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| eds1275:
--- Quote from: drventure on November 20, 2010, 07:01:54 pm ---I did something similar, but I found that the epoxy just didn't hold well. It broke on several mounting bolts, but by then the formica had already been glued down on top. Where's a welder when you need one ;) --- End quote --- I picked up a small arc welder at Canadian Tire a few months back on sale for $85! It is awesome. http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/browse/6/Tools/WeldingSoldering/Welders/PRD~0588107P/Mastercraft%252BArc%252BStick%252BWelder.jsp?locale=en |
| Jack Burton:
This is just one way to do it. If you want to top mount your joysticks then you'll basically do the same thing but will need to route out the CP enough for your bolts to clear. Maybe a norway bolt would be good for this? |
| Donkbaca:
I'll tell you what I did. I topmounted, used panhead machine bolts on the mounting plates. Then put 1/8 inch veneered plywood with just holes cut out on top, 1/8th plexi on top of that. The T-molding and buttons hold the layers together. works well |
| bkenobi:
--- Quote from: Jack Burton on November 22, 2010, 03:41:32 pm ---This is just one way to do it. If you want to top mount your joysticks then you'll basically do the same thing but will need to route out the CP enough for your bolts to clear. Maybe a norway bolt would be good for this? --- End quote --- The problem I see with either of these methods is how to hold the bolt from spinning while tightening. I used carriage bolts that sandwich the plexi and wood together. It works, but of course the heads are showing. If you use particle board, I'm not sure the wood will resist spinning as much as the plexi does. If you don't attach the CP to the wood, you can use a screw driver on one side and a wrench on the other to tighten things up (as described above). I kinda like the idea of using that "norway bolt" epoxied to a mounting plate. I bet that would work really well! |
| Jack Burton:
Slagcoin has some excellent diagrams of different mounting styles. http://slagcoin.com/joystick/mounting_layering.html |
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