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AzureKnight:
Hello everyone,

I've primarily lurked hear for years now, with long time dreams of building a cabinet at some point.  It looks like after 4 years of trying to get the project off the ground I am finally going to have the time/money/wife support to do so this August. 

I am in the final planning stages now and I'm starting to come across a few questions.

My original plan was to do a full custom built cabinet and have the artwork I want printed by GameOnGrafix (with the adhesive back) mounted to the cp  with no plexi.  All of the joysticks would be recess bottom mounted into the cp.

My concern with that plan now is the MiniGrip Stick I bought from Ultimarc (http://www.ultimarc.com/controls.html about halfway down the page).  The stick has very little clearance by design and I'm worried about it fitting in a bottom mount.

Can/should I:

1)  Top mount it under the graphics and hope I never have to take it out?  (this option seems dumb).
2)  Modify or adjust the stick in some way to lengthen it a bit?
3)  Change my plans, buy the art loose and mount it under plexi and top mount everything?
4)  Some other option I haven't thought of?

I'd really love any thoughts or opinions.

-AK

PS after dreaming about this since I was a kid and slowly collecting parts for the last 4 years I cannot say how excited I am to be finally doing this.
PPS Thank you all.  I have learned so much reading here for the last 4 years it is unbelievable.  Thank You.
mgb:
Just a thought, what if you cut out a part of the cp and recessed in a metal mounting plate from the top (route it to sit flush and bo do it) and the under mount the stick to it.
I'm really a fan of metal control panels so iwou,d even say cut out the whole middle of the cp and put a piece of metal over it to makeup thewhole tope.
Besides, you paint that and your cpo will adhere beutifully.
lamprey:
Another possible option for you is what I'm doing for my build. I top mounted all my sticks (except the flight stick) and I put a 1/8" layer of plexi over that with the overlay attached to the plexi. That way I can pull the plexi off and access things without having to ruin the overlay. For the flight stick, I routered out from the bottom and left about 1/4" of wood for mounting so it wouldn't be too deep.
PL1:
Check out this post for a shallow top-mount method that works great and makes it easy to put a smooth finish on top.





If you can fabricate a larger metal plate with threaded studs similar to what MGB suggested, you can bolt the stick on from underneath instead.


Scott
AzureKnight:

--- Quote from: mgb on June 27, 2014, 08:50:48 pm ---Just a thought, what if you cut out a part of the cp and recessed in a metal mounting plate from the top

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This may sound stupid but my specialty is software not construction  ???

How do you attach the joystick to the metal plate?
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