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Title: Holster and wire management suggestions?
Post by: SpaceParanoid on December 03, 2025, 04:31:53 pm
Got my Sinden lightguns hooked up (super fun) to my still-wip 2 player cabinet and wondering if there are any clever solutions out there for wire management. Maybe some sort of internal spring-loaded and locking spool? Just starting to research this and also interested in holster suggestions (or a holster integrated with the wire management solution).
Title: Re: Holster and wire management suggestions?
Post by: PL1 on December 03, 2025, 06:45:07 pm
Got my Sinden lightguns hooked up (super fun) to my still-wip 2 player cabinet and wondering if there are any clever solutions out there for wire management. Maybe some sort of internal spring-loaded and locking spool? Just starting to research this and also interested in holster suggestions (or a holster integrated with the wire management solution).
A spring-loaded and locking spool may be difficult to find and keep working.

You might want to consider something like this suggestion from 9 years ago.
https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,150963.msg1577573.html#msg1577573 (https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,150963.msg1577573.html#msg1577573)

(https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=150963.0;attach=348599;image)


Scott
Title: Re: Holster and wire management suggestions?
Post by: SpaceParanoid on December 04, 2025, 10:46:45 pm
This is great and gives me some ideas. Thanks for sharing!
Title: Re: Holster and wire management suggestions?
Post by: leapinlew on December 05, 2025, 04:30:08 pm
Hey Space Paranoid! I just set mine up. The wire can get a little unwieldy. Be sure to post if you make any progress.

What's your light gun game list? I'm on a PC using Mame:

Area 51
Operation Wolf
Buck Hunter
Police Trainer
Point Blank 1, 2
Duck Hunt
Time Crisis
Egg Venture

I put some time into House of the Dead, but I haven't got it setup yet (there was more to it than I thought).