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Bengaz:
Hi, great progress and good photos.
Im about to start my control panel but have a question.
How are you going to fix/secure the joystick. Thought you would have routered the top of the CP not the bottom, then applied th 2mm cover over that. Your only left with 6mm of MDF to screw to doing it your way which I would have thought would be very inadequate or am I getting it wrong?
Also, how are you going to physically switch the 4/8 way joystick?
walterg74:
--- Quote from: Bengaz on September 26, 2012, 01:43:38 pm ---Hi, great progress and good photos.
Im about to start my control panel but have a question.
How are you going to fix/secure the joystick. Thought you would have routered the top of the CP not the bottom, then applied th 2mm cover over that. Your only left with 6mm of MDF to screw to doing it your way which I would have thought would be very inadequate or am I getting it wrong?
Also, how are you going to physically switch the 4/8 way joystick?
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Thanks!
Well, there's basically 2 ways, top mount or bottom mount, which is what I was doing, but funny you should mention it because it seems you're rught and I didn't do it correctly, since I am finding that even though I bought short screws, they don't have any "grip" to get a tight hold on this, so now I don't know what to do!!!!
Can someone help/comment on how I could fix this? The only thing I can think of so far is to just encase the damn thin in bondo/putty if that's any good ???
Regarding the joystick switch, I don-t plan on switching very often for this cab, so I don't mind if I eventually want to to just open the back cover. For when I build the larger one, I'll propbably get one of those controls that can be switched from the outside, using the control itself.
HELPPPPPP!!!!! :o
PL1:
--- Quote from: walterg74 on September 29, 2012, 03:09:48 pm ---HELPPPPPP!!!!! :o
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Ok, first step - What type of joystick are you using? If it is an LS-32/Zippyy short shaft, you'll have a lot more trouble trying to undermount than if you have a long shaft version or any of the other sticks designed for use in a wood panel.
To tell which LS-32/Zippyy shaft version you have, measure this way. The distance from the bottom of the threads to the shoulder of the pivot is ~30mm on the short shaft and ~45mm on the long shaft. Remove dust washer and balltop to measure.
Scott
walterg74:
--- Quote from: PL1 on September 30, 2012, 01:41:39 am ---
--- Quote from: walterg74 on September 29, 2012, 03:09:48 pm ---HELPPPPPP!!!!! :o
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Ok, first step - What type of joystick are you using? If it is an LS-32/Zippyy short shaft, you'll have a lot more trouble trying to undermount than if you have a long shaft version or any of the other sticks designed for use in a wood panel.
To tell which LS-32/Zippyy shaft version you have, measure this way. The distance from the bottom of the threads to the shoulder of the pivot is ~30mm on the short shaft and ~45mm on the long shaft. Remove dust washer and balltop to measure.
Scott
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I scott, thanks for your reply!
I actually posted a pic on page 1, pot 32 I believe, does that help? Also as you can see on a previous post where i placed a pick of the CP, I already routed outfr om the bottom and thats my problem. Are those pics enought for younto recommend?
Thanks!! :cheers:
PL1:
--- Quote from: walterg74 on September 30, 2012, 10:49:03 am ---I actually posted a pic on page 1, pot 32 I believe, does that help? Also as you can see on a previous post where i placed a pick of the CP, I already routed outfr om the bottom and thats my problem.
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Found them! Missed them earlier in the pic-alanche. :dizzy: :lol
Joystick
Routed CP
Looks like the joystick has about 1" from the plate to the battop.
The routed CP looks like you have less than 3/8", which isn't deep enough for the inserts, but there is a way around that.
The attached diagram --not drawn to scale-- shows how you can make a metal support bar(green)and wood block(blue) for under the joystick/mounting plate(gray) and attach it to the underside of the CP(tan) using threaded inserts. (red) Leave a path for the wires coming out of the microswitch (yellow) as shown unless you can mount the support bar (green) closer to the CP top than the microswitch like in the second attachment. Can't quite tell how much clearance you have. :dunno
You'll need two of these support bars -- one across the lower right and one across the upper left of this picture.
Scott
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