Mounting Happ Galaga/Pac 4-way in Wood Panel?

[nipsmg]

I'm toying with ideas on how best to mount my Happ Galaga/Pac 4-way Ball Top joystick in my cab.
I guess I could route an extreme amount out of the top, or route just the 1/8 out of the top for the plastic and secure from either side.

Anyone have any other ideas?  Are there mounting plates available? (I'd get the metal and cut it myself if I could).

Thanks in advance!

NipsMG  

[SirPeale]

See: http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=14838;start=msg115961#msg115961

[patrickl]

I was wondering this myself too. Bob Roberts sells a mounting plate for these sticks (this is a different plate from the metal cp mounting plate btw)

I found it under Pac-man parts as "Joystick mounting plate/hardware for wood CP"

Personally I was thinking about routing out the wide bit at the top and then mount from there. I hope the shaft is long enough to go through the Lexan comfortably.

Peale,

Where in that thread does it explain how to mount these sticks in a wooden panel? I'm sorry to say I couldn't find it. Maybe because OSCAR's site seems unreachable at the moment, but all I could find was a description of how to get the "dust disc" under the panel.

[SirPeale]

The thread is a general description on how to mount a joystick in a wooden CP.  The dust covers were how it started, but it shows quite well how to mount a joy.

Pac-Man joys are likely different.  I think they're made to mount to a metal CP.  In that case you may need the mounting plate, or you could likely make your own out of an old computer case cover.

[patrickl]

Yeah, the thing is these are made for metal CP mounting (the shaft is too short).

Is there no way to mount it without a mounting plate? I'd rather not have the bolts sticking out. I was thinking to route out the top section (so it's supported from below by the remaining wood of the CP and the top is held back by  the screws and maybe the Lexan cover)

When I look at the bob-roberts solution you even get 2 sets of bolts sticking out (8 in all). Not a pretty sight.

[nipsmg]

This was sort of my point.. I'm trying to figure out a way to mount them without having the bolts sticking up top, of course you could sink the mounting plate further, but then you run into the shaft length issue again.

Any other suggestions?

(I know how I'm mounting the other ones.. my question is specific to this joystick.

--NipsMG

[OSCAR]

If you didn't want to screw around with a mounting plate, then you could route the topside of the control panel, use tee-nuts or flat head screws to install the joystick, then put plexi over the hole thing with no screws showing.  That seems pretty easy, actually, and possibly even a cleaner method than recessing a mounting plate.

[patrickl]

Wow, nice drawing. Excellent stuff man! This is gonna look really nice when it's done.

[MisterB]

I did what Oscar suggested without any issues.  Some people have suggested that the supporting wood would not be strong enough if you route out the top 1/8", but I haven't had problems, and I'm a violent Pac-player.

[SpAwN]

I used an Oscar mounting plate. I routed the wood so the plate recessed and then used his headless bolts. The secret to cover it up was that I tighted them down until they sank into the metal (actually bending the metal a small bit). The I covered the plate with laminate. It turned out real well. This result in being able to remove the joystick if I need to.

Here are some pictures of my project, you can scroll down and see my control panel.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=10;action=display;threadid=12572

[shmokes]

Yeah, I would recess the top, like oscar shows in his diagram, but I'd still use the mounting plate.  You have significant chance for blow out screwing the screws directly into the wood so close to the edge.  Just get a mounting plate and recess it a few milimeters into the top, just enough that the bolts are flush with the top of your control panel.  Then, just cover it all up with laminate, or an overlay and plexi/lexan and you're golden.

[bdsjake]

what about canstick's mounting plate:

http://www.canstick.com/

would that work?  I was considering it or oscar's plates myself.

thanks,

[Grasshopper]

what about canstick's mounting plate:

http://www.canstick.com/

would that work?  I was considering it or oscar's plates myself.

thanks,

Has Canstick started manufacturing his plates yet? He hasn't updated his website for quite a while.