Advice mounting joystick to CP plz

[Troyus]

Hello, I am in the middle of constructing my mame machine. I have these sanwa joysticks and the holes pre recessed into the CP to fit them in.
Ive seen lots of people drill 4 holes through the CP to bolt these on, but ive also seen the stick installed without it. Do I have to drill trough? I would like to leave a nice clean finish and not do that. Advice please.

Cheers

[PL1]

Do I have to drill trough? I would like to leave a nice clean finish and not do that.

Welcome aboard, Troyus.

Good news!!  If you have a little over .4" depth, you won't have a problem using the joystick mount hardware from GGG.

Warning: You may need some washers between the head of the screw and the joystick metal plate to keep the screws from coming out of the back of the inserts and pushing through the top of the panel.

See this thread for details, pics and links.


Scott

[Troyus]

ah thanks.
I used to sell them years ago when I worked in a hardware store.
I went and looked at my cab and it looks like I have about a half inch or 12mm of wood left so you reckon there is enough wood there?. Cheers for help.

ps
Do these crazy verification boxes go away after a certain number of posts? Hate them with a passion.

[PL1]

ah thanks.
I used to sell them years ago when I worked in a hardware store.
I went and looked at my cab and it looks like I have about a half inch or 12mm of wood left so you reckon there is enough wood there?. Cheers for help.

ps
Do these crazy verification boxes go away after a certain number of posts? Hate them with a passion.

Mr. Micrometer sez that the inserts from GGG are exactly .400" deep with .375" of that below the surface, so it will be very close, but doable if you can get exactly the right depth and have the previously mentioned washers.

Yes, the verification goes away after a certain number of posts.  If the mods didn't have that enabled, we'd be neck deep in spambots.  The few that do manage to make it through are nuked post haste by Saint and/or the rest of the mod team.   


Scott

[Troyus]

Thanks scott. Ill give it a go.