Dave Santoro's "Arcade Replay" Game Cabinet » Control Panel

Progress Check

Dave — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:23:24 +0000

The cabinet is 90% finished. As soon as I get my new high-lip trackball I can wire up the control panel and move my focus to the software configuration, artwork, and LED-lit bling.

Control Panel work.

Dave — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:18:31 +0000

Finally I spent some time fashioning the control panel and lexan overlay.

More parts – Volcano Switches, Spinner Knob

Dave — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:47:26 +0000

I am still working out the details of my control panel layout, but I know that I am going to use these – genuine Atari ‘volcano’ start buttons. I ordered them from RAM Controls. The switch is NOS (”New Old Stock” – 25 years old but never used) and the cones are high-quality reproductions. I think these will complement the stainless token top spinner knob very nicely.

I got a kick out of the old hand-typed label too.

Here’s the Token Top spinner knob. Of course it has one of my own nickel BYOAC tokens in it. These are made by RandyT over at Groovygamegear.com.

Monitor Glass Support

Dave — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:24:42 +0000

I uesd my tablesaw to dado out an angled groove in a block of wood to support the tinted safety glass in front of the monitor. I then used glue and pocket hole screws to fasten the block to the inside of the control panel. This block will not be visible as the control panel will be angled and close over it flush against the glass.

Building the Control Panel Box

Dave — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 04:02:09 +0000

Made some more progress yesterday. I decided to stay with a square CP box but will make a curved front edge on the panel itself. I did wind up using laminate on the CP sides. If you look really close it’s not perfect, but it looks very nice.