Sheet Metal on Peg Board



Cut a piece of sheet metal into a 9-1/2 inch square
and use spray adhesive to glue it to the peg board
and duct tape the sides. On the top left of the
picture is a white wire, this is the ground wire
from the controller that is soldered to the corner
of the 9-1/2 inch square piece of sheet metal. The
brown stuff around the sides is high density weather-
stripping. The white triangles in the corners are foam
core, 3/16 of an inch thick. If you can't find foam core
you could probably cut up an old mouse pad for the
triangles. The foam core and weatherstripping will hold
up a lucite panel with sheet metal. Make 4 of these peg
board panels for the UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT arrows.
To cut down sheet metal costs, instead of a perfect 9-1/2
inch square you can make it 9-1/2 inches by 9 inches.
UPDATE - To make the arrows more sensitive, I cut two
1/2 inch gaps in the weatherstripping along all four sides.
The arrows feel less spongy and the gaps let air trapped
in between the lucite panels escape.