Hi all! First post.
I'm building my first ever cabinet and its been smooth sailing up until now. But have a made a total n00b error.
I have 3/4" MDF routed out to about 1/4" thickness, with a Mica surface (see photo).
On first go because I hadn't stuck the mica to the MDF + I was using self tapping screws, drilling in the joysticks caused the mica to lift and in one instance get a hairline fracture.
Sooo I called in my friend the carpenter, who secured the mica and instructed me to glue in the joystick with a500 Silicone rather than drill it (yeah, oops). I didn't object because he's a pro, so it wasn't until I asked what I do when the joystick needs maintenence that he was like, "Oh".
So of course the Joysticks have been glued in inverted and I now have three options:
1: Try to swap the wires (this seems like best option but I've never done this)
2: Deal with the issue at a software level, by attempting to do axis inversions
3: Try to route out the hole and prise out the joystick (least desirable, only want to do after joystick fails and this is necessary).
Welcome your feedback.