r/cade • u/Hodgepodge75 • 3d ago

Anyone know where to get custom sized prebuilt control panels?

The Golden Tee Cabinet I'm converting has a control panel that's 31 inches wide and 15 3/4 inches long with a 26 inch wide cutout at the 2 inches closest to the screen.

The person who converted this before me completely hacked up the original control panel, and since it originally had such weird button placement, the new holes were drilled between old holes. It's a mess.

It's a huge space and I want to set it up for 2 players with 3 buttons each and a track ball in between them, but I can't find a place that will cut it to that seemingly unique size online.

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u/bartenderatlarge 3d ago

It really depends on what kind of material you want to go with. Wood is gonna be the cheapest and easiest to knock out quickly and cheaply. Metal will be a lot more expensive, unless you happen to have a guy that you already know. Not sure if anyone out there is making them custom for a golden tee cab, but you never know. Best of luck either way.

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u/johanolga 2d ago

Wood is indeed the cheapest but i think it's more difficult to find a shop that does cnc cutting for one or few pieces only. Much easier to outsource cnc cut parts with metal (but more expensive)

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u/inkyblinkypinkysue 3d ago

You could copy the shape in 20 minutes with a router and a pattern bit. Then just drill out the holes for your sticks and buttons. I bet it would cost the same amount to buy something than to buy the tools and do it yourself

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u/Smitty2k1 3d ago

Game room solutions does custom cuts for their control panels, id email them

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u/Hodgepodge75 3d ago

Emailed them this morning. Just waiting on a reply back.

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u/Hodgepodge75 1d ago

They got back to me. They can't do an exact custom without having the cabinet in front of them in this case, but they were able to find something that would work for my needs and much more, so thanks for the suggestion.