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GaryMcT's 2-player generic control panel layout
GaryMcT:
Hmmmmmmmm. I wonder if I should round the front instead of using t-molding? Might allow me to not have it so long in the front for palms. Yup, stealing more ideas from Bender. :). Plus at this point any excuse to get a new router bit is a good thing. :). My wife said that the mom and pop local shop that she picked the chamfer bit up from has a ridiculous selection of router bits. I know where I'm going this weekend!
Bender:
nice work so far
can't say that was my idea, I'm sure I saw it on this forum and ripped it of just like the thousands of other idea I ripped from here
I'd try both and see which is more comfortable and looks best
it's so satisfying when it starts coming together by your own hand
I think we have antother addict ;)
GaryMcT:
--- Quote from: Bender on August 06, 2009, 10:59:20 am ---yes, I have the u360 bottom mounted but I route out the back so it's only approximately 1/4" below the surface in the end pretty close to the 1/16th you'd do for top mounting plus 1/8 lexan added up to 3/16 so in reality your only talkin about 1/16 to 1/8 lower than top mounting
I didn't go with the longer shaft
I've though about top mounting and you can take the 360's mostly apart without removing them, so if you bondoed the top and sanded if flush, that would work, you just couldn't change the stick if you wanted to later on(without some difficulty) though your panel is pretty straight forward so you just might want to make a new one if you were going to change sticks anyway
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What size router bit did you use to route this? Your corners are pretty sharp, or did you use something other than the router to get the corners?
bkenobi:
Put a small radius on the front corners AND t-mold it. Take a look at mine. That's exactly what the original Area51 did and it works really well IMO.
Bender:
I made a template out of a scrap of MDF and made the opening 1/8 bigger on both sides (1/16 all the way around)
then used this template bushing and this bit
you can also get this and make perfect corners
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