Posted by ChrisDFW on 11, 2001 at 8:15 PM:
In Reply to: Interchangeable control tops posted by Jonathan the Red on 11, 2001 at 7:37 PM:
I have a cabinet that I have been collecting parts for over the last 2 years. I finally have everything I need and I am not settling for anything that does not have a WOW factor attached to it. A friend of mine who is good with tools and wood work started working on this MAME cabinet with me a few weeks ago. We have finished and tested a way to seat and release a control panel using the guts from a regular door knob. We use a seperate female part (the part in the door frame) for each control panel and have a solenoid hooked up to the door knob mechanism to release the mechanism. It works, and once we put a spring under the control panel it will kick the panel up slightly when a button is pushed (causing the solenoid to momentarily pull the door opening mechanism) and you can remove the panel. To put the panel in you simply set down the left side first and then the right side clicks in to place just like a door closing. I know that this sounds like over-kill, but it really worked and only took a couple days to get working smoothly. I will set up a web site with pictures eventually, but I want to be farther along in the over-all cabinet first. I am planning a few other things that I think are firsts for Mame cabinets, but this is the only one I will mention for now. :)