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J-Stick Mounting
steve_pss:
Hey gang,
Just got my J-Stick from Andy, they seem pretty sweet. Only thing is I didn't realize how short they are. I'm mounting in 3/4 wood. Seems like even with a cavity routed these are going to be pretty short.
Anyone do this with any success? Suppose I could top mount..
Vol:
ball-top or bat-top? Actually it doesn't matter, after I'd done my math you'll probably want to top mount either style (see below).
With the bat-top you would probably be ok if you routed out 1/2" from the bottom of the panel but with 3/4" wood and 1/8" of lexan/plexi you'd only have 1/4" of wood left and 3/8" of material including the lexan/plexi. You'd only have 1/8" of wood if you routed out 1/8" for the dust cover on the top side of the wood so you'd have to put the dust cover on top of the lexan/plexi. If I were to do this I'd mount the bat-top from the top of the panel (same as the ball-top procedure below) and just deal with the extra joystick height.
For the ball-top you'd want to top mount. Route out enough from the top of the panel for the mounting plate height and dust cover height (probably 3/16"). Mount the stick using flat topped wood screws. Put the dust cover under the lexan/plexi for a nice clean look.
Minwah:
I mounted some recently to a (non routed) panel of 15mm MDF. I guess it depends on preference but for some games (shooters) I found they work fine, for others (fighters) they feel too short.
For my final panel I think I will route the underside down to 5mm or so.
slicer_d:
They bat style t-sticks are actually almost the exact same height as the happs comps. They are maybe 1/16"-1/32" shorter. Being that I had a comp mounted and routed about 1/4" in a cp and I liked the height of it I just fine. So I did the same for my t-stiks and maybe took another 1/16" to bring them up a little higher I haven't installed them yet but I would imagine they should be fine and should be the same exact height as my comp and the same height as a super thats moutned on 3/4"
Vol:
The bat style T-stick is 88mm from mounting plate to top of handle, nearly the same as a Happs super (87mm). The bat style J-stick is 78mm from mounting plate to top of handle. The Happs competition has a height of 93mm. So the bat style J-stick is roughtly a half inch shorter than the competition and about 5/16 inch shorter than the super. The ball top J-sticks are 5/16 inch shorter than the bat style J-stick (69mm).