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Couple of control panel questions
big daddy:
1) I'm going to use carriage bolts from the top to mount my happ super for support. I assume I need a flat head carriage bolt? Do I need to countersink the head into the control panel so it's not sticking up?
2) I notice the Happs trackball has a mounting plate that sits on top of the CP. Should that be recessed as well to be flat with the CP? Or do you leave it sticking up above the CP? (project arcade book seems to show it raised, which looks kindof wierd to me).
3) I plan on having a Control Panel overlay (from arcadegraphics) but not plexiglass. Will the CPO cover the carriage bolts and trackball mounting plate sufficient enough that I don't need to recess them? Or if I don't recess them will there be bumps in the CPO?
4) I have 3/4 in CP cover and 3/4 in tmolding. If I put tmolding around the CP, when I finally add the CPO will it still look ok? or will it be too think to look correct with the 3/4 in tmolding?
Gunstar Hero:
Carriage bolts might be a little overkill for mounting a stick. I would try something that's gonna end up flush with your control panel surface. And you don't need to recess the trackball mount unless you want to mount it under your CPO.
If it's not perfectly flat your CPO will end up lumpy, and you don't want that, do ya? =)
big daddy:
so does that mean the trackball mount goes ON TOP of the CPO? Seems like it look out of place to me, but are others doing it that way?
Bgnome:
i thought there were two kinds of trackball mounting plates -- the ones that go on top of your cpo and the ones that are recessed flush so they fit under the cpo.
FractalWalk:
I assume I need a flat head carriage bolt? Do I need to countersink the head into the control panel so it's not sticking up?
Those are really personal prefernce type questions. If you don't want the bolt head showing then, by definition you must counter sink and the bolt head style is really irrelevant (although I think a round head carriage bolt would be very hard to countersink in 3/4" wood). If you want the bolts to show, then pick a bolt-head you like because . . . well, it will be showing!
I notice the Happs trackball has a mounting plate that sits on top of the CP. Should that be recessed as well to be flat with the CP? Or do you leave it sticking up above the CP?
Again, personal preference. If you think on top looks weird, then recess it.
Will the CPO cover the carriage bolts and trackball mounting plate sufficient enough that I don't need to recess them? Or if I don't recess them will there be bumps in the CPO?
Maybe I'm not understanding you, but if you lay a CPO on top of bolts-heads that are sticking up, you most definitely will have large bumps showing.
You want to apply your CPO to a flat surface, so you'l l want to recess the bolt heads.
I have 3/4 in CP cover and 3/4 in tmolding. If I put tmolding around the CP, when I finally add the CPO will it still look ok? or will it be too think to look correct with the 3/4 in tmolding?
What is a 3/4" CP cover? Are you saying that you are puting a cover on 3/4" wood? If so, CPO's aren't very thick so molding will look fine.