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GaryMcT:

--- Quote from: Bender on August 06, 2009, 02:47:18 am ---yeah FF should be a shifted button and concidering the size limitations maybe even the pause button could be shifted too
I know I said earlier that you could get those small buttons pretty close, on that latest layout it even scares me to have the exit and pause 1/4 inch away from a gameplay button, so how about one of these, just feels better IMO



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I agree completely. . I think I'll go with option #1 and assume that exit is the only thing that I need an explicit button for on top of the coin and start buttons.

Bender:
The benderama has a polycarbonate film over art printed on adhesive vinyl no plexi or acrylic cause I have a curved front to the panel (no edges digging into my wrist) and I don't remember a lot of plexi covered cp's in the arcade

GaryMcT:
Do you have a link for the type of polycarbonate film that you used?  Maybe I should do that instead of Lexan.  How thick is the film?  Is it the sort of thing that you just stick on and then use a utility knife to cut out using the control panel as a template?

I'm thinking that my artwork is going to be something very derivative of the original Defender control panel to keep things looking original-ish.  Hmm, come to think of it, the original control panel has a thing sheet of plastic over it. . it's so gunked out that it's hard to tell how it's supposed to be really attached on there. :)

I like the idea of a curve on the front for something completely scratch.  Way way better than having a big ass overhang on the front to keep from having the corner hit your wrist.  :)

Bender:
the film I have is 10mil I think the stuff they use at MameMarquees is 7mil plenty thick

GaryMcT:
Yes?



So the polycarbonate is still thin enough to still be able to leave 1/8" in the MDF/wood for the tiny buttons to mount?

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