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darthpaul:

Here is another good link, http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=104762.40 this was the inspiration for my set-up.

mgb:

As far as mounting, I have the same control panel. for mounting some stuff on it like a lighting controller, I epoxied a small piece of wood inside the cp and then used small screws to attach the controllers.

Also just a note, if you change the joystick and go to reuse the mounting studs that are currently there, your new stick may be slightly angled. the mounting studs there are on a slight angle and the dataeast stick is slightly counter angled. So if you mount something like a Sanwa Jlw, you will find that when you press the up direction, it will press a little to the side direction.

Best way to deal with that is to cut off and grind down the existing studs and drill for the new joystick mounting and just use carriage bolts to mount the new stick.

Bramlet:

How slight of an angle are we talking about here? I don't notice anything just looking at it. Hopefully its not enough of a bother, but at least I will understand why.

I'm still shopping for a joystick. Any suggestions?

Le Chuck:

I don't think welding is necessary so +1 to the JB Weld wood brace suggestion but some prep work ahead will save you headache later. 

Get the controller first.  Your choices are pretty much the two listed in the wiki you mentioned.  I'm a huge fan of the Omni2, I really like it's movement. 

Figure out where you'll need to be putting the brace for the servo and cut it to shape, then route or drill out the middle to fit the servo.  Go with a tight as tolerance as you can and leave a small channel for the data/power cable so it doesn't get all bent to hell.  When you go to mount you're going to epoxy the brace into position then seat the servo down all the way to the metal and epoxy that to the metal and the wood around it.  This will take care of any lateral movement from the servo.  If you do this right you won't even have to bolt your servo down. 

No idea on the angel offset for your old mount holes but I've seen a lot of guys use some 16g or 18g rolled stock and make their own offset mounting brackets.  Takes a few hours at the most. 

Bramlet:

OK, I got my servos and controllers, I know I only need one of each but I got extra to play with. I soldered up the connectors on one of the 6 channel controllers.

I also got about a dozen of these universal wall wart power adapters. I can do 3, 4.5, 6, 7.5, 9, or 12 volts at 500mA. These servos supposedly use 450mA at 6v and 350mA at 4.8v with no load operating. Does this mean my bonanza of free wall warts are duds or can I use one for this project?

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