Using router to trimcut pushbutton holes

Using the router to trim cut the pushbutton holes through the plexi. Build diary: http://robandgabe.com/rdowney/arcadeodyssey

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Robert's
• arcade
• odyssey
• cabinet
• control
• panel
• mame
• emumovies
• gameex
• emulator

[dextercf]

Did you not scuff off a bit too much when lifting the router at the end there?

Or where you lucky?

[rdowney111]

@dextercf It was fine. There is a huge margin of error on these anyway because the lip on the button is quite big

and will cover up even fairly large mistakes. But a small movement like that didn't even make a mark.

[UKShark]

How do you make sure you dont cut the wood and only the plastic?

[rdowney111]

@UKShark

You use a flush trim router bit.

[rdowney111]

See my build diary at:

rdowney . com/arcadeodyssey/ (but take out the spaces!)

[dextercf]

@rdowney111 A few minutes after i posted that question, i realised what you just replied! ;D

Those buttons should cover about 2-3mm of slip ups. Still, nice videos dude!

[chirpieguy]

RPMs aren't nearly high enough on a drill, and the kickoff you'll get will always leave you with uneven surfaces inside the hole. This is way easier.

[vidmanx0]

Why not use a drill?

[chimera15]

Is there a video that shows or tells what you're making? It's going to be a kick ass arcade game or something?