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Siege88:
Hey,
I have a question for you guys.  I'm trying to put together my first cab and it seems like other people have run into this problem, too.  With 3/4" board, the Happs joysticks (I'm using competition) come out really short.  I messed around with it a little, and I'm wondering if anyone else has considered mounting them with the base upside-down?
Insert the joystick through the cp , but into the opposite end of the base (so the microswitches are at the top, against the bottom of the control panel).  If you put the actuator(?) in first and that white plastic washer-type thing at the bottom, the joystick seems to fit ok and all of the microswitches are hit correctly when you move it around.  The only issues are the hole drilled into the panel might need to be slightly bigger, and you might need something in between the microswitch screws and the bottom of the panel to make sure it's flat.  (Oh, and much longer machinescrews).  What do people think about this?  I might do this with mine, since I don't have a router.
Siege88:
(can i bump my own message?)    No one's got an opinion on this or knows enough to tell me if it'll work?  I want to start putting it together.
Thanks
zaphod:
Just try it and let us know what you discover. :)

Or you could try routering a 3/8"+ inset on the backside of the CP top which will increase the joystick's effective height.  That's what most everyone else does.

 
NoOne=NBA=:
He doesn't have a router.

Chisels work just as well as a router (albeit much slower), and are a whole lot cheaper.

There was a good thread about chisels vs. routers awhile back, but I don't remember if it was here, or at Oscar's site.
zaphod:

--- Quote from: NoOne=NBA= on July 07, 2004, 04:31:40 pm ---He doesn't have a router.

--- End quote ---

Helps if I read the whole question, last sentence and all.

Here's two of the threads.

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=2496;start=0

and

http://www.arcadecontrols.org/yabbse/index.php?board=1;action=display;threadid=15241;start=msg119570#msg119570

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