Installing the stick: the screws

[Stormdemon]

I have a T-stick and I'd like to know what's the best method for installing it on my panel. I have the option of using that kind of cylindric screws, and nuts fastening the stick from below. The result would be a secure instalment but the hats of the screews would be visible. Now, I have other option: using short screws and installing them the other way round. Now I feel this kind of instalment wouldn't be strong enough, although visually the panel would be clearer and more attractive without any visible screw on top. Do you know any other method for this? Maybe I could find that kind of little recipients made of metal that you install on the wood and then the screws enter inside of them. Would they (no idea of their name) add more strengh to the instalment of the stick? I'm thinking of these also for the base of the stick, which is made of iron, so that I can remove the screws as many times as I wish without worrying about the wood.

[paigeoliver]

REAL games just use carriage bolts, and yes they are visible on the top side of the panel. I sometimes use the bolts with the heads that sink in flush, you can still see them, but they don't poke up.

I have in the past just screwed the stick in from the underside. It works, but it usually gets loose after a while.

[Malachai]

If you are using laminate or some artwork, you could just counter sink the top of the carriage bolts.  You would have secure sticks and you wouldn't see the top of the bolts.