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| Donkbaca:
Not if you top mount them on the wood. |
| Xiaou2:
In all my years working on arcade machines, Ive never seen ANY wood panel machines with a "top" mounted stick. Why do you suppose that is? 1) Because to route away enough material to top mount a stick, you have almost no structural support left. (unless you are using some sort of metal mounting adapter) 2) If you have to replace the stick, replace the spacer, and or clean the stick... you have to remove the plexi covering, and any artwork. 3) Its far less routing to make a 2mm depth for a dustwasher (if its not top mounted) than it is to route almost a CM for a stick to sit in. Most all sticks are designed for wood control panel depths. |
| Donkbaca:
Well with regards to your points: 1) You actually route out LESS with a top mount, all you need to do is rout out to depth of the mounting plate. Yeah, you have to cut a whole to put the rest of joystick through, but the mounting bolts are actually going through a lot of wood. Its plenty sturdy, especially for non-comnercial use. 2) Well, maybe with the spacer, all the other stuff you can do from the bottom. Plus, like I said, in a home use situation, you probably won't be doing this all that often. 3) You have to route ANYWAY if you bottom mount, In fact you have to route a lot more since you have to route oute several CM to get the jostick at the right depth, and seriously? 1cm is a lot more routing then 2mm? 4) I would say its more like 50-50 in terms of what is designed for wood panel vs metal panel That being said, I have nothing against bottom mounting, just wanted to point out that top mounting IS an option. |
| Xiaou2:
--- Quote ---1) You actually route out LESS with a top mount, all you need to do is rout out to depth of the mounting plate. --- End quote --- --- Quote ---1) Because to route away enough material to top mount a stick, you have almost no structural support left. (unless you are using some sort of metal mounting adapter) --- End quote --- --- Quote ---3) You have to route ANYWAY if you bottom mount, 4) I would say its more like 50-50 --- End quote --- Maybe you are talking more recently, with options like Japanese sticks designed for metal / plastic control panels, and or sticks from modern vendors like GroovyGameGear/Ultimark. But back in the late 80s up to deep into the 2000's, pretty much everything was designed for wood control panels. IE: Theres no need to route to install a happs competition joystick. They also dont come with any mounting plates. The only widely used controller back then that I recall had a mounting plate, were trackballs. |
| bishmasterb:
Mine go on top, with a really thin piece of felt stuck to the underside to keep them from scratching the control panel. |
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