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| sofakng:
Are those the correct sizes even for a 5/8" MDF board? (and as mentioned I'll be using 1/8" plexiglass to cover it) |
| FractalWalk:
The T-nuts go under the plexiglass, so that is irrelevant to the length of the bolts. You want the screw to stop short of poking out the T-nut hole, so 5/8" plus the width of the joystick base (1/4" ??) is the maximum length you can want. I think 3/4" would work just fine. But if you are unsure just take your joystick and a small drilled piece of MDF to the hardware store. Put it together right there and you decide the proper length. In the attached image, the T-nuts are the green images and the bolts are the purple. The Plexigalss is the blue layer that sits on top of the T-nuts. |
| RayB:
Have you all considered durability and joystick "abuse"? ;D It's nice to mount it so you don't see carriage bolt heads on top, but there's a reason "real" arcade cabs have used that choice of mounting... |
| NoOne=NBA=:
Yes, simplicity. It's alot easier to drill 4 holes than to countersink, etc... for the T-nuts. |
| sofakng:
Can anybody verify the 3/4" forstner bit needed to drill the recessesd holes? Can I use anything else, or should I use that? Also, if I understand this now, I will drill a recessed hole (for the t-nut) and then another hole in the middle of that hole for the bolt... right? |
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