Joystick and Button Hole Sizes

D_Harris

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I have to make a few control panels and was wondering if anyone here has run into any difficulty with buttons/joystick hole sizes after the holes were already drilled into the panel?

The standards from what I understand are 1-1/8" for buttons and 1-1/4" for joysticks.

The problem is that I just measured a Williams and a Nintendo control panel from the original arcade game and I have and came up with the following:

A Robotron joystick hole is 1-3/8" in diameter.
Joust/StarGate button holes are 1-3/16" in diameter.
Mario Bros. Joystick hole is 1-7/16" in diameter.
Mario Bros. button holes are 1-1/16" in diameter.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York
 
I use 1-1/8" holes for both my buttons and joysticks. Nintendo will be different because their buttons are smaller to begin with.
 
But am I correct in assuming that you wouldn't use the same button size for the Williams buttons?

(I know about the Nintendo differences, but I had previously only heard about the 1-1/4" and 1-1/8" sizes mentioned for all other games).

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
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I've never cut holes for a classic Williams cabinet. Only JAMMA stuff, but I've installed leaf switches in JAMMA cabs before and still use 1-1/8" holes without a problem. I would presume it's the same.
 
I'm assuming there is not a big difference, so I'll just have to chance drilling all button and joystick holes 1-1/8" and 1-1/4" respectively.

Thanks.

Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
 
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