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KrawDaddy:
Heres a little update.
-Some progress on CP
-Ive ordered a Pinball Lockdown Bar that Iam going to hack the ends off of and mount on the CP to give comfort and the feeling of a real Pinball machine. Heres the bar...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=6122728807&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
-I recessed the trackball plate and it will be laminated over.
-I am going to drill pilot holes and use socket cap wood screws to mount the joysticks...Anybody have problems with this?
-Ive ordered some tempered transparent gray glass for my monitor.
KrawDaddy:
:)
Witchboard:
--- Quote from: KrawDaddy on October 09, 2004, 09:07:54 pm ----I am going to drill pilot holes and use socket cap wood screws to mount the joysticks...Anybody have problems with this?
--- End quote ---
Just curious, but why wouldn't you use tee-nuts? Especially if you're going to laminate it. You won't have to worry about stripping the wood out or some body tearing your joysticks loose.
KrawDaddy:
I dont think people give credit to how strong a properly installed wood screw is, and since my arcade would never be installed in a public place I would rather not bore through the laminate and leave it as clean as posible. If they do get ripped out I could install carrige bolts at that time. What do you think?
froggerman:
I second Witchboard's comment. When you use t-nuts there are no extra holes in the laminate, only the one where the stick goes through. T-nuts also give you the ability to remove and reinstall the machine screws as many times as you like. It is really no different than what you are doing with the trackball.
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