The Bullet proof Control Panel

This control panel is 100 percent (give or take a 1/4 inch) bulletproof.. Made of 1/4 inch thick piece of polycarbonate, this will definitely take a pounding.. (With a sledgehammer, we tried). The Joysticks are mounted directly to the poly, for quicker response. The buttons are mounted through the poly and countersunk about half way through the plywood backing..

To the right is what the panel looked like prior to the "accident". The new panel is about twice the width of this one

Just like everything else I recently rewired this from scratch too, however I don't have any before and afters of this either, just a couple "in progress" pics. I decided not to solder the wires to the switches this time, I used the slide on terminal connectors, this makes it a lot easier for me to move the buttons around for 4 player games and games with extra buttons.

I get bigger!



I get bigger!



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