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javeryh's Small-ish Bartop ["Jack Attack!"]
Jimbo:
Yep you can sort it like that no problem. Good plan. :cheers:
javeryh:
Thanks guys - that's good news. I'm sure I'll have some questions when the time comes but at least in my head everything seems possible!
So... I'm about to attach the CP to the cabinet and I've decided to try using some 1/4" rare Earth magnets to hold it in place. I think with these things in the 4 corners of the CP (8 total magnets) it should be quite secure but I really won't know until I finish and start playing on it. As it is now, there is no side to side movement of the CP and you also cant move it forward and that's with nothing holding it in place so really I'd only have to worry about it coming off if someone pressed down (or pulled up) on the joystick too hard. Seems unlikely.
Right now, my plan is to (somehow) locate the spots on the underside of the CP and the 1/2" rails that support the CP where I will carefully drill out a hole the same depth as the magnets. Then I'll epoxy the magnets in place with the tops hopefully being flush to the surface. I'm actually going to place the magnets about 1" away from where I would try to use carriage bolts or something just in case the magnets don't work so I'll have a place to drill without needing to remove them.
Does anyone have any thoughts/experience with this? Or tips?
Arroyo:
Any reason not to use magnets that are countersunk and just screw them in?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071ZKQ2X5/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_EwlSCb3X0R4H8
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Arroyo on April 12, 2019, 11:59:59 am ---Any reason not to use magnets that are countersunk and just screw them in?
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071ZKQ2X5/ref=cm_sw_r_sms_c_api_i_EwlSCb3X0R4H8
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I don't have that much room, unfortuantely. The magnets need to be somewhat tiny because I'm sinking them into the 1/2" wide rails that hold up the CP. I also only have 1/2" of material to work with underneath the CP so screws would likely want to pop through the top. Maybe they make these things in much smaller sizes?
Arroyo:
--- Quote from: javeryh on April 12, 2019, 03:58:22 pm ---Maybe they make these things in much smaller sizes?
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Maybe these:
1/2” North Pole
1/2” South Pole
1/2” mix