Posted by Achilles on August 12, 1999 at 15:29:03:
In Reply to: I'm getting the "Pushbutton with Horizontal Microswitch" from Happ...(in) posted by Achilles on August 12, 1999 at 15:23:31:
: : I love it, the button spacing looks to be a little tighter than in the previous version which may cut down on hand cramps (more likley that you will just play longer and end up with hands just as cramped as before).
: : Love the red white and blue buttons + labels too, very patriotic, at least if you live in the states.
: : Only thing to watch out for is that you get buttons that mount in "3/4 inch wood + plexi" as are sold by Happ, some of the buttons I have seen (and bought dammit) have no extra thread at the bottom so I can't use plexi to give it a nice finish.
: : One from the old school of street fighter 2. I love it.
: : That should really be the new school of street fighter two now that I think about it.
: : Matt(v)
: : P.S. I'm impressed by your CAD skills, as far as I know yours is the first "3d modeled preview" this board has ever had.
: The Horizontal Microswitch buttons say they go through "3/4" wood control panels w/ Lexan." I assume that Lexan is some fancy name for Plexi-Glass, but I'm not sure.
: Would placing the buttons tighter together be better? Right now they're on 1 3/4" centers going sideways, and 2" centers going up and down. Is that too much space? I picked up the spacing from a scan of the MK button layout which I found on the net. I copied the measurements exactly, but there were 5 buttons layed out in a 2-1-2 layout, whereas mine is the 2-2-2 layout.
: What's a standard distance for button spacing?
The measurements on the MK layout had the sideways spacing 1 5/8" so I increased it to 1 3/4" to compensate for the extra button.