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Joystick Mounting -- flush mounted carriage bolts?
sofakng:
Ok, I'm still a little confused, but I'll figure it out...
Do I drill 3 holes?
1) Drill counterstink hole
What bit do I use?
2) Use 3/4" Forstner bit to drill hole
Do I drill a hole all the way through the board?
3) Drill center hole to be used for bolt to go through
Am I understanding everything correctly?
What router and drill bits do I need?
I'm sorry that this is so confusing for me... I'm very new to woodworking.
FractalWalk:
--- Quote from: sofakng on June 08, 2004, 02:16:47 pm ---Ok, I'm still a little confused, but I'll figure it out...
Do I drill 3 holes?
1) Drill counterstink hole
What bit do I use?
2) Use 3/4" Forstner bit to drill hole
Do I drill a hole all the way through the board?
3) Drill center hole to be used for bolt to go through
Am I understanding everything correctly?
What router and drill bits do I need?
I'm sorry that this is so confusing for me... I'm very new to woodworking.
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No, no. you're making this too complex. There is only one hole all the way through the wood (I think 1/4"), which is used to slip the bolt in from the bottom and the T-nut from the top.
Then if you want to recess the T-nut, which is about 3/4 in diamter, you need to shave off a little bit of the wood where the T-nut sits. You're not making a hole just a slight recess. This can be done with just about any tool that drills a 3/4" hole (spade, forstner, standard drill bit) or you can use a router or even a chisel.
It's easiest to make the recess first and then drill the hole second. That's it. Refer to the image I posted earlier in the link for a visual.
sofakng:
Ok, I think I understand now...
One very last question, I promise...
The joystick base (which goes below the control panel of course), do I recess the entire thing into the wood? or does the joystick mounting area just rest on the wood itself?
Only reason I'm asking is because I thought I saw people routing out areas on the bottom of the control panel making a nice area for the joystick base to sit in...
Aceldamor:
Routing the bottom for the joystick base makes more stick depth on the "top" of the panel. otherwise you'll have little stubby joysticks on your cp...
sofakng:
So, is it typical to route out an area for the entire joystick base?
What kind of router bit would I need for that?
I'm going to be using Perfect 360's and my wood is 5/8" MDF. The joystick base is about 1/2 the size of the wood...