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April 29, 2020 at 12:29 pm #176297
Noob working on my first build.
I bought a generic Williams style plunger/shooter. I’m walking through the pinscape guide on installing it using a sliding potentiometer and for the first time noticed the plunger mounting plate in the assembly diagrams.
My plunger didn’t come with one.
I’m building out of 3/4 hardwood plywood and am using a 3D printed plastic mounting bracket for the potentiometer.
How essential is the mounting plate?
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April 29, 2020 at 1:18 pm #176300BTW, I took a closer look and answered part of my question.
Without a mounting plate, the top two mounting posts on the plunger will be flush with the plywood on the inside of the cabinet.
But the bottom one is a little proud, maybe by 1/8″ I’d checked the top ones before and just didn’t look closely enough to notice the bottom one was different.
I could:
- make this work with washers
- make a mounting plate out of thin (1/4″) MDF
- just buy a metal mounting plate
I’m leaning towards option 2. It would provide a solid stable surface for the 3D printed plastic plunger parts. It obviously won’t be as strong as a metal plate.
How important is that metal plate? Am I going to break my cabinet if I don’t have it?
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April 29, 2020 at 7:43 pm #176374Here’s what I’m talking about.
The lower post is flush, not proud (which is making me feel a little crazy).
Anyone else done it this way or does everyone cut a big hole and use a mounting plate?
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April 29, 2020 at 9:59 pm #176387Grrrrrrr
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April 29, 2020 at 10:24 pm #176388Technically Radiant Silverball is also missing the inside plate, I just rely on the potentiometer mount I 3D printed to secure it. Prior to that I 3D printed a straight plate.
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April 30, 2020 at 5:44 am #176421I checked my cab build pictures, the way I drilled the holes is similar to yours.
I used that mounting plate for the inside of the cab, but I guess you could use anything else that fits.Attachments:
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April 30, 2020 at 4:06 pm #176588Ok, well I cleaned up the cuts a little with a router, but still left the cutout the same shape. And I made a mounting plate out of 1/4″ MDF.
You can see the result here: https://vpinball.com/forums/topic/500-full-size-cab-can-it-be-done-lets-find-out/page/3/#post-176584
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