The wires exit the axle through a hole drilled in the side of the cabinet, travel through a routered groove downward until they are beyond the radius of the rotating drum, then the wires go back into the cabinet. The unsightly groove full of wires was then covered with paper (so the wires wouldn’t stick to the tape), then wide masking tape, then the formica laminate was laid on the cabinet sides which hide the wire-groove entirely. I realize I’m screwed if I need to replace one of the wires, but they still pull back and forth, so I could thread a new wire in by pulling an old one out if I had to.
MILLERCADE (almost done!) with rotating control panel set to Joysticks.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Wire Slot
The wires exit the axle through a hole drilled in the side of the cabinet, travel through a routered groove downward until they are beyond the radius of the rotating drum, then the wires go back into the cabinet. The unsightly groove full of wires was then covered with paper (so the wires wouldn’t stick to the tape), then wide masking tape, then the formica laminate was laid on the cabinet sides which hide the wire-groove entirely. I realize I’m screwed if I need to replace one of the wires, but they still pull back and forth, so I could thread a new wire in by pulling an old one out if I had to.
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HI,
I was thinking about doing something similar to allow for a less cluttered control panel. One question I had is how do you prevent the rotation from twisting your wires and breaking them? And how do you lock the control panel in place once you have rotated to the one you want?
The Star Wars Yolk is too big to fit under the bezel, limiting rotation to 270 degrees, which prevents the drum from continuously spinning in one direction to the destruction of the wires.
The drum is locked in place by closing the door to the cabinet. Each control panel fits tightly against the door, which locks it in place.
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