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I've done this, but it usually led to my holes being slightly off from one another. Not always, though.
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